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)