Girlfriend chords by Julia Fordham

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

🎸 Intro:

E   C#m C#m7 F#


🎸 Verse 1:

      B
Don't tell me to stop crying
B
Please just hold me while i do
B
Soothe me with your silence
B
And just cradle me to you
G#m
Don't push me for my reasons
B                       C#
Or expect me to explain
E                            C#m
How can i in five minutes shift
                       F#
B  lifetime's hidden pain

🎸 Chorus:
                B           B
Don't tell your girlfriend about me
E                           Em         C#m
Cos your girlfriend won't like girls like me
                E             F#
Don't tell your girlfriend about me
E                        C#m         B
If you just hold me   hold me   hold me


🎸 Verse 2:

B
I went to see a psychic and
B
I paid for good advice

B
He said "forget a romance
B
'Til you've sorted out your life."
G#m
Be your own mother and your father
                       C#m
And your sister and brother
     C#m7
And even try to crack the art
      F#
Of being your own lover


🎸 Chorus:
                B           B
Don't tell your girlfriend about me
E                            Em        C#m
Cos your girlfriend won't like girls like me
               C#m                F#7
Don't tell your girlfriend about me
            C#m7         F#         B
If you just hold me   hold me   hold me


🎸 Bridge:

Em
In my darkest hour you'd be mine
Em
These wildest dreams
                 B
Are no crime or are they, girlfriend?
Em
Coming from a place of need
Em
Not one of abundance
                B
You see he told me, girlfriend

E  C#m7 F#


🎸 Verse 3:

       B
Don't tell me to stop crying
B
Please just hold me while i do
B
Soothe me with your silence
B
And just cradle me to you
      G#m
Don't push me for my reasons
   G#                  C#
Or expect me to explain
C#m7                     C#m
How come i say i'm happy
                       F#
To be on my own again?


🎸 Chorus:
                B           B
Don't tell your girlfriend about me
E                           Em         C#m
Cos your girlfriend won't like girls like me
            E             C#m                F#
Don't tell have to tell your girlfriend about me
E                        C#m  F#       B        E    C#m  F#  B
If you just hold me   hold me   hold me