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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