The Perfect Woman Chords

KeyG Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays548

The Perfect Woman by Bo Burnham is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro 
G D Em C 
G D C G 

G             D 
She was the perfect woman 
Em                C 
In every single way 
G              D 
She made the sun shine brighter 
C                      G      G 
And all my cares go away 

G             D 
She was the perfect woman 
Em                   C 
She was a gourmet chef 
G               D 
They say that love is blind 
C                  G        G 
Well, it's also deaf 

                          D 
Cuz Helen Keller was the perfect woman 
Em                C 
And no one understands 
G          D 
Just how talented 
C                  G 
She was with her hands (Uhhhh) 

G                 D 
God made her the perfect woman 
Em                    C 
I was the finishing touch 
G             D 
She was the perfect woman 
C                   G 
She didn't talk so much 

G              D 
She wanted to name the kids 
Em             C 
So I finally let her 
G               D 
It turned out horribly 
C                     G             
Chewbacca coulda done better (Chewbacca noise) 

G                  D 
But I guess it was alright 
Em                   C 
We had a boy and a girl 
G             D 
Just me and Helen 
C        G 
HARHAR and Earl 
^ 
(Nasal sound) 

G                       D 
Cuz Helen Keller was a miracle worker 
Em                C 
I was her one man show 
G             D 
I could walk around the house naked 
C                    G 
She wouldn't even know 

G                    D 
Helen Keller was my perfect woman 
Em               C 
I was her only need 
G                     D 
She didn't mind the zits on my ass 
C                     G 
It gave her more to read 

G                     C 
Gave her more to read 
                       Em  
It gave her more to read 
                      D  
It gave her more to read                   
  (let D ring)              G 
It gave her more to read  
G                    C 
Gave her more to read               
                        Em   
It gave her more to read    
             D 
More to read 
(let D ring)      G 
More to read            

G         C 
Read poison ivy 
        Em 
She read acne 
            D 
She read herpes 
(let D ring)       G 
She read it all 
G            C 
She read goosebumbs 
         Em 
She read blisters 
D               G 
Even read a basketball 

G                    D 
Helen Keller was my perfect woman 
Em                    C 
But I don't think she cared 
G              D 
I played this song for her 
C                        G 
She just sat there and stared 

G                 D 
She was still my perfect woman 
Em               C 
I was sort of a mess 
G               D 
I asked her to marry me 
      C       G 
She said "YEAHAHOEH!" 
           ^ 
       (Throaty sound) 

I'm going to hell 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

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