• Song:

    Only A Girl

  • Artist:

    Randy Newman

Probably the easiest song to play off the Harps and Angels album, but no less great.

A
She's only a girl

And her voice is peculiar
         E              E7
And her eyes are strange
       E
She's prone to be willful
     E7
You try to cheer her up some
            A
But she's impervious to change

A
She dresses in black all of the time
         E               E7
Wears an orthopedic shoe
      E                  E7               A
It's some sort of uglification thing that she's into
        A
She's a hundred and ten
      A7
Maybe five foot five
    D
She don't eat meat
           Dm
But she'll eat you alive
       A
She's only a girl
           E
But she's big time

Instrumental:
A / E E7 / E E7 / A

A 
She's only a girl

And I'll tell you about her
          E              E7
At least all that I know
            E
She's from South Carolina
        E7
And she came out here
   A
A few years ago

She waits on tables

Works in a bank
       E             E7
Volunteers at the zoo
     E
She sure ain't lazy
           E7
But she's very young
           A
That's why I called you

She's only a girl

Instrumental:
A / E E7 / E E7 / A

Spoken Word:
A                              
Well man, now you seen her, what do you think?
E      E7
   Uh-huh...
E         E7
  Yeah....
A
Thought you'd say that..

No? Alright, go ahead.
E             E7          E
'Course I know. No you're wrong there.
        E7
Now listen:


A
Love is blind
     A7
And deaf as well
       D
But I love this girl
Dm
Can't you tell?
        A
She's only a girl
         E
And she loves me

Key Change:

Instrumental
C / G G7 / G G7 / C

C
Why would someone
C7
Beautiful as she
F             Fm
Love someone old like me
C
Maybe it's the money
G
Jeez, I never thought of that
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