...LIBERIAN GIRL... by Michael Jackson
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*from 'Bad' (1987)*


*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: Abm)


Intro:

(Spoken):

"Naku penda piya, naku taka piya, mpenziwe".

Em7, Am7  Bm7 (x2)

Verse 1:

   Em7
Li-berian girl;
                 Am7 (x02010@1)               Bm7You (x20202@1)came and you changed my world; a love so brand new.
   Em7
Li-berian girl,
                 Am7 (x02010@1)               Bm7You (x20202@1)came and you changed me, girl; a feeling so true.

Chorus 1:

   CLi-berian (x32010@1)girl,
                                Em7
You know that you came, and you changed my world.
                                  F#m7b5
Just like in the movies, with two lovers in a scene,
                                     Bsus4And (x24452@1)she says; do you love me? And he says, so endlessly;
  B(n.C.) (x2444x@1)         (Em7)
I love you, Liberian girl.

Bridge 1:

Em7                               Am7 (x02010@1)     Bm7 (x20202@1)Naku penda piya, naku taka piya, mpenziwe. I...
Bm7 (x20202@1)Em7      Am7 (x02010@1)     Bm7 (x20202@1)I...    ooh, babe, all right.

Verse 2:

   Em7
Li-berian girl,
                   Am7 (x02010@1)           Bm7More (x20202@1)precious than any pearl; your love's so complete.
   Em7
Li-berian girl,
                  Am7 (x02010@1)               Bm7You (x20202@1)kiss me then, ooh, the world, you do this to me.

Chorus 2:

   CLi-berian (x32010@1)girl,
                                Em7
You know that you came, and you changed my world.
                                  F#m7b5
Just like in the movies, with two lovers in a scene,
                                     Bsus4And (x24452@1)she says; do you love me? And he says, so endlessly;
  B(n.C.) (x2444x@1)         (Em7)
I love you, Liberian girl.

Bridge 2:

Em7                               Am7 (x02010@1)    Bm7 (x20202@1)Naku penda piya, naku taka piya, mpenziwe.

Interlude:

Bm7  B7, C/E  D/E

Chorus 3:

   CLi-berian (x32010@1)girl,
                                Em7
You know that you came, and you changed my world.
                             F#m7b5
I wait for the day, when you have to say "I do",
                                       Bsus4And (x24452@1)I'll smile and say it too, and for-ever we'll be true,
  B(n.C.) (x2444x@1)          Em7
I love you, Liberian girl.

Coda:

D/E (000232@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)    B7 (x21202@1)               Em7
 All the time...I love you, Liberian girl,
D/E (000232@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)    B7 (x21202@1)               Em7
 All the time...I love you, Liberian girl.
D/E (000232@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)    B7 (x21202@1)               Em7
 All the time...I love you, Liberian girl,
D/E (000232@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)    B7 (x21202@1)               Em7
 All the time...I love you, Liberian girl.

{Repeat to Fade}


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Em7     Am7 (x02010@1)   Bm7 (x20202@1)   C (x32010@1)   F#m7b5

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022030  x02013  x24232  x32010  202210

  Bsus4 (x24452@1)  B (x2444x@1)     B7 (x21202@1)    C/E (x3111x@5)   D/E (000232@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x24452  x24442  x24242  032010  002232


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)