...LIBERIAN GIRL... by Michael Jackson
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*from 'Bad' (1987)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: Abm)
Intro:
(Spoken):
"Naku penda piya, naku taka piya, mpenziwe".
Em7, Am7 Bm7 (x2)
Verse 1:
Em7
Li-berian girl;
Am7 Bm7
You came and you changed my world; a love so brand new.
Em7
Li-berian girl,
Am7 Bm7
You came and you changed me, girl; a feeling so true.
Chorus 1:
C
Li-berian girl,
Em7
You know that you came, and you changed my world.
F#m7b5
Just like in the movies, with two lovers in a scene,
Bsus4
And she says; do you love me? And he says, so endlessly;
B (n.C.) (Em7)
I love you, Liberian girl.
Bridge 1:
Em7 Am7 Bm7
Naku penda piya, naku taka piya, mpenziwe. I...
Bm7 Em7 Am7 Bm7
I... ooh, babe, all right.
Verse 2:
Em7
Li-berian girl,
Am7 Bm7
More precious than any pearl; your love's so complete.
Em7
Li-berian girl,
Am7 Bm7
You kiss me then, ooh, the world, you do this to me.
Chorus 2:
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C
Li-berian girl,
Em7
You know that you came, and you changed my world.
F#m7b5
Just like in the movies, with two lovers in a scene,
Bsus4
And she says; do you love me? And he says, so endlessly;
B (n.C.) (Em7)
I love you, Liberian girl.
Bridge 2:
Em7 Am7 Bm7
Naku penda piya, naku taka piya, mpenziwe.
Interlude:
Bm7 B7, C/E D/E
Chorus 3:
C
Li-berian girl,
Em7
You know that you came, and you changed my world.
F#m7b5
I wait for the day, when you have to say "I do",
Bsus4
And I'll smile and say it too, and for-ever we'll be true,
B (n.C.) Em7
I love you, Liberian girl.
Coda:
D/E Am7 B7 Em7
All the time...I love you, Liberian girl,
D/E Am7 B7 Em7
All the time...I love you, Liberian girl.
D/E Am7 B7 Em7
All the time...I love you, Liberian girl,
D/E Am7 B7 Em7
All the time...I love you, Liberian girl.
{Repeat to Fade}
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Em7 Am7 Bm7 C F#m7b5
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022030 x02013 x24232 x32010 202210
Bsus4 B B7 C/E D/E
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24452 x24442 x24242 032010 002232
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
