Nobody's Girl Chords
by Bonnie Raitt
Nobody's Girl by Bonnie Raitt is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords G, C, F/C, Am, F, Dm/G, Em/G, Bb, Dm7 and C/G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: G C F/C C 2x
VERSE:
C G
She don't need anybody to tell her she's pretty.
Am F
She's heard it every single day of her life.
G G C
He's got to wonder what she sees in him
F G Dm/G Em/G Dm/G
When there's so many others standing in line.
Am Bb
She gives herself to him,
C F/C
But he's still on the out-side....
C G
She's a-lone in this world.
C F/C C
She's nobody's girl.
G C F/C C
She's nobody's girl
VERSE:
C G
She's shows up at his doorstep in the middle of the night.
Am F
Then she disappears for weeks at a time.
G C
Just enough to keep him wantin' more
F G Dm/G Em/G Dm/G
But never is he satisfied.
Am Bb
And he's left to pick up the pieces
C F/C
Wondering what does he do this for...
C G
She's off in her own little world.
C F/C C
She's nobody's girl.
G C F/C C
She's nobody's girl
BRIDGE:
Bb C
He said, "Be-fore I met her, I didn't love nothin'.
G F C
I could take and leave it, that was o-kay.
Bb C
She brings out a want in me
Dm7 G C/G G
For things I didn't even know that I need."
VERSE:
C G
She does anything she wants any-time she wants to
Am F
With anyone, you know she wants it all.
G C
Still she gets all upset over the least little thing
F G Dm/G Em/G Dm/G
Man, you hurt her, it makes you feel so small.
Am Bb
And she's a walking contradiction,
C F/C
But I ache for her in-side
C G
She's fragile like a string of pearls.
C F/C C
She's nobody's girl
C G
She's fragile like a string of pearls.
C F/C C
She's nobody's girl.
G C F/C C
She's nobody's girl.
G C
Ooh, She's nobody's girl.