Girl You're Taking Home chords by Ella Langley

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A

Intro:

 F#m  | A  | D  | D  :


Verse 1:
            F#m
I got the whiskey
A                   D
 She gets the good-year bottle of wine
           F#m
I got the neon
A              D
 She gets the back-porch strung-up lights
            F#m                      A
I got the white lies, she gets the truth
              D                   Bm7
She gets the version I wanted of you

Chorus:
D                         E
 If I was good enough to be your last call
  A            E/G#               F#m
Why is she the one you call your mama about?
D                     E
 After seein' all the B.S. I saw
  A            E/G#               F#m
Why is she the one who sees your best side now?
   D               E
If I'm first thing on your mind
     A       E/G#    F#m
The second she lets go
       D              E                        F#m    A    D
Then why ain't I the girl you're taking home?


Verse 2:
           F#m
I saw the pictures
A                  D
 And she gets to cross that county line
                     F#m
I bet she's riding shotgun
A         D
 In your dad's old '85
                   F#m                      A
Bet she met your grandma, you took her to church
               D
She gets the cleaned-up and I got the dirt
Bm7
 And it hurts 'cause


Chorus:
D                         E
 If I was good enough to be your last call
  A            E/G#               F#m
Why is she the one you call your mama about?
D                     E
 After seein' all the B.S. I saw
  A            E/G#               F#m
Why is she the one who sees your best side now?
   D               E
If I'm first thing on your mind
     A       E/G#    F#m
The second she lets go
       D              E
Then why ain't I the girl you're taking home?


Solo:
 F#m  | A  | D  | D  :


Bridge:
                    F#m
Yeah, take her home
               A
Where you grew up
        D                      Bm7
Baby, why ain't I the one you love?



Chorus:
D                         E
 If I was good enough to be your last call
  A            E/G#               F#m
Why is she the one you call your mama about?
D                     E
 After seein' all the B.S. I saw
  A            E/G#               F#m
Why is she the one who sees your best side now?
   D               E
If I'm first thing on your mind
     A       E/G#    F#m
The second she lets go
       D              E                        F#m    A
Then why ain't I the girl you're taking home?
       D              E                        A    E/G#    F#m    E
Then why ain't I the girl you're taking home?
       D              E
Then why ain't I the girl you're taking home?