Cynical Girl Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays445

Cynical Girl by Marshall Crenshaw is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, G and E7. 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:  

B|--4h5-5-4h5-5-5-5-4h5-5-4h5-5-5-5-| 

    A D E {x2} 

         A 
    Well I'm goin' out 
         D          E            A 
    I'm goin' out lookin' for a cynical girl 
           D     E            A 
    Who's got no use for the real world 
          D            E       A   D A E 
    I'm lookin' for a cynical girl 
            A 
    Well I hate TV 
             D        E       A 
    There's gotta be somebody other than me 
           D         E             A 
    Who's ready to write it off immediately 
          D            E       A   D A E 
    I'm lookin' for a cynical girl 
                G                     A 
    Well I'll know right away by the look in her eye 
         G                              A 
    She harbors no illusions and she's worldly-wise 
               D G        A          G            D G 
    And I'll know when I give her a listen that she 
               E 
    She's what I've been missin' 
         E7 
    What I've been missin' 
             A 
    I'll be lost in love 
         D           E           A 
    And havin' some fun with my cynical girl 
            D      E            A 
    Who'll have no use for the real world 
          D            E       A    D A E 
    I'm lookin' for a cynical girl 

B|--4h5-5-4h5-5-5-5-4h5-5-4h5-5-5-5-| 

    A D E 

         A 
    Well I'm goin' out 
         D          E            A 
    I'm goin' out lookin' for a cynical girl 
           D     E            A 
    Who's got no use for the real world 
          D            E       A   D A E 
    I'm lookin' for a cynical girl 
                G                     A 
    Yeah I'll know right away by the look in her eye 
         G                              A 
    She harbors no illusions and she's worldly-wise 
               D G        A          G            D G 
    And I'll know when I give her a listen that she 
               E 
    She's what I've been missin' 
         E7 
    What I've been missin' 
             A 
    I'll be lost in love 
         D           E           A 
    And havin' some fun with my cynical girl 
            D      E            A 
    Who'll have no use for the real world 
          D            E       A 
    I'm lookin' for a cynical girl 
         D            E       A 
    I'm lookin' for a cynical girl 
         D            E       A 
    I'm lookin' for a cynical girl 
         D            E       A 
    I'm lookin' for a cynical girl 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante