• Song:

    I Want To Be Your Girlfriend

  • Artist:

    Mary Chapin Carpenter

  • Album:

    A PLACE IN THE WORLD

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I WANT TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in E; capo 4.  Each chord is half of a fast measure.]

C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)F[intro] (133211@1)
C (x32010@1)       C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1) G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1) G (320003@1) I wanna be your girlfriend, I wanna be your new love
C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1) G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  FI (133211@1)wanna be the one that you can't get enough of
C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1) G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1) GI (320003@1)wanna be your girlfriend, nobody else's but yours
Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)  FI (133211@1)wanna be the one who you'll do anything for

C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)  Never thought I'd ever wind up  in a daze like this
C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)  Never thought I'd ever find myself wondering how you kiss
  G (320003@1)     G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)   C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)     GI (320003@1)see you nearly every day, and everyday I lose my nerve
     G (320003@1)     G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)      D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)    GThat (320003@1)I built up the night before, rehearsing every single word

C (x32010@1)       C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1) G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1) G (320003@1) I wanna be your girlfriend, I wanna be your new love
C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1) G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  FI (133211@1)wanna be the one that you can't get enough of
C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)G[instrumental] (320003@1)
C (x32010@1)   C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)      F (133211@1) You used to be just this guy I knew from that same old scene
C (x32010@1)   C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)      C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) For all the time that I've known you, just now I'm noticing
     G (320003@1)  G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)   C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)        D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)     GThat (320003@1)everything there is to feel, feels worse than any teenage crush
    G (320003@1)     G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)   D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)   GAnd (320003@1)all the times that I've been near you, now I can't get near enough

    C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1) G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1) GOh, (320003@1)I wanna be your girlfriend, nobody else's but yours
Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)  FI (133211@1)wanna be the one who you'll do anything for

F (2 measures)         E7(b9)/G# (2 measures)
  I just keep on hoping that you're gonna see
C/G  (2 measures)           D7/F# (2 measures)
  If I could notice you then you could notice me
F (133211@1)    F/E (xx2211@1)  F/D (153211@1)   F/C (133211@1)  G/B (143121@7) G/A (320203@1)  G (320003@1)   G (320003@1) Then I'd be more to you, ohhhhh, I just wanna be....

D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)  Bm (x24432@1)F#m (244222@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)G[instrumental] (320003@1)
D (xx0232@1)       D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) I wanna be your girlfriend, I wanna be your new love
D (xx0232@1)     D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  GI (320003@1)wanna be the one that you can't get enough of
D (xx0232@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)    D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1) AI (x02220@1)wanna be your girlfriend, nobody else's but yours
Bm (x24432@1)    F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)    D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)  GI (320003@1)wanna be the one who you'll do anything for

D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A[instrumental] (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)D-D-D-D C-D C-D C-D C-D.
[instrumental]


- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

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