Girlfriend Is Better chords by Talking Heads

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Verse 1:
Dm Am7 Dm     Dm    Am7      Dm       Dm    Am7      Dm             Dm  C  Csus4  C
I               Who took the money?     Who took the money away?
Dm Am7  Dm     Dm     Am7    Dm         Dm     Am7    Dm                  Dm  C  Csus4  C
I, I,   I, I,    It's always showtime     Here at the edge of the stage
    Dm Am7  Dm    Dm     Am7    Dm      Dm     Am7     Dm       Dm       C   Csus4    C
And I, I,   I,      wake up and wonder    What was the place?   What was the name?
Dm  Am7  Dm      Dm   Am7   Dm      Dm Am7 Dm   Dm  C  Csus4  C
    We   want to wait but   here we go         again

Verse 2:
Dm   Am7  Dm    Dm      Am7    Dm     Dm    Am7     Dm        Dm  C  Csus4  C
Life              takes over   slowly   but doesn't last very long
Dm  Am7   Dm      Dm   Am7     Dm     Dm   Am7       Dm        Dm  C  Csus4  C
Ah, ah,   ah, ah,   no need to worry,   everything's under control
Dm  Am7   Dm    Dm    Am7     Dm          Dm   Am7         Dm      Dm       C   Csus4  C
O - U -   T       But no hard feelings         What do you know?   Take you away
Dm  Am7   Dm    Dm  Am7 Dm    Dm  Am7 Dm     Dm  C  Csus4 C
    We're being taken   for a ride       again

Chorus:
Dm        C                 Dm              C
  I got a girlfriend that's better than that
Dm            C                 Dm  F  G  A7
  She has the smoke in her eyes
Dm             C         Dm                    C
  She's coming up, going right through my heart
Dm            C               Dm  F  G  A7
  She's gonna give me surprise
Dm             C           Dm            C
  I think it's right, it's   better than this,
Dm            C              Dm  F  G  A7
  I think you can if you like
Dm        C               Dm              C
  I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair
    Dm           C               Dm  F  G      A7
And   nothing is better than that       is it?

Verse 3:
Dm  Am7 Dm   Dm     Am7    Dm        Dm   Am7      Dm               Dm  C  Csus4  C
Oh,            down in the basement    we hear the sound of machines
Dm    Am7 Dm      Dm     Am7     Dm       Dm     Am7   Dm             Dm  C  Csus4  C
I -hi -hi -hi,  I'm   driving in circles    come to my senses sometime
Dm   Am7  Dm    Dm    Am7      Dm      Dm   Am7      Dm    Dm   C         Csus4  C
Why, why, why?    Why start it over?     Nothing was lost, everything's free
Dm  Am7 Dm         Dm  Am7  Dm     Dm  Am7  Dm     Dm  C  Csus4  C
    I   don't care how im-  poss-i-ble          it seems

Chorus:
Dm         C             Dm         C
  Somebody calls you but you cannot hear
    Dm        C       Dm  F  G  A7
Get closer to be far away
Dm       C               Dm          C
Only one look and that's all that it takes
Dm           C           Dm  F  G  A7
Maybe that's all that we need
Dm            C      Dm              C
  All that it takes,   I'll bet it's right,
Dm       C             Dm  F  G  A7
  All it takes if it's right
Dm        C                Dm               C
  I got a girlfriend that's better than that
    Dm           C             Dm  F  G         A7
And she goes wherever she likes       There she goes

{Instrumental]
Dm Am7 Dm     Dm Am7 Dm    Dm Am7 Dm     Dm  C  Csus4  C    x4

Chorus:
Dm      C                 Dm          C
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
    Dm         C            Dm  F  G  A7
now everyone's getting involved
Dm             C        Dm               C
  She's moving up going right through my heart
Dm             C           Dm  F  G  A7
  We might not ever get caught
Dm            C       Dm            C
  Going right through   try to stay cool
Dm             C              Dm  F  G  A7
  Going through, staying cool
Dm        C                Dm            C
  I got a girlfriend she's better than that
    Dm           C               Dm  F  G        A7
And   nothing is better than you,         wait a minute

Chorus:
Dm        C                 Dm           C
  I got a girlfriend that's better than this
    Dm            C            Dm  F  G  A7
But   you don't remember at all
Dm          C         Dm          C
  As we get older and stop making sense
Dm               C               Dm  F  G  A7
  You won't find her waiting long
Dm            C      Dm            C
  Stop making sense,   stop making sense
Dm            C                   Dm  F  G  A7
  Stop making sense, making sense
Dm        C                Dm              C
  I got a girlfriend she's better than that
    Dm           C           Dm   F  G      A7
And   nothing is better than this,   Is it?

Coda:
Dm Am7 Dm     Dm Am7 Dm    Dm Am7 Dm     Dm  C  Csus4  C
(repeat to fade)