...THE GIRL IS MINE...
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by Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
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*from 'Thriller' (1982)*
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: A)
Intro:
Gmaj7 Am7 (x4)
Verse 1:
(Michael):
Gmaj7
Every night,
Am7
She walks right in my dreams,
Gmaj7 Am7
Since I met her from the start.
Gmaj7 Am7
I'm so proud I am the only one,
Gmaj7 E7sus4
Who is special in her heart.
Chorus 1:
Am7
The girl is mine,
D7 Gmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7
The doggone girl is mine.
E7sus4 Am7
I know she's mine,
D7 Gmaj7
Because the doggone girl is mine.
Interlude:
Gmaj7 Am7 (x2)
Verse 2:
(Paul):
Gmaj7 Am7
I don't understand the way you think,
Gmaj7 Am7
Saying that she's yours, not mine,
Gmaj7 Am7
Sending roses and your silly dreams,
Gmaj7 E7sus4
Really just a waste of time.
Chorus 2:
Am7
The girl is mine,
D7 Gmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7
The doggone girl is mine.
E7sus4 Am7
I know she's mine,
D7 Gmaj7
Because the doggone girl is mine.
Bridge 1:
(Both):
Gmaj7
I love you more than he,
Am7
(Take you anywhere),
Gmaj7
But I love you endlessly,
Am7
(Loving we will share).
Bbmaj9
So come and go with me,
Ebmaj7
To one town,
C D6
But we both cannot have her,
C D6
So it's one or the other.
C D6
And one day you'll dis-cover,
C D6
That she's my girl for-ever and ever.
Verse 3:
(Both):
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Gmaj7
Don't build your hopes,
Am7
To be let down,
Gmaj7 Am7
'Cos I really feel it's time.
Gmaj7
I know she'll tell you,
Am7
I'm the one for her,
Gmaj7 E7sus4
'Cos she said I blow her mind.
Chorus 3:
Am7
The girl is mine,
D7 Gmaj7 Am7 Gmaj7
The doggone girl is mine.
E7sus4 Am7
Don't waste your time,
D7 Gmaj7
Because the doggone girl is mine.
Interlude:
Gmaj7 Am7 (x2)
Verse 4:
Gmaj7
She's mine,
Am7
She's mine,
Gmaj7
No, no, no,
Am7
She's mine.
Gmaj7 Am7
The girl is mine,
Gmaj7 Am7
The girl is mine,
Gmaj7 Am7
The girl is mine,
Gmaj7 Am7
The girl is mine.
Gmaj7
The girl is mine,
Am7 Gmaj7 Am7
(Yep) she's mine,
Gmaj7
The girl is mine,
Am7 Gmaj7 Am7
(Yep) she's mine.
Chorus 4:
E7sus4 Am7
Don't waste your time,
D7 Gmaj7
Because the doggone girl is mine.
Interlude:
Gmaj7 Am7 (x2)
Gmaj7 Am7
The girl is mine,
Gmaj7 Am7
The girl is mine.
Break:
(Over Gmaj7, Am7)
(Paul):
Michael,
We're not going to fight about this, okay?
(Michael):
Paul, I think, I told you;
I'm a lover, not a fighter.
(Paul):
I've heard it all before, Michael,
She told me that I'm her forever lover,
You know, don't you remember?
(Michael):
Well, after loving me,
She said she couldn't love another.
(Paul):
Is that what she said?
(Michael):
Yes, she said it,
You keep dreaming.
(Paul):
I don't believe it!
Coda:
Gmaj7 Am7
The girl is mine,
Gmaj7 Am7
The girl is mine.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Gmaj7 Am7 E7sus4 D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x443x x02013 020200 xx0212
Bbmaj9 Ebmaj7 C D6
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x10211 x68786 x32010 xx0202
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
