Girlfriend Is Better chords by Talking Heads

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Girlfriend Is Better - Talking Heads (from Speaking In Tongues 1983)

Verse 1:
DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm  Am7Am7   DmDm    DmDm  Am7Am7   DmDm       DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
I        Who took the money?   Who took the money away?
DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm   Am7Am7  DmDm     DmDm   Am7Am7  DmDm         DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
I, I,  I, I,  It's always showtime   Here at the edge of the stage
  DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm  DmDm   Am7Am7  DmDm   DmDm   Am7Am7   DmDm    DmDm    C majorC  Csus4Csus4  C majorC
And I, I,  I,   wake up and wonder  What was the place?  What was the name?
DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm  Am7Am7  DmDm   DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm  DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
  We  want to wait but  here we go     again

Verse 2:
DmDm  Am7Am7 DmDm  DmDm   Am7Am7  DmDm   DmDm  Am7Am7   DmDm    DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Life       takes over  slowly  but doesn't last very long
DmDm Am7Am7  DmDm   DmDm  Am7Am7   DmDm   DmDm  Am7Am7    DmDm    DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Ah, ah,  ah, ah,  no need to worry,  everything's under control
DmDm Am7Am7  DmDm  DmDm  Am7Am7   DmDm     DmDm  Am7Am7     DmDm   DmDm    C majorC  Csus4Csus4 C majorC
O - U -  T    But no hard feelings     What do you know?  Take you away
DmDm Am7Am7  DmDm  DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm  DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
  We're being taken  for a ride    again

Chorus:
DmDm    C majorC         DmDm       C majorC
 I got a girlfriend that's better than that
DmDm      C majorC         DmDm FF G+G A7A7
 She has the smoke in her eyes
DmDm       C majorC     DmDm          C majorC
 She's coming up, going right through my heart
DmDm      C majorC        DmDm FF G+G A7A7
 She's gonna give me surprise
DmDm       C majorC      DmDm      C majorC
 I think it's right, it's  better than this,
DmDm      C majorC       DmDm FF G+G A7A7
 I think you can if you like
DmDm    C majorC        DmDm       C majorC
 I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair
  DmDm      C majorC        DmDm FF G+G   A7A7
And  nothing is better than that    is it?

Verse 3:
DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm  DmDm   Am7Am7  DmDm    DmDm  Am7Am7   DmDm        DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Oh,      down in the basement  we hear the sound of machines
DmDm  Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm   Am7Am7   DmDm    DmDm   Am7Am7  DmDm       DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
I -hi -hi -hi, I'm  driving in circles  come to my senses sometime
DmDm  Am7Am7 DmDm  DmDm  Am7Am7   DmDm   DmDm  Am7Am7   DmDm  DmDm  C majorC     Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Why, why, why?  Why start it over?   Nothing was lost, everything's free
DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm     DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
  I  don't care how im- poss-i-ble     it seems

Chorus:
DmDm     C majorC       DmDm     C majorC
 Somebody calls you but you cannot hear
  DmDm    C majorC    DmDm FF G+G A7A7
Get closer to be far away
DmDm    C majorC        DmDm     C majorC
Only one look and that's all that it takes
DmDm      C majorC      DmDm FF G+G A7A7
Maybe that's all that we need
DmDm      C majorC   DmDm       C majorC
 All that it takes,  I'll bet it's right,
DmDm    C majorC       DmDm FF G+G A7A7
 All it takes if it's right
DmDm    C majorC        DmDm        C majorC
 I got a girlfriend that's better than that
  DmDm      C majorC       DmDm FF G+G     A7A7
And she goes wherever she likes    There she goes

{Instrumental]
DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm  DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC  x4

Chorus:
DmDm   C majorC         DmDm     C majorC
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
  DmDm     C majorC      DmDm FF G+G A7A7
now everyone's getting involved
DmDm       C majorC    DmDm        C majorC
 She's moving up going right through my heart
DmDm       C majorC      DmDm FF G+G A7A7
 We might not ever get caught
DmDm      C majorC    DmDm      C majorC
 Going right through  try to stay cool
DmDm       C majorC       DmDm FF G+G A7A7
 Going through, staying cool
DmDm    C majorC        DmDm      C majorC
 I got a girlfriend she's better than that
  DmDm      C majorC        DmDm FF G+G    A7A7
And  nothing is better than you,     wait a minute

Chorus:
DmDm    C majorC         DmDm      C majorC
 I got a girlfriend that's better than this
  DmDm      C majorC      DmDm FF G+G A7A7
But  you don't remember at all
DmDm     C majorC     DmDm     C majorC
 As we get older and stop making sense
DmDm        C majorC        DmDm FF G+G A7A7
 You won't find her waiting long
DmDm      C majorC   DmDm      C majorC
 Stop making sense,  stop making sense
DmDm      C majorC          DmDm FF G+G A7A7
 Stop making sense, making sense
DmDm    C majorC        DmDm       C majorC
 I got a girlfriend she's better than that
  DmDm      C majorC      DmDm  FF G+G   A7A7
And  nothing is better than this,  Is it?

Coda:
DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm  DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm   DmDm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
(repeat to fade)