Girl In Need chords by Graham Parker

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:

A   C#m   D   E

Verse 1:
A                    C#m        D                    E
When you say you’re weary, you sound like a girl in need
A                    C#m         D                   E
When you say you’re teary eyed, just let it water a seed
A                   C#m                   D            E
When you say you’re past your prime, reinvent yourself one more time
A                   C#m            D                       E
Hit the road with a bag of nails, build a house that withstands the gales and
A    C#m
Sto-o-rms
    D        E
Oh woah, oh yeah

Verse 2:

A                C#m              D                 E
I have lived in darkness, but it wasn’t that bad at all
A                        C#m             D                  E
Coz when the light came shining through, oh what a wake up call
A                      C#m      D             E
I was floating in the amniotic, all too easy, so narcotic
A                       C#m                   D                     E
I once knew a girl who was quite erotic, but she was vacant like an empty pocket

Bridge:

C#m                  D
Punch yourself with both your fists
C#m                                         D
You’ll find out, you’ll find out that it’s nothing like, nothing like a kiss
C#m
It’s more like something to cross off your list
       D                               C#m                          D
But a girl in need has a list so long, no one can find the time to read it
        C#m                        D                E
Has she ever she ever thought she really might not need it

Refrain:

E             A   C#m   D   E
Girl in need
E             A   C#m   D   E
Girl in need

Instrumental break:

A   C#m   D   E
A   C#m   D   E
C#m   D   C#m   D   E   E7

Verse 1:

A                    C#m        D                    E
When you say you’re weary, you sound like a girl in need
A                    C#m         D                   E
When you say you’re teary eyed, just let it water a seed
A                   C#m                   D            E
When you say you’re past your prime, reinvent yourself one more time
A                   C#m            D                       E
Hit the road with a bag of nails, build a house that withstands the gales and
A    C#m
Sto-o-rms
    D        E
Oh woah, oh yeah

Verse 3:
        A                  C#m             D                    E
Well a girl in need is an everyday sight, hold her hand you gotta make it right
A                      C#m              D                  E
Give her a light that shines at night, don’t be a scumbag hold her tight

Outro:

E            A   C#m   D   E
Girl in need

(Repeat until fade)