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GIRLS WITH GUITARS (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------ [These chords are from Wynonna Judd's recorded version; the version that Mary Chapin Carpenter does in concert is almost identical, except MCC plays these chords with a capo on the third fret, raising it to C.] [Each chord represents two beats, or half of a measure.] [Play most of the chords with a typical rock 'n' roll feel, with sixths on the offbeats (see tab at end of file). Play sevenths if you want.] n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c n.c. n.c. n.c. A A A A [electric guitar intro] [whole band]
She Aturned fifAteen with grDeat expecAtations Her Aolder brother Aknew that sEomething was Aup He Acaught her going Athrough his Drecord collAection ALooking at HAendrix like a Elovesick Apup
She Ebegged and she Epleaded 'til DDad finally Alistened He Edrove her in the Ecar down to F#mSears RoeDbuck He Ebought her that guiEtar and thDat was the beAginning Now she's Bdown in the Bcellar with the Eamp turned Eup [DguitAar bEreak #1]
GAirls with guiAtars (DDaddy's little Aangel) GAirls with guiAtars (EWhat's the world Dcoming to) GAirls with guiAtars (DMothers tend to Aworry 'bout) GAirls with guiAtars E A
A[insAtrumDentaAl] A A E A Well, Saturday nights she followed her brother It was socks and stockings on the old gym floor While everybody danced to garage band covers She was checking out riffs and memorizing chords
She didn't care at all for the football heroes She didn't even notice the basketball stars Boys as a species were all a bunch of zeros B B E E5 - G5 - A5 - E5 - G5 - Bb5-A5 Except for the ones that played that guitar [guitar break #2] Ahh, girls with guitars (She wasn't any debutante) Girls with guitars (She didn't go out for cheerleading) Girls with guitars (Boys are kind of nervous 'round) Girls with guitars
She Dwent off to Dcollege, she Ggot her degrGee Her Aparents breathed a Asigh of Egreat relAief DDaddy's thinking Dlaw school, Gmother's thinking Gmedicine CDaughter's thinking Chow she's gonna Ebreak the nEews to Ethem E
A[guiAtar DsoloA] A A E A A[guiAtar DsoloA] A A E A
Now there's an old Chevy van just sitting in the driveway Filled to the gills with all her stuff She cut a deal with her brother to drive it up the highway Figures New York City is close enough She gets the audition through a friend of a friend Who's checking out her legs, saying this'll never work She flips on her Boogie and turns to the band B B E n.c. n.c. Gives a little grin and blows away the jerk [guitar break #3] Girls with guitars (Now everybody's rocking) Girls with guitars (There oughta be a song about) Girls with guitars (There's just no stopping those) Girls with guitars
A A D A Get your Amoney for Anothing and your Eguys for frAee A A D A A A E A. [instrumental]
RHYTHM: [This is just a suggestion to give a feel for the song:] A D A |----------------|----------------| |----------------|3---3-----------| |2---2---2---2---|2---4---2---2---| |2---4---2---4---|0---0---2---4---| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| |0---0---0---0---|--------0---0---| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . GUITAR BREAK #1: E D A E |----------------|2-2-----0-0-----|0-0-----| |----------------|3-3-----2-2-----|0-0-----| |----------------|2-2-----2-2-----|1-1-----| |----------------|0-0-----2-2-----|2-2-----| |----------------|0-0-----0-0-----|2-2-----| |----------------|----------------|0-0-----| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ...turned up GUITAR BREAK #2 ("Smoke on the Water"): E E5 G5 A5 E5 G5 Bb5 A5 |----------------|----------------|--------| |----------------|----------------|--------| |------------0---|2-2---4---0---3-|2-------| |--------2---0---|2-2---2---0---3-|2-------| |--------2-------|----------------|--------| |----------------|----------------|--------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ..that guitar GUITAR BREAK #3 ("Sunshine of Your Love"): [There are about a million different positions to play this in, since it's probably the most well-known riff in rock music. I've given a couple possibilities, but play it however you want:] |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|--------8~~-----| |----------------|----------------| |9-9-7-9---------|------9-----9---| |2-2-0-2---------|--------5~~-----| |9-9-7-9---9---8-|--7-------------| |2-2-0-2---2---1-|--0---7-----7---| |----------9---8-|--7-------------| |----------2---1-|--0-------------| |----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com