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Built to Spill - Girl
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Album: The normal years 1996
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Tabbed by Marcus Hautz (endofallthings at gmx. de)
Standard Tuning. This is one hell of a fun song to play.
You'll find a few pointers on strumming and intonating the
different parts on the bottom of the tab. But just listen
to the song and you'll get it.
Enjoy !
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
Em
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
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Em C7
someone I can talk to
Em C7
someone I don't have to talk to
Em
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 :
1) For the verse
Chords: G D Em C
Strum: D - D U - U D U - U D U - U D U
Text: Sitting at the railway station
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
Text: really smart
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
Text: wad it up and throw it in my face
