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Girlfriend – Wings
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Girlfriend
(McCartney)
From: "London Town" (1978)
A very beautiful song. The middle part, I called it "Solo/Instrumental" here, seems somehow
out of place, though. As I see it, McCartney wanted just a little t o o much
here. Michael Jackson
covered the song on his "Off the Wall" album (nice version, too!), turned the arrangement 100% pop
and consequently left out this part. I usually do so, too.
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GUITAR PARTS
Intro
G G6 G Am(7) Am7
Acoustic
e|3-----0---------|----------0-3/5-|3-----0-----0---|----------------|
B|0-----0---------|--------3-------|1-----1-----1---|----------------|
G|0-----0---------|--------0-------|2-----2-----2---|----------------|
D|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------------3-|3-------3-------|0---------------|----------------|
Electric
e|----------------|----------------|------3---------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|
G|----------------|----------------|--------------4-|------4--------4|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7-b5/Bb
Acoustic (continued)
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Electric (continued)
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|3----/12--------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Interlude
Eb G D G Eb G D G
e|------3---------|----------------|------3---------|----------------|
B|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|
G|--------------4-|------4---------|--------------4-|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----5-----------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Coda link
Am(7) Am(7) Em7-b5/Bb
e|------3---------|----------------|----------------|
B|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|----------------|
G|--------------4-|------4--------4|3----/12--------|
D|----------------|--------------5-|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORD
e-B-G-D-A-e
Em7-b5/Bb 3-3-3-2-1-x
I'm not quite sure how to call this monster.
Is it rather A Bb6/b5?
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SONG
Intro: | G G6 | G | Am(7) | Am(7) | Em7-b5/Bb |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/wings/girlfriend_tab.html ]
G G6 G Am C/D
Girlfriend, I'm gonna tell your boyfriend, yeah
G G6 G Am C/D
Tell him exactly what you're doing, yeah
G Em
Tell him what you do to me
Am F | Fm Fm7 Fm6 Fm |
Late at night when the wind is free
G G6 | Eb G | D G | Eb G | D G |
Girlfriend (Interlude)
G G6 G Am C/D
Girlfriend, I'm gonna show your boyfriend, yeah
G G6 G Am C/D
Show him the letters I've been saving, yeah
G Em
Show him how you feel inside
Am F | Fm Fm7 Fm6 Fm |
Then our love couldn't be denied
Em
And we're gonna have to tell him
Am |Am C(stop) |
You'll only be a girlfriend A|--0-0233-------|
G Am(7) G
of mine. Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am(7) G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Do do do do
Eb G D G
Till the river stops a-flowin'
Eb G D G
Till the wind doesn't wanna blow
Eb G D G
Till the flowers stop a-growin'
Eb G D G
Till my love doesn't wanna know
| A A6 | A | Bm e | Am | E/G# | F | F |
(Solo/Instrumental)
| Am | E/G# | Am Em | F | Fm Fm7 Fm6 Fm |
(Solo/Instrumental)
Em
We're gonna have to tell him
Am |Am C(stop) |
You'll only be a girlfriend A|--0-0233-------|
G
of mine.
G G6 G Am C/D
Girlfriend, we'd better tell your boyfriend, yeah
G G6 G Am C/D
Tell him exactly what we're doing, yeah
G Em
Tell him what he needs to know
Am F Fm7 Fm6 Fm
Or he may never let you go
Em
Yes we're gonna have to tell him
Am |Am C(stop) |
You'll only be a girlfriend A|--0-0233--------|
G Am(7) G
of mine. Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am(7) G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am(7) G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do [repeat]
Am(7) G
Do do do do Till the river stop a-flowin'
Am(7) G
(do do do do) Till the wind doesn't wanna blow
Am(7) G
(do do do do) Till the flowers stop a-growin'
Am(7) G Am(7)
(do do do do) Till the ocean's a sea of snow (sea of snow, sea of snow …)
G Am(7) G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am(7) G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
| Am(7) | Am(7) | Em7-b5/Bb |
Do do do do, [Coda link]
G G6 G
Girlfriend
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