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American Girl – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Isolated Bass & Drums

American Girl – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Isolated Bass & Drums – With Lyrics – Published to help you hear and learn the bass and drums parts to “American Girl” – Backing Playalong Jam Track for Guitar.

American Girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Isolated Bass & Drums with Lyrics

Album Info:

Album Title – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (debut)
Release Date – November 9, 1976

Album Tracks:

Side One

  1. Rockin’ Around (With You)
  2. Breakdown
  3. Hometown Blues
  4. The Wild One, Forever
  5. Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll

Side Two

  1. Strangered in the Night
  2. Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It)
  3. Mystery Man
  4. Luna
  5. American Girl

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Band Members:

Tom Petty – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer
Mike Campbell – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Benmont Tench – piano, Hammond organ, synthesizer
Ron Blair – bass guitar
Stan Lynch – drums

“American Girl” Lyrics

Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn’t help thinkin’ that there
Was a little more to life somewhere else
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die tryin’
She had one little promise she was gonna keep

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night (Make it last all night)
She was an American girl

Well, it was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony (Ooh)
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441 like waves crashin’ on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God, it’s so painful when something that is so close
Is still so far out of reach

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night (Make it last all night)
She was an American girl (Ooh)

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American Girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Isolated Bass & Drums

American Girl – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Isolated Bass & Drums