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Standard Tuning. This is one hell of a fun song to play.
You'll find a few pointers on strumming and intonating the
Gsitting Dat the Emrailway stCation
Greading Dbooks Embout intCimidation
Gwaiting Dfor my Emgirl to cCome
and Gif she Ddoes will Emshe be dCumb or 
             Em  Amreally Csmart 
    Emwill she Ambreak my Cheart and
Gwad it up and Cthrow it in my Dface
GI knew I'd find a Cnice girl someAmdayG  
   Emfind a Amnice girl settle Cadd9down
Emsomeone I can C7talk to
Emsomeone I don't C7have to talk to
Emsomeone who'll gimme time and gimme space
and take it all Gaway D  Em  C  G  D  Em  C  
Gsitting Dat the Embus stCation
Greading Dbooks Embout legislCation
GsuddenlDy my Emgirl cComes and 
Gshe's not Deven Emdumb in fCact she's 
            Em  Amkinda Csmart
   Emwill she Ambreak my Cheart
Gwad it up and Cthrow it in my Dface
GI knew I'd find a Cnice girl someAmdayG  
   Emfind a Amnice girl settle Cadd9down
Emsomeone I can C7talk to
Emsomeone I don't C7have to talk to
Emsomeone who'll gimme time and gimme space
and take it all Gaway D  Em  C  G  D  Em  C  
Gactually I've nDever even Embeen to a Crailroad station 
Geven thDough I used to Emlive near Cone and 
Gstill I'm Dwaiting for Emmy girl to cCome and
Gif she dDoes will Emshe be dCumb or
               Em  Amreally Csmart
      Emwill she Ambreak my Cheart and 
Gwad it up and Cthrow it in my Dface
Gwad it up and Cthrow it in my Dface
GI knew I'd find a Cnice girl someAmdayG  
   Emfind a Amnice girl settle Cadd9down
Emsomeone I can C7talk to
Emsomeone I don't C7have to talk to
Emsomeone I can C7talk to
Emsomeone I don't C7have to talk to
Emsomeone I can C7talk to
Emsomeone I don't C7have to talk to
Emsomeone I can C7talk to
Emsomeone I don't C7have to talk to
Emsomeone I can C7talk to
Emsomeone I don't C7have to talk to
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A few hints on strumming :
Chords:         G             D            Em                 C  
Strum:  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  -  U  D  U  -  U  D  U
2) Play the Em dirctly after the Verse twice
Chords:     Em                  Em         Am   C  
Strum:  D  -  D  -  -  U  D  U  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  
3) In the "Bridge" part play a different strumming
Chords:                        G                         C  D  
Strum:  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  D

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Girl

by Built to Spill

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Cadd9

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Standard Tuning. This is one hell of a fun song to play.

You'll find a few pointers on strumming and intonating the

G D Em C

sitting at the railway station

G D Em C

reading books bout intimidation

G D Em C

waiting for my girl to come

G D Em C

and if she does will she be dumb or

Em Am C

really smart

Em Am C

will she break my heart and

G C D

wad it up and throw it in my face

G C Am G

I knew I'd find a nice girl someday

Em Am Cadd9

find a nice girl settle down

Em C7

someone I can talk to

Em C7

someone I don't have to talk to

someone who'll gimme time and gimme space

G D Em C G D Em C

and take it all away

G D Em C

sitting at the bus station

G D Em C

reading books bout legislation

G D Em C

suddenly my girl comes and

G D Em C

she's not even dumb in fact she's

Em Am C

kinda smart

Em Am C

will she break my heart

G C D

wad it up and throw it in my face

G C Am G

I knew I'd find a nice girl someday

Em Am Cadd9

find a nice girl settle down

Em C7

someone I can talk to

Em C7

someone I don't have to talk to

someone who'll gimme time and gimme space

G D Em C G D Em C

and take it all away

G D Em C

actually I've never even been to a railroad station

G D Em C

even though I used to live near one and

G D Em C

still I'm waiting for my girl to come and

G D Em C

if she does will she be dumb or

Em Am C

really smart

Em Am C

will she break my heart and

G C D

wad it up and throw it in my face

G C D

wad it up and throw it in my face

G C Am G

I knew I'd find a nice girl someday

Em Am Cadd9

find a nice girl settle down

Em C7

someone I can talk to

Em C7

someone I don't have to talk to

Em C7

someone I can talk to

Em C7

someone I don't have to talk to

Em C7

someone I can talk to

Em C7

someone I don't have to talk to

Em C7

someone I can talk to

Em C7

someone I don't have to talk to

Em C7

someone I can talk to

Em C7

someone I don't have to talk to

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A few hints on strumming :

G D Em C

Chords:

Strum: D - D U - U D U - U D U - U D U

2) Play the Em dirctly after the Verse twice

Em Em Am C

Chords:

Strum: D - D - - U D U D - D U - U D U

3) In the "Bridge" part play a different strumming

G C D

Chords:

Strum: D - D U - U D U D - D U - U D U D

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