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Had Me A Girl

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                              Tom Waits - Had Me A Girl
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Album : The Early Years Vol 1
Tempo : 105
E-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr
Tabbed by: newg    (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/)
Different way to play :
Capo 5 (this version), no capo (transpose +5) and with the guitar tune down one step (transpose +2)
I think (because of the riff), that he play with the last way.
 D/F#
  : xx4232
Intro / Riff pre-verse
   Capo 5             No capo              Capo 2 (-1 step)
e|------------|      |------------|      D|------------|
B|------------|      |------------|      A|------------|
G|------------|      |------------|      F|------------|
D|------------|      |--0--2--4---|      C|------------|
A|--0--2--4---|      |------------|      G|------------|
E|------------|      |------------|      D|--0--2--4---|
[Verse]
        D/F#             Bm    D/F#                Bm
Well, I had me a girl in L.A.  I knew she couldn't stay
D/F#                 Bm     G                       A
Had me a girl in San Diego. One day she just had to go
      D/F#             Bm           D/F#            Bm
And I had me a girl in Tallahassee. Boy what a foxy lassie
[Chorus]
       D/F#                  A                      G  A
And my doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
       D/F#                  Bm     D/F#                  Bm
And my doctor says I'll be alright. doctor says I'll be alright
D/F#                  Bm                     G  A
doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
       D/F#                  Bm     D/F#                  Bm
And my doctor says I'll be alright. doctor says I'll be alright
D/F#                  A                      G  A
doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
[Verse]
      D/F#             Bm           D/F#             Bm
And I had me a girl in Mississippi. Oh, she sure was kippy
D/F#               Bm           G                      A
Had me a girl from England. She done split for the mainland
D/F#                     Bm        D/F#                 Bm
And I had me a girl from New York. She up and pulled my cork
[Chorus]
       D/F#                  A                      G  A
And my doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
       D/F#                  Bm     D/F#                  Bm
And my doctor says I'll be alright. doctor says I'll be alright
D/F#                  Bm                     G  A
doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
       D/F#                  Bm     D/F#                  Bm
And my doctor says I'll be alright. doctor says I'll be alright
D/F#                  A                      G  A
doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
[Verse]
     D/F#                 Bm            D/F#                        Bm
Then I had me a girl from North Dakota. She was just fillin' her quota
D/F#                      Bm           G                        A
Then I had me a girl from Chula Vista. I was in love with her sister
D/F#                      Bm      D/F#         Bm
Then I had me a girl from ....    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[Chorus]
       D/F#                  A                      G  A
And my doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
       D/F#                  Bm     D/F#                  Bm
And my doctor says I'll be alright. doctor says I'll be alright
D/F#                  Bm                     G  A
doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
       D/F#                  Bm     D/F#                  Bm
And my doctor says I'll be alright. doctor says I'll be alright
D/F#                  A                      G  A
doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
[Verse]
       D/F#               Bm      D/F#                        Bm
Then I had me a girl from France. Just wanted to get in a pants
D/F#               Bm      G                A
Had me a girl from Toledo. Boy she sure was neato
D/F#                      Bm              D/F#              Bm
Then I had me a girl from North Carolina. She's still on my mind
[Chorus]
       D/F#                  A                      G  A
And my doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
       D/F#                  Bm     D/F#                  Bm
And my doctor says I'll be alright. doctor says I'll be alright
D/F#                  Bm                     G  A
doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
       D/F#                  Bm     D/F#                  Bm
And my doctor says I'll be alright. doctor says I'll be alright
D/F#                  A                      G  A
doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
[Chorus]
       D/F#                  A                      G  A
And my doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
       D/F#                  Bm     D/F#                  Bm
And my doctor says I'll be alright. doctor says I'll be alright
D/F#                  Bm                     G  A
doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
       D/F#                  Bm     D/F#                  Bm
And my doctor says I'll be alright. doctor says I'll be alright
D/F#                  A                      G  A
doctor says I'll be alright. But I'm feelin' blue
[Outro]
D/F#

Had Me A Girl chords and lyrics

Free chords for Had Me A Girl by Tom Waits. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              Tom Waits - Had Me A Girl
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Different way to play :
Capo 5 (this version), no capo (transpose +5) and with the guitar tune down one step (transpose +2)
I think (because of the riff), that he play with the last way.
 D/F# : xx4232
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
D/F#

Had Me A Girl Chords by Tom Waits

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