Girlfriend tab by Wings

Girlfriend – Wings
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard


Girlfriend
(McCartney)
From: "London Town" (1978)

A 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   G6     G        Am(7)       Am7
Acoustic
e|3-----0---------|----------0-3/5-|3-----0-----0---|----------------|
B|0-----0---------|--------3-------|1-----1-----1---|----------------|
G|0-----0---------|--------0-------|2-----2-----2---|----------------|
D|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-------------3-|3-------3-------|0---------------|----------------|

Electric
e|----------------|----------------|------3---------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|
G|----------------|----------------|--------------4-|------4--------4|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 Em7-b5/Bb
Acoustic (continued)
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|


Electric (continued)
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|3----/12--------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|


Interlude

 Eb   G     D   G     Eb  G     D  G
e|------3---------|----------------|------3---------|----------------|
B|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|
G|--------------4-|------4---------|--------------4-|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----5-----------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Coda link
 Am(7)      Am(7)      Em7-b5/Bb
e|------3---------|----------------|----------------|
B|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|----------------|
G|--------------4-|------4--------4|3----/12--------|
D|----------------|--------------5-|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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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 G6 | G | Am(7) | Am(7) | Em7-b5/Bb |

G  G6   G           Am     C/D
Girlfriend,  I'm gonna tell your boyfriend, yeah
G  G6 G          Am   C/D
Tell him exactly what you're doing, yeah
G            Em
Tell him what you do to me
    Am           F   | Fm Fm7 Fm6 Fm |
Late at night when the wind is free
G  G6    | Eb G | D G | Eb G | D G  |
Girlfriend (Interlude)


G  G6   G           Am     C/D
Girlfriend,  I'm gonna show your boyfriend, yeah
G  G6  G           Am   C/D
Show him the letters I've been saving, yeah
G            Em
Show him how you feel inside
     Am         F   | Fm Fm7 Fm6 Fm |
Then our love couldn't be denied
     Em
And we're gonna have to tell him
    Am           |Am  C(stop) |
You'll only be a girlfriend A|--0-0233-------|

  G         Am(7)        G
of mine. Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
       Am(7)        G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do

Do do do do

Eb    G   D    G
Till the river stops a-flowin'
Eb    G      D   G
Till the wind doesn't wanna blow
Eb    G    D    G
Till the flowers stop a-growin'
Eb   G      D    G
Till my love doesn't wanna know

| A A6 | A | Bm E | Am | E/G# | F | F |
(Solo/Instrumental)
| Am | E/G# | Am Em | F | Fm Fm7 Fm6 Fm |
(Solo/Instrumental)

   Em
We're gonna have to tell him
    Am           |Am  C(stop) |
You'll only be a girlfriend A|--0-0233-------|

  G
of mine.


G  G6   G           Am     C/D
Girlfriend, we'd better tell your boyfriend, yeah
G  G6 G          Am   C/D
Tell him exactly what we're doing, yeah
G             Em
Tell him what he needs to know
   Am         F   Fm7 Fm6 Fm
Or he may never let you go
     Em
Yes we're gonna have to tell him
    Am           |Am  C(stop)  |
You'll only be a girlfriend A|--0-0233--------|

  G         Am(7)         G
of mine. Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
       Am(7)         G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
       Am(7)         G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do  [repeat]
      Am(7)       G
Do do do do   Till the river stop a-flowin'
      Am(7)          G
(do do do do) Till the wind doesn't wanna blow
      Am(7)        G
(do do do do) Till the flowers stop a-growin'
      Am(7)         G             Am(7)
(do do do do) Till the ocean's a sea of snow (sea of snow, sea of snow …)

G         Am(7)          G
   Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
       Am(7)          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  G6   G
Girlfriend


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