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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 Am7 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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em7-5/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
Am7 Am7 Em7-5/Bb
e|------3---------|----------------|----------------|
B|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|----------------|
G|--------------4-|------4--------4|3----/12--------|
D|----------------|--------------5-|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G6 3-x-0-0-0-0
Em7-5/Bb x-1-2-3-3-3 I'm not quite sure how to call this monster.
Is it rather a Bb6/b5?
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
Fm7 1-3-3-1-4-1
Fm6 1-3-3-1-3-1
A6 x-0-2-2-2-2
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
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SONG
INTRO
| G G6 | G | Am7 | Am7 | Em7-5/Bb |
VERSE
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)
VERSE
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) | [G]
A|--0-0233-------|
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
INTERLUDE
G Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do, do do do do ...
MIDDLE 8
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
SOLO
| A A6 | A | Bm E | Am | E/G# | F | F |
(Solo/Instrumental)
| Am | E/G# | Am Em | F | Fm Fm7 Fm6 Fm |
(Solo/Instrumental)
VERSE (part)
Em
We're gonna have to tell him
Am |Am C(stop) | [G]
A|--0-0233-------|
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
VERSE
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
And we're gonna have to tell him
Am |Am C | [G]
A|--0-0233-------|
You'll only be a girlfriend (stop) of mine
INTERLUDE and CODA
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do [repeat]
Am7 G
Do do do do Till the river stop a-flowin'
Am7 G
(do do do do) Till the wind doesn't wanna blow
Am7 G
(do do do do) Till the flowers stop a-growin'
Am7 G Am7
(do do do do) Till the ocean's a sea of snow (sea of snow, sea of snow …)
G Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
| Am7 | Am7 | Em7-5/Bb |
Do do do do, [Coda link]
G G6 G
Girlfriend
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