#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# "What Do You Want The Girl To Do" (Allan Toussaint) Intro: Ab Gm Fm Eb [N.C.] / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Ab Gm Fm Eb [N.C.] Ab/Bb / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / (so...) Verse 1: (Ab/Bb) Eb Ab/Bb So you think the girl is crazy Eb Gm7-5/C# C7 Fm She eat up your lies like it's good C7 (Your lies like apple pie) Fm C7 Fm (She don't even cry) C# She is not a fool Bb Eb She's just tryin' to do what her heart says to To love you Ab Eb/G And as you take to the wind (to the wind again she breaks down) Ab C#9 And as she breaks down within (within, within) Pre-chorus: Eb She waits for you patiently Ab/Bb Hopin' that someday you'll see Eb [2: That] all she really wants to be Ab/Bb Gm Ab Is yours and yours alone, eternally Chorus: (Ab) Gm Fm Eb What do you want the girl to do Ab Gm Fm Eb [1: Don't you know] you're breakin' the child in two [2: Can't you see] Ab Gm Fm Eb What do you want the girl to do Ab [N.C.] G Cm G7/B Cm Ab/Bb All she really wants is you Verse 2: She knows what you are Still she'll be your queen if you let her (Just say the word today) (Build the world around her) Now and then you'll promise All the way-out things you're goin' to get her (You will see, you will see) 'Cause maybe she knows better (You're so damn glad you found her, found her, years ago) As she watched you come and go (all you'll show) And as she watched your promises erode [repeat pre-chorus] [repeat chorus] Coda: Ab Gm Fm Eb What do you want the girl to do Ab Gm Fm Eb Don't you know you're breakin' the child in two Ab Gm Fm Eb What do you want the girl to do Ab Gm Fm Eb Can't you see you're breakin' the child in two [fade] -- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers