Intro
C G F x2
Verse
C
I kn-kn-know a girl
G F C
She gets what she wants all the time
G F
Cause shes fine
C G F
But for an angel, shes a hot, hot mess
C
Make you so blind
G F
But you dont mind
Prechorus 1
C G F C G F
Cause shes an uptown, get-around, anything-goes girl, girl
C G F C G F
Shes a hardcore, candy-store, give-me-some-more girl, girl
C G F
She'll make you take her to the club, but then she leaves with her friends
C G F
She likes to stay late at the party cause the fun never ends
C G F
And all her clothes are on the floor, and all your records are scratched
C G F
Shes like a one-way ticket cause you can’t come back
Chorus
C G
Sayin yeah, and you want her
F C
But shes so mean
C G F
(You’ll never let her go, why dont you let her go?)
C G
Yeah, and you want her
F C
But she’s so mean
C G F
(You’ll never let her go, why dont you let her go?)
Verse
C G F
You kn-kn-know that if you dont shut your mouth
C G F
She’ll freak out
C G
You better get your shit together
F C
Cause shes bringing you down, now
G F
Yeah, boy, you better, you better
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Prechorus 2
C G F C
G F C G F
Cause shes an uptown, get-around, anything-goes girl, girl
C G F C G F
Shes a hardcore, candy-store, give-me-some-more girl, girl
C G F
Shes got a wicked sense of humor, can’t believe what she says
C G F
She drinks Bacardi in the morning till it goes to her head
C G F
And all you want is just to hold her, but she don’t go for that
C G F
She has a hard time coming when she can’t hit back
Chorus:
C G
Sayin yeah, and you want her
F C
But shes so mean
C G F
(You’ll never let her go, why dont you let her go?)
C G
Yeah, and you want her
F C
But she’s so mean
C G F
(You’ll never let her go, why dont you let her go?)
Bridge
Am C
Every now and then she makes you just a little bit crazy
Am F
She’ll turn the knife into your back and then she’s calling you ‘baby’
G C
Crazy
Prechorus
C G F
She'll make you take her to the club, but then she leaves with her friends
C G F
She likes to stay late at the party cause the fun never ends
C G F
And all her clothes are on the floor, and all your records are scratched
C G F
Shes like a one-way ticket cause you can’t come back
Chorus
C G
Sayin yeah, and you want her
F C
But shes so mean
C G F
(You’ll never let her go, why dont you let her go?)
C G
Yeah, and you want her
F C
But she’s so mean
C G F
(You’ll never let her go, why dont you let her go?)
Outro
C G F x2
