Tabs
Girlfriend – Wings
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Girlfriend
(McCartney)
From: "London Town" (1978)
A augmentedA very beautiful song. The middle part, I called it "Solo/Instrumental" here, seems somehow
out of place, though. As I see it, McCartney wanted just a little t o o much
here. Michael Jackson
covered the song on his "Off the Wall" album (nice version, too!), turned the arrangement 100% pop
and consequently left out this part. I usually do so, too.
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GUITAR PARTS
Intro
G+G 
G6G6 G+G Am(7) 
Am7Am7
Acoustic
e|3-----0---------|----------0-3/5-|3-----0-----0---|----------------|
BB|0-----0---------|--------3-------|1-----1-----1---|----------------|
G+G|0-----0---------|--------0-------|2-----2-----2---|----------------|
D MajorD|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3-------------3-|3-------3-------|0---------------|----------------|
Electric
e|----------------|----------------|------3---------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|
G+G|----------------|----------------|--------------4-|------4--------4|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7-b5/Bb
Acoustic (continued)
e|----------------|
BB|----------------|
G+G|----------------|
D MajorD|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|
Electric (continued)
e|----------------|
BB|----------------|
G+G|3----/12--------|
D MajorD|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|
Interlude
Eb MajorEb G+G D MajorD G+G Eb MajorEb G+G D MajorD G+G
e|------3---------|----------------|------3---------|----------------|
BB|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|
G+G|--------------4-|------4---------|--------------4-|----------------|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------|----------------|----5-----------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Coda link
Am(7) Am(7) Em7-b5/Bb
e|------3---------|----------------|----------------|
BB|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|----------------|
G+G|--------------4-|------4--------4|3----/12--------|
D MajorD|----------------|--------------5-|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORD
e-B-G-D-A-E
Em7-b5/Bb 3-3-3-2-1-x
I'm not quite sure how to call this monster.
Is it rather a Bb6/b5?
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SONG
Intro: | G+G G6G6 | G+G | Am(7) | Am(7) | Em7-b5/Bb |
G+G G6G6 G+G 
A minorAm 
C/DC/D
Girlfriend, I'm gonna tell your boyfriend, yeah
G+G G6G6 G+G A minorAm C/DC/D
Tell him exactly what you're doing, yeah
G+G 
E minorEm
Tell him what you do to me
A minorAm 
FF | 
F minorFm 
Fm7Fm7 
Fm6Fm6 F minorFm |
Late at night when the wind is free
G+G G6G6 | Eb MajorEb G+G | D MajorD G+G | Eb MajorEb G+G | D MajorD G+G |
Girlfriend (Interlude)
G+G G6G6 G+G A minorAm C/DC/D
Girlfriend, I'm gonna show your boyfriend, yeah
G+G G6G6 G+G A minorAm C/DC/D
Show him the letters I've been saving, yeah
G+G E minorEm
Show him how you feel inside
A minorAm FF | F minorFm Fm7Fm7 Fm6Fm6 F minorFm |
Then our love couldn't be denied
E minorEm
And we're gonna have to tell him
A minorAm |A minorAm C(stop) |
You'll only be a girlfriend A augmentedA|--0-0233-------|
G+G Am(7) G+G
of mine. Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am(7) G+G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Do do do do
Eb MajorEb G+G D MajorD G+G
Till the river stops a-flowin'
Eb MajorEb G+G D MajorD G+G
Till the wind doesn't wanna blow
Eb MajorEb G+G D MajorD G+G
Till the flowers stop a-growin'
Eb MajorEb G+G D MajorD G+G
Till my love doesn't wanna know
| A augmentedA 
A major 6A6 | A augmentedA | 
B minorBm E MajorE | A minorAm | E/G# | FF | FF |
(Solo/Instrumental)
| A minorAm | E/G# | A minorAm E minorEm | FF | F minorFm Fm7Fm7 Fm6Fm6 F minorFm |
(Solo/Instrumental)
E minorEm
We're gonna have to tell him
A minorAm |A minorAm C(stop) |
You'll only be a girlfriend A augmentedA|--0-0233-------|
G+G
of mine.
G+G G6G6 G+G A minorAm C/DC/D
Girlfriend, we'd better tell your boyfriend, yeah
G+G G6G6 G+G A minorAm C/DC/D
Tell him exactly what we're doing, yeah
G+G E minorEm
Tell him what he needs to know
A minorAm FF Fm7Fm7 Fm6Fm6 F minorFm
Or he may never let you go
E minorEm
Yes we're gonna have to tell him
A minorAm |A minorAm C(stop) |
You'll only be a girlfriend A augmentedA|--0-0233--------|
G+G Am(7) G+G
of mine. Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am(7) G+G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am(7) G+G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do [repeat]
Am(7) G+G
Do do do do Till the river stop a-flowin'
Am(7) G+G
(do do do do) Till the wind doesn't wanna blow
Am(7) G+G
(do do do do) Till the flowers stop a-growin'
Am(7) G+G Am(7)
(do do do do) Till the ocean's a sea of snow (sea of snow, sea of snow …)
G+G Am(7) G+G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am(7) G+G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
| Am(7) | Am(7) | Em7-b5/Bb |
Do do do do, [Coda link]
G+G G6G6 G+G
Girlfriend
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