IntroCFCG/BAmFCG/BVerse 1AmFCG/BAm
Phone rings, baby cries, TV diet guru lies
FCG/B
Good morning honey
AmFCG/BAm
Go to work, make-up, try to keep the balance up
FCG/B
Between love and money
ChorusCFCF
She used to tie her hair up in ribbons and bows
CFCF
Sign her letters with X's and O's
CG/BAmF
Got a picture of her mama in heels and pearls
CFCF
She's tryin' to make it in her daddy's world
CFCG/B
She's an American girl
AmF
An American girl
Verse 2AmFCG/BAm
Slow dance, second chance, mama needs romance
FCG/B
And an live-in maid
AmFCG/BAm
Fix the sink, mow the yard, really isn't all that hard
FCG/B
If you get paid
(Chorus)
G
Well she's got her God and she's got good wine
G
Aretha Franklin and Patsy Cline
(Chorus x2)
(last 2 choruses line changes to "she's gonna make it in her daddy's world")
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