The Girl From Lakeville chords by Nerina Pallot

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

A C G

Verse 1:

     A
The girl comes from Lakeville
     A
Her dad, he cuts hair
         C       G                  A
It's a small town in the middle of nowhere

   A
In tried and tested fashion
           A
She took a plane and headed west
       C         G            A
To a city of neuroses, to the one that I love best

Chorus:

        E                               D         A
Did you think I couldn't feel it from 5,000 miles away?
      E                                 D         A
That I wouldn't sense betrayal in the things you could not say?
         Dm                  G                       A
I may be ditzy, I know I'm uncool, but I'm not like you

Verse 2:

A
Sierra bonita
A
That you'll never be
         C           G                A
And I figure for that, you'll always hate me

     A
But beauty is affliction
    A
It scars me from the rest
       C             G
I only wanted to be ordinary
         A
To be no more, to have no less

Chorus:

              E
But did you think you wouldn't think of me
         D                   A
When you moved your hand down there?
      E
That he wouldn't think it strange
           D                    A
To run his fingers through your hair?
         E
It's the one thing that you want
              D                  A
The thing you know you'll never have
              Dm
Three lonely people
                G
It's one sorry mess

Middle 8:

A     D           G
Oh my girlfriend, girlfriend
  C
I dig the book you bought
A       D           G
Hey my girlfriend, girlfriend
   C
The record is cool
A     D           G
Oh my girlfriend, girlfriend
     C
You know you make me smile
A     D
Oh my girlfriend
G                 C             A
I thought we'd be friends for a while

Outro:

   G
I thought that we'd be
D               G        A
I thought we'd be friends, girl
           G        D
What'd you do it for? Hey
G                 A    A7
What'd you do it for, yeah
D         G
Oh, you can't wait
D                     G         A7
What'd you do it for, why'd you make me
A7 G
Cry
D7 G                      A
Cry, old books and records, clothes
                G
These things on my mind, hey
D                       G      A
Think of him, think of you, sometimes
                     G                D
Girl from Lakeville, what'd you do it for?
                                       G
What'd you do it for, what'd you do it for?
A      G                     D           G A
Oh my girlfriend, what'd you do it for?
           G
What'd you do it for girl? Think about it
     A                      G     A
Sometimes it cross my mind, uh-uh yeah yeah
                            G
Don't wanna think about it, don't wanna think about it
      A7
Ever again