...MY GIRL... by Madness
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*from 'One Step Beyond' (1979)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: C#)
*/ = Slide (between Chords)
Intro:
Am F Dm Em G (x2)
Verse 1:
Am*/Ab/Am* F /E/F
My girl's mad at me.
Am*/Ab/Am* Dm
I didn't wanna see the film tonight.
Am*/Ab/Am* F /E/F
I found it hard to say.
Am*/Ab/Am* Dm
She thought I'd had e-nough of her.
Chorus 1:
C C/B Am
Why can't she see,
Dm Em7 G
She's lovely to me?
C C/B Am
But I like to stay in,
Am/G F Am Dm
And watch T.V. on my own.
Every now and then.
Verse 2:
Am*/Ab/Am* F /E/F
My girl's mad at me.
Am*/Ab/Am* Dm
Been on the tele-phone for an hour.
Am*/Ab/Am* F /E/F
We hardly said a word.
Am*/Ab/Am*
I tried and tried,
Dm
But I could not be heard.
Chorus 2:
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C C/B Am
Why can't I ex-plain?
Dm Em7 G
Why do I feel this pain?
C C/B Am
'Cos every-thing I say,
Am/G F Am
She doesn't under-stand,
Dm
She doesn't realise.
Dm7 G
She takes it all the wrong way.
Verse 3:
(Piano Solo)
Am*/Ab/Am*, F/E/F,
Am*/Ab/Am*, Dm (x2)
Verse 4:
Am*/Ab/Am* F /E/F
My girl's mad at me.
Am*/Ab/Am* Dm
We argued just the other night.
Am*/Ab/Am* F /E/F
I thought we'd got it straight,
Am*/Ab/Am*
We talked and talked,
Dm
Un-til it was light.
Chorus 3:
C C/B Am
I thought we'd a-greed,
Dm Em7 G
I thought we'd talked it out.
C C/B Am
Now when I try to speak,
Am/G F Am
She says that I don't care,
Dm
She says I'm unaware,
Dm7 G
And now she says I'm weak.
Outro:
Am F Dm Em G, Am
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Am F Dm Em G Am* Ab
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 133211 xx0231 022000 320003 577555 466544
E C C/B Em7 Am/G Dm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 x32010 x2001x 022030 302210 xx0211
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)