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