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Girl by The Beatles

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Title: Girl
          Artist: The Beatles
           Album: Rubber Soul
      written by: Lennon/McCartney
 

     Transcriber: Jason Goss (jasgoss@comcast.net)
 
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 B and E 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):

Em 022000     Bm x24432     Em7 020030
 
Am x02210   Am/E 002210       G 320033
 
B7 x21202  Bm/F# 224432   D7/F# 200212
 
 E 022100     E7 022130       C x32010
 
 
 
VERSE 1:
 
         Em      Bm              Em    Em7
Is there anybody goin' to listen to my story
 
Am          Am/E             G        B7
all about a girl who came to stay?
 
          Em               Bm              Em        Em7
She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry;
 
Am                               Em
still, you don't regret a single day.
 
 
 
CHORUS:
 
    G      Bm/F#    Am/E    D7/F#     G     Bm/F#     Am/E    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:
 
Am                                  E
She's the kind of girl who puts you down
 
                                   Am          E    E7  E
when friends are there, you feel a fool.
 

Am
When you say she's looking good
 
    E
she acts as if it's unterstood.
 

      Am          C
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
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
B
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G
|---------------------------10--------------------12--------13-----12----
D
|---------13--------10-----------------12--------------13----------------
A
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

    Did she understand it when they said
e
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
B
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G
|-10------13---12-------10---------------10------------------------------
D
|---------------------------------13------------13-----12----------------
A
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

    that a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure?
e
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
B
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G
|---------------------------10---------------12-----13--------12---------
D
|--------13-------10----------------12-----------13----------------------
A
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

    Will she still believe it when he's dead?
e
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
B
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G
|-10-------13------12-------10---------------10--------------------------
D
|-------------------------------------13------------13-----12------------
A
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
CHORUS:
 
Ah, girl,    girl, girl.
 
 
 

***For those who care to know, here are the chords' real names:
 

Em = Cm      Bm = Gm       Em7 = Cm7
 
Am = Fm    Am/E = Fm/C       G = Eb
 
B7 = G7   Bm/F# = Gm/D   D7/F# = Bb7/F#
 
 E = C       E7 = C7         C = Ab