I Had Me A Girl tab by The Civil Wars

Tabs

I Had Me a Girl
The Civil Wars
Transcribed by: Tyler Anderson

Tuning: DADGAD
Capo 3 -- all tabs relative to capo

The song revolves around these A augmentedA couple chord-based riffs

I've tabbed out the strum pattern as best as I could, but listen for the exact one

Chords

D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0-|
A augmentedA|-0-0-0-0-0-|
D MajorD|-2-7-9-5-4-|
G+G|-0-5-7-3-2-|
A augmentedA|-0-5-7-3-2-|
D MajorD|-0-5-7-3-2-|
  D MajorD G+G A augmentedA FF E MajorE

Intro

D MajorD|--------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------2p0----------|
G+G|-5p3-----3h5-----3p0--3s5-|
A augmentedA|-----3-3------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------|


Riff 1
D MajorD|-0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A augmentedA|-0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
D MajorD|-2--222--2--2--2--2--222--2--2--2--2--222--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
G+G|-0--000--3--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A augmentedA|-0--000--0--0--3--0--000--3--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
D MajorD|-0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--5--0--000--5--3--3--5--3--0--|

Riff 2
D MajorD|--0-0-0--0--|
A augmentedA|--0-0-0--0--|
D MajorD|--2-2-2--2--|
G+G|--0-0-0--0--|
A augmentedA|--3-3-3--0--|
D MajorD|--3-3-3--0--|

Riff 3
D MajorD|-0--000--3--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--|
A augmentedA|-0--000--0--0--3--0--000--3--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|-2--222--2--2--2--2--222--2--2--0--2--222--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--| repeat
G+G|-0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--000--5--3--3--5--3--0--0-0-0-0--|
A augmentedA|-0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--3-3-3-0--|
D MajorD|-0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--|

Lyrics

Intro
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 1

Riff 1
I had me a girl
who taught me those things
a young man should know
Riff 2

Riff 1
Down, down on my knees
I'd be and I'd plead
to learn a little bit more

     G+G            D MajorD
Oh that woman she taught me to pray
     G+G     A augmentedA
I saw heaven everyday
Lord, she could
Riff 1
Ooooooooooh
Riff 2
Riff 1
Ooooooooooh

Riff 1
I had me a boy
Who buttoned me down
and drew me a line
Riff 2

Riff 1
He, he washed me as clean
as a sinner could be
showed me the light

     G+G          D MajorD
Oh that boy he taught me to pray
     G+G            A augmentedA
But for all of his spit-shinin' ways
Lord he could
Riff 1
Ooooooooooooh
Riff 2
Riff 1
Ooooooooooooh

Bridge
FF E MajorE D MajorD D D MajorD D repeat

Riff 3
I had me a girl
like cigarette smoke
she came and she went
Riff 2

Riff 3
I slipped through his hands
to my back door man
under his chin

     G+G           D MajorD
Oh that woman she taught me to pray
     G+G            A augmentedA
But for all of her wandering' waaaaaaaaaaaays
She could
Riff 1
Oooooooooooooooooooooooh
Riff 2

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