Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: G+G
Girl Goin' Nowhere
Written by Ashley McBryde & Jeremy Bussey
Intro:
|G+G |D MajorD |C majorC |C majorC
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
Don't waste your life behind that guitar
C majorC
You may get gone, but you won't get far
G+G C majorC G+G
You're not the first, you won't be the last
C majorC
And you can tell us all about it when you come crawling back
E minorEm D MajorD
That road you're on, just winds and winds
C majorC
Your spinning your wheels and wasting you're time
Chorus 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
But when the lights come up and I hear the band
C majorC
And where they said I'd never be is exactly where I am
E minorEm D MajorD
I hear the crowd, I look around
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And I can't find an empty chair, not bad for a girl goin' nowhere
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
I get these calls, out on the road
C majorC
Heard your song on my radio
G+G C majorC G+G
We always said you'd make it big
C majorC
And I tell all my friends, I knew you back when
E minorEm D MajorD
So don't for- get all us little folks
C majorC
And when you crash and burn, remember we told you so
Chorus 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
And then the lights come up and I hear the band
C majorC
And where they said I'd never be is exactly where I am
E minorEm D MajorD
I hear the crowd, I look around
C majorC G+G
And I can't find one empty chair, not bad for a girl goin' no- where
Solo:
|D MajorD |C majorC |C majorC |G+G |D MajorD |C majorC |C majorC
Bridge:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
I need to thank my daddy for that first set of strings
G+G D MajorD
And all those folks who swore I'd never be anything
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
It took a whole lot of yes I wills and I don't care
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
A augmentedA whole lot of basement dives and county fairs
Outro:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
To this show right now and y'all sure look good out there
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Not bad for a girl goin' nowhere
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Not bad for a girl goin' nowhere