Girl Chords
by Joe Jackson
Girl by Joe Jackson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, G7, Cm7, Fm, D#, Gm, A#7, C and G#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1:
Cm G7 Cm Cm7
Is there anybody going to listen to my story
Fm D# G7
All about the girl who came to stay?
Cm G7 Cm Cm7
She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry
Fm Cm
Still you don't regret a single day...
D# Gm Fm A#7
Oh girl...
D# Gm Fm A#7
Oh girl...
verse 2:
Cm G7 Cm Cm7
When I think of all the times I've tried so hard to leave her
Fm D# G7
She will come to me and start to cry
Cm G7 Cm Cm7
And she promises the Earth to me and I believe her
Fm Cm
After all this time I don't know why...
D# Gm Fm A#7
Oh girl...
D# Gm Fm A#7
Oh girl...
Bridge:
Fm C
She's the kind of girl who puts you down
Fm C
When friends are there, you feel a fool
Fm
When you say she's looking good
D# Fm G#
She acts as if it's understood, she's cool, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
D# Gm Fm A#7
Oh girl...
D# Gm Fm A#7
Oh girl...
verse 3:
Cm G7 Cm Cm7
Was she told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure?
Fm D# G7
Did she understand it when they said
Cm G7 Cm Cm7
That a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure,
Fm Cm
Will she still believe it when he's dead?...
D# Gm Fm A#7
Oh girl...
D# Gm Fm A#7
Oh girl...
Instrumental
D# Gm Fm A#7
Girl...
D# Gm Fm A#7
Girl...