Girl tab by The Beatles

Tabs

Girl
The Beatles
Album: Rubber Soul

You'll need to capo the 8th fret to play this song correctly.
FIRST LINE CHORDS ARE OPEN NO CAPO

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:
     C majorC    G+G        C majorC
     E minorEm   B minorBm       E minorEm  E minor 7Em7
Is there anybody goin' to listen to my story
FF      FF        D#D#    G+G
A minorAm     Am/E       G+G    B7B7
all about a girl who came to stay?
     C majorC        G+G        C majorC
     E minorEm        B minorBm       E minorEm    E minor 7Em7
She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry;
FF                C majorC
A minorAm                E minorEm
still, you don't regret a single day.

CHORUS:
  D#D#   G+G    FF    F#F#    D#D#  G+G     FF    F#F#
  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:
FF				 C majorC
A minorAm                 E MajorE
She's the kind of girl who puts you down
 				 FF
                  A minorAm     E MajorE  E7E7 E MajorE
when friends are there, you feel a fool.
 FF
A minorAm
When you say she's looking good

  E MajorE
she acts as if it's unterstood.

   FF		 AbAb
   A minorAm     C majorC
She's cool, cool, cool, cool.

CHORUS:

Girl,   girl, girl.


VERSE 3:

Was she told when she was young that fame would lead to pleasure?
Did she understand it when they said
that a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure?
Will she still believe it when he's dead?

GUITAR LEAD (POSSIBLE 12 STRING)
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 |------------------------------------------------------------------------

X2 GUITAR Rythym CAPO 8th Fret at end just before Last Chorus Ah Girl
e |------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB |-------9-9-----------------10-10---------------12-12---9-9----14-14---12-12
G+G |-------9-9-----11--11------11-11---------------13-13---9-9----14-14---13-13
D MajorD |---------------11--11----------------13-13-----------------------------
A augmentedA |-------------------------------------13—13------------------------------
E MajorE |------------------------------------------------------------------------


e |------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB |-10-10-----13-13--12-12----10-10----9-9-------10-10------9-9------------
G+G |-11-11-----13-13--13-13----11-11----9-9-------11-11------9-9------------
D MajorD |------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

Modified by Robert Serra

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