The Fratellis - For The Girl Chords & Tabs

Song: For the Girl
Artist: The Fratellis
Album: Costello Music

Tabbed by Joelycakes

This band are absolutely awesome! I noticed no-one had tabbed this song yet so I thought 
would seeing as its amazing, enjoy! Let me know your thoughts on my effort.

Tuning: standard

Chords used

         E A D G B E
B|       7 9 9 8 7 7
F#|      2 4 4 3 2 2
G#|      4 6 6 5 4 4
G#m|     4 6 6 4 4 4
A#/Bb|   6 8 8 7 6 6
E|       - - 6 4 5 4  or 7 7 9 9 9 7
Em|      0 2 2 0 0 0
Eb|      6 6 8 8 8 6


Intro
   B                              F#
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9--11--9--11-13--11--11-9--11--8--8--8-8--6--6--6--4--4----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9--11--9--11-13--11--11-9--11--4----6--8-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                   F#   G# A#

whole thing x2


“La la la la la la la la la” x4


Verse
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_fratellis/for_the_girl_tab.html ]
  B                                         F#	                          x4
“She said I know but I just can’t tell everything that you’ve been saying….”

(Repeat over as upstrokes of the chords as tabbed above)


Chorus (part 1)

B                G#m         E 	             F	    x4
She was into the stones when I was into the roses…


(part 2)
  Eb	              G#m          x3
And all the while the girl sang…

 Eb             G#m  F#    E	               Em
…Bruises that I just don’t miss…..And she said I can’t love you anymore that this

(Back to intro tabs – La la la la la la la la la…)

Then verse 2 and chorus again same as above


Bridge (play notes while singing la la la la la la making you look silly)

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------6--8--6--8-9--8--8-6--8----------|
D|--9--11--9--11-13--11--11-9--11--4--6--8--------------------------4--6--8--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------6-------------------9--11--9--11-12--11--11--9--11------------|
B|--7--9--7--9----9--9-7--9--------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------4-6-8---------------------------------4--6--8----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus (same as before)

End on B

That’s it! I’m pretty sure it’s correct. Just listen to the song if u get stuck.