English Girls Approximately Acoustic chords by Ryan Adams

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Intermediate

Based on the Live on Letterman performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE-r6exB5dY

Standard tuning, no capo. All chords in the 1st position, except for the D/G at the first line of coda.
C/B and B/C in the tab are single note walkups and walkdowns.
Coda may also use a straight D from time to time...hard to tell.

Song requires a precise G/G6sus strumming Hammer Pull pattern; tried to get the G6sus on the right syllable
of each line...watch and listen to see how he hits those G6sus syllables at the right moments.

The other requirement--geting a fast run down from C/G to Cmaj9/E to Amin7 to G to get into the into
for the next verse.

Coda may or may not go from Amin to Amin7, in a brief pull off, but works with a straight Amin.
Coda may also have some straight Ds as well as the Dsus2, but works either way.

G       3 2 0 0 0 3
G6sus   3 0 2 0 1 3 (hammer/pull chord)
Dsus2   x x 0 2 3 0
C/G     3 3 2 0 1 0
D/G     5 5 4 0 3 0
Cadd9   x 3 2 0 3 0
Cadd2   x 3 0 0 3 0 (hammer/pull chord)
Cmaj9/E 0 2 0 0 1 0
G6sus4  3 3 0 0 1 x (hammer/pull chord)
Amin    x 0 2 2 1 0
Amin7   x 0 2 0 1 0


Intro:
G        G6Sus      G (x4) Hammer-Pull

Verse 1:
G                    G6sus                    G    G6sus   G
English Girls are pretty when tney play guitar
G                       G6sus                         G    G6sus   G
Crazy like a day just a-breaking I ain't sure what for
G                      G6sus                         G    G6sus   G
Ain't got a mother or father or place to fall
G              G6sus                                                  G
She’s got a  brother in the blues but he doesn't know the blues at all

Chorus:
Dsus2                              B/C
Said you didn't love me, it was right on time,
        Cadd9                          Cadd9 Cadd2
I was just about to tell you, but OK, alright
Dsus2                               B/C
Said you didn't love me, didn't want a thing,
Cadd9                     Cadd9 Cadd2
English girls can be so mean

C/G   Cmaj9/E   Am7  G

G           G6sus     G  (x2)

Verse 2:
G                    G6sus                    G    G6sus   G
She's got eyes as pretty as a pair of jewels
G                            G6sus                         G    G6sus   G
Falling down in Camden like a couple drunken criminals
G          G6sus                         G    G6sus   G
She had a messy bedroom on the edge of town
        G            G6sus                           G
I ain’t never been a good enough to ever keep around

Chorus:
Dsus2
Said you didn't love me, it was right on time,
   B/C       Cadd9                          Cadd9  Cadd2
I was just about to tell you, but OK, alright
Dsus2                               B/C
Said you didn't love me, didn't want a thing,
Cadd9                     Cadd9 Cadd2
English girls can be so mean


Bridge:
Amin     C/B                     C/G  G6sus4  C/G
 But oooohh,  look at you now
Amin     C/B                     C/G G6sus4  C/G
 Ooooohh,  look at you now
Amin     C/B                     C/G G6sus4  C/G
Mmmmnn    best I'd ever seen
       Dsus2                                   C/B          Cadd9
Just a tall drink of water, just a-pourin' on down the sink

C/G   Cmaj9/E   Am7  G

Intro:
G        G6sus      G x2:

Verse 3:
G                           G6sus             G    G6sus   G
Tall drink of water, she's a Norfolk waterfall
G                    G6sus                  G    G6sus   G
Little daybreaker, shootin' like a cannonball
G                               G6sus                  G    G6sus   G
Crazy like a rocket when you're coming through my radio
G                           G6sus                  G    G6sus   G
Kept me in your bed till the summertime turned to fall
G                                G6sus              G    G6sus   G
Fall time coming, and I guess my little dove can sing
G                  G6sus            G    G6sus   G
Come on Elizabeth, come on a Bethany
G                    G6sus                  G    G6sus   G
Come on forever, I'm tired and I want to sleep
G                        G6sus                    G
My little dove flew,  I guess that she was done with me

Chorus:
Dsus2
Said you didn't love me, it was right on time,
   B/C       Cadd9                          Cadd9 Cadd2
I was just about to tell you, but OK, alright
Dsus2                               B/C
Said you didn't love me, didn't want a thing,
Cadd9                     Cadd9 Cadd2
English girls can be so mean

Bridge:
Amin     C/B                 C/G G6sus4 C/G
 But oooohh,  look at you now
Amin     C/B                 C/G G6sus4 C/G
 Ooooohh,  look at you now
Amin     C/B                 C/G G6sus4 C/G
Mmmmnn    best I'd ever seen
       Dsus2                                   C/B          Cadd9
Just a tall drink of water, just a-pourin' on down the sink

C/G   Cmaj9/E   Am7  G
G           G6sus     G  (x2)

Verse 4:
G                        Gsus2                       G      Gsus2
Kiss me on the lips but my heart just laughed it off
G                             Gsus2                 G      Gsus2
Words may move, but they’re  never moving fast enough
G                            Gsus2                       G
Celebrate the differences, I celebrate the songs you sing
N.C.
Just three words, my love:

Coda:
Amin Amin7      C/B    C/G  D/G
You meant eve-ry-thing
Amin Amin7    C/B    C/G  Dsus2
You meant eve-ry-thing
Amin Amin7     C/B    C/G  Dsus2
Oh, ah, ah, oh oh oh oh.............
End on Amin7