Chords with lyrics
Title: Girl
Artist: The Beatles
Album: Rubber Soul
written by: Lennon/McCartney
Transcriber: Jason Goss ([email protected])
I looked around for any tabs to this song and found that they were all
missing an important point. The acoustic in this song sounds tense, or
strained, and it's because of the unorthodox use of a capo. Try listening
to just the 
BB and 
E MajorE string and you'll see what I mean. So this is my
attempted transcription of "Girl". I'm all but certain that these chords
are right so, if you have a capo on hand, enjoy.
You'll need to capo the 8th fret to play this song correctly.
Chords, or chord shapes*** (assuming the 8th fret is the open
position):
E minorEm 022000 
B minorBm x24432 
E minor 7Em7 020030
A minorAm x02210 Am/E 002210 
G+G 320033
B7B7 x21202 Bm/F# 224432 
D7/F#D7/F# 200212
E MajorE 022100 
E7E7 022130 
C majorC x32010
VERSE 1:
E minorEm B minorBm E minorEm E minor 7Em7
Is there anybody goin' to listen to my story
A minorAm Am/E G+G B7B7
all about a girl who came to stay?
E minorEm B minorBm E minorEm E minor 7Em7
She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry;
A minorAm E minorEm
still, you don't regret a single day.
CHORUS:
G+G Bm/F# Am/E D7/F#D7/F# G+G Bm/F# Am/E D7/F#D7/F#
Ah, gi-----rl, girl, gi---rl.
VERSE 2:
When I think of all the times I've tried so hard to leave her
She will turn to me and start to cry;
And she promises the earth to me and I believe her.
After all this time I don't know why.
CHORUS:
Ah, girl, girl, girl.
BRIDGE:
A minorAm E MajorE
She's the kind of girl who puts you down
A minorAm E MajorE E7E7 E MajorE
when friends are there, you feel a fool.
A minorAm
When you say she's looking good
E MajorE
she acts as if it's unterstood.
A minorAm C majorC
She's cool, cool, cool, cool.
CHORUS:
Girl, girl, girl.
VERSE 3: (This verse has a countermelody which I believe is played on
an
acoustic. Don't worry about taking the capo off.)
Was she told when she was young that fame would lead to pleasure?
e
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G
|---------------------------10--------------------12--------13-----12----
D MajorD
|---------13--------10-----------------12--------------13----------------
A augmentedA
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
Did she understand it when they said
e
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G
|-10------13---12-------10---------------10------------------------------
D MajorD
|---------------------------------13------------13-----12----------------
A augmentedA
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
that a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure?
e
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G
|---------------------------10---------------12-----13--------12---------
D MajorD
|--------13-------10----------------12-----------13----------------------
A augmentedA
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
Will she still believe it when he's dead?
e
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G
|-10-------13------12-------10---------------10--------------------------
D MajorD
|-------------------------------------13------------13-----12------------
A augmentedA
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORUS:
Ah, girl, girl, girl.
***For those who care to know, here are the chords' real names:
E minorEm = 
C minorCm B minorBm = 
G minorGm E minor 7Em7 = 
Cm7Cm7
A minorAm = 
F minorFm Am/E = Fm/C G+G = 
Eb MajorEb
B7B7 = 
G7G7 Bm/F# = Gm/D D7/F#D7/F# = Bb7/F#
E MajorE = C majorC E7E7 = 
C7C7 C majorC = 
AbAb
Other versions of Girl
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Girl version 1 by The Beatles
