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Mannish Girl

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[Intro]
D  A   Em7   G
I Dused to be conAtent to frown
But Em7anything for Gmoney now
I'd Drather be a Amannish kind of Em7girlG  
I Dused to get drunk on ASpanish wine
Well, Em7now I'm drunk most Gall the time
I Dguess I've been to Agrateful for too Em7longG  
*chorus*
So I sit around and F#mwait
And watch the grass grow Ggreen
And count the cars
Feeling Alost alone and mGisunG/F#derstooEm7d
So I DwaiAt, hEm7ey heGy
Yes I DwaiAt, hEm7ey heGy
*verse 2 - same*
Well I had a girl in London town
She picked me up and spun me round
I guess she was a mannish kind of girl
I went away and I still don't know why
Six feet under is where my bloody heart lies
I'm just afraid I can't forget her now
*chorus -same*
So I sit around and wait
And watch the grass grow green
And count the cars
Feeling lost alone and misunderstood
So I wait, hey hey
So I wait, hey hey, hey hey
*verse 3 - same*
I used to be too big too crawl
Now I don't give a damn at all
I'd rather be a mannish kind of girl
Yeah I used to get drunk on that Spanish wine
But now I'm drunk most all the time
I guess I'm just afraid I can't forget her now
*chorus - same - keep repeating D  A  Em7 G over extra lines*
And so I sit around and wait
And watch the grass grow green
And count the cars
Feeling lost alone and misunderstood
So I wait, hey hey
Yeah I wait, hey hey
Yes I wait, hey hey
Yeah I wait, hey hey, hey hey

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Mannish Girl

by Lloyd Cole

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

F#m

G/F#

[Intro]

D A Em7 G

D A

I used to be content to frown

Em7 G

But anything for money now

D A Em7 G

I'd rather be a mannish kind of girl

D A

I used to get drunk on Spanish wine

Em7 G

Well, now I'm drunk most all the time

D A Em7 G

I guess I've been to grateful for too long

*chorus*

F#m

So I sit around and wait

And watch the grass grow green

And count the cars

A G G/F# Em7

Feeling lost alone and misunderstood

D A Em7 G

So I wait, hey hey

D A Em7 G

Yes I wait, hey hey

*verse 2 - same*

Well I had a girl in London town

She picked me up and spun me round

I guess she was a mannish kind of girl

I went away and I still don't know why

Six feet under is where my bloody heart lies

I'm just afraid I can't forget her now

*chorus -same*

So I sit around and wait

And watch the grass grow green

And count the cars

Feeling lost alone and misunderstood

So I wait, hey hey

So I wait, hey hey, hey hey

*verse 3 - same*

I used to be too big too crawl

Now I don't give a damn at all

I'd rather be a mannish kind of girl

Yeah I used to get drunk on that Spanish wine

But now I'm drunk most all the time

I guess I'm just afraid I can't forget her now

*chorus - same - keep repeating D A Em7 G over extra lines*

And so I sit around and wait

And watch the grass grow green

And count the cars

Feeling lost alone and misunderstood

So I wait, hey hey

Yeah I wait, hey hey

Yes I wait, hey hey

Yeah I wait, hey hey, hey hey

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