• Song:

    Girl

  • Artist:

    Built To Spill

  • Album:

    The Normal Years

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   Built to Spill - Girl
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   Album: The normal years 1996
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Tabbed by Marcus Hautz (endofallthings at gmx. de)

Standard Tuning. This is one hell of a fun song to play.
You'll find a few pointers on strumming and intonating the
different parts on the bottom of the tab. But just listen 
to the song and you'll get it.

Enjoy !

G       D      Em        C
sitting at the railway station
G       D     Em      C
reading books bout intimidation
G       D      Em       C
waiting for my girl to come
    G      D         Em      C
and if she does will she be dumb or 

Em           Am     C 
             really smart 
Em           Am       C     
    will she break my heart and
G             C              D    
wad it up and throw it in my face
G                 C             Am     G
I knew I'd find a nice girl someday
Em        Am               Cadd9
   find a nice girl settle down

Em            C7
someone I can talk to
Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to
Em
someone who'll gimme time and gimme space
                G     D  Em  C  G  D  Em  C
and take it all away 


G       D      Em    C
sitting at the bus station
G       D     Em         C
reading books bout legislation
G      D    Em    C
suddenly my girl comes and 
G         D    Em       C
she's not even dumb in fact she's 
Em          Am    C
            kinda smart
Em          Am       C
   will she break my heart

G             C              D    
wad it up and throw it in my face
G                 C             Am     G
I knew I'd find a nice girl someday
Em        Am               Cadd9
   find a nice girl settle down

Em            C7
someone I can talk to
Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to
Em
someone who'll gimme time and gimme space
                G     D  Em  C  G  D  Em  C
and take it all away 

G              D         Em        C
actually I've never even been to a railroad station 
G      D              Em        C
even though I used to live near one and 
G         D           Em          C
still I'm waiting for my girl to come and
G       D        Em      C
if she does will she be dumb or

Em             Am     C
               really smart
Em             Am       C
      will she break my heart and 

G             C              D    
wad it up and throw it in my face
G             C              D    
wad it up and throw it in my face

G                 C             Am     G
I knew I'd find a nice girl someday
Em        Am               Cadd9
   find a nice girl settle down

Em            C7
someone I can talk to
Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to
Em            C7
someone I can talk to
Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to
Em            C7
someone I can talk to
Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to
Em            C7
someone I can talk to
Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to
Em            C7
someone I can talk to
Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to

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A few hints on strumming :

1) For the verse
Chords: G        D           Em          C               
Strum:  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  -  U  D  U  -  U  D  U
Text:   Sitting  at the      railway     station

2) Play the Em dirctly after the Verse twice
Chords: Em    Em                Am       C 
Strum:  D  -  D  -  -  U  D  U  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  
Text:                           really smart 

3) In the "Bridge" part play a different strumming
Chords: G                       C                       D
Strum:  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  D
Text:   wad   it up    and      throw it in    my       face
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