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All-American Girl

Music by Carrie Underwood and Ashley Gorley

Originally Performed by Carrie Underwood

"All-American Girl" is the second single for which Underwood shares a writing credit, the first being "So Small", which preceded it. The song is a mid-tempo country-pop song, with a soaring chorus. Underwood stated in an issue of Entertainment Weekly that the high note during the bridge in the song is the highest note she has ever hit (E5, or the E an octave above middle E). The song centers around a "beautiful, wonderful, perfect all-American girl." The first verse tells the story of a father hoping for a baby boy to continue his legacy, but "when the nurse came in with a little pink blanket, all those big dreams changed". The baby girl now has her father "wrapped around her finger", and his heart belongs to that "all-American girl." The second verse then shifts to 16 years later when the girl is now a teenager who falls head-over-heels for the "senior football star." Just like the girl's father, she becomes the center of the boy's world. The final bridge tells of when the girl and boy get married and are expecting "one of their own". When she asks the boy what he's hoping for he replies with "one just like you": an "all-American girl." Underwood said the song is in part her autobiography

Songbooks, Arrangements and/or Media

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Carrie Underwood : Songs for Treble Voices

Ever Ever After - "Storybook endings, fairy tales coming true" - this song from the Disney film Enchanted as performed by Carrie Underwood makes us all believe it could be so! A great choice for pop and groups alike, your singers will want to sing it again and again. All-American Girl was a hit on both the Billboard Country and Hot 100 charts this endearing song tells the story of a "sweet little beautiful, wonderful, perfect All-American Girl" and makes a wonderful feature for end-of-the-year programs! Inside Your Heaven - For the first time in history the same song, recorded by a different artist, succeeded itself at the top of the charts. American Idol's Carrie Underwood and Bo Bice shared in that success with this recent hit. Piano accompaniment.

Songlist: All-American Girl, So Small, Inside Your Heaven, Ever Ever After

Carrie Underwood : Carnival Ride

Country music's golden girl Carrie Underwood is better than ever with her second album, Carnival Ride. The "American Idol" champion and Grammy Award winner has been on a ride all her own, singing her way to the top of the charts since her debut release of Some Hearts. Carrie's latest album features a parade of No. 1 singles including "So Small," "All-American Girl," "Last Name," and more! This songbook introduces the album-matching folio to Carnival Ride. Music includes lyrics, melody line, and chord changes with professionally arranged piano accompaniment.

Songlist: All-American Girl, Crazy Dreams, Flat on the Floor, Get Out of This Town, I Know You Won't, I Told You So, Just a Dream, Last Name, The More Boys I Meet, So Small, Twisted, You Won't Find This, Wheel of the World

Individual Folios

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Ed Lojeski : All-American Girl

A hit for both the Billboard Country and Hot 100, Carrie Underwood's 2008 endearing song tells the story of a "sweet little beautiful, wonderful, perfect All-American Girl" and makes a wonderful feature for end-of-the-year programs! Available separately: SATB, SAB, SSA, ShowTrax CD. Parts available digitally (vln, syn, gtr, b, dm). Duration: ca. 3:30.

Arranger: Ed Lojeski Performed By: Carrie Underwood