God Help the Girl is a musical project authored by Stuart Murdoch, the leader of the Scottish indie pop group Belle and Sebastian, featuring, besides Belle & Sebastian as the accompanying band, a group of female vocalists, including Catherine Ireton. The records released as part of the project include so far: the singles Come Monday Night, Funny Little Frog (2009) and Baby, You're Blind (2010), the main album of the project, also entitled God Help the Girl, and the EP Stills (both published in 2009).
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
The chords in parenthesis are relative to a capo at the 4th fret. I did this quickly on request; let me know if I've made any mistakes.
Note: the recording appears on the sharp side--A=444ish. So, unless you tune accordingly, you’ll sound a little off-pitch.
[Intro] B(G) G#m(Em) B(G) G#m(Em)
[Verse 1] B(G) G#m(Em) There is no way I’m looking for a boyfriend E(C) F#(D) B(G) There is no way I’m looking for a scene D#(B) G#m(Em) I need to save some dough F#(D) B(G) I’m a working girl you know E(C) F#(D) I’ll fend attention off I keep to myself
[Verse 2] B(G) G#m(Em) I love my room I’m getting used to sleeping E(C) F#(D) B(G) Some nights I really like to lie awake D#(B) G#m(Em) I hear the midnight birds F#(D) B(G) The message in their words E(C) F#(D) The dawn will touch me in a way a boy could never touch that promise never meant so much to me
[Chorus] B(G) G#m(Em) You have been warned. I’m known to be contrary B(G) G#m(Em) Backward at school, I wrote from right to left E(C) F#(D) Teacher never cared for me B(G) G#(E) Preacher said a prayer for me E(C) F#(D) God help the girl. She needs all the help she can get
[Verse 3] B(G) G#m(Em) I see for hours just waiting for his phone call E(C) F#(D) B(G) I’ll eat the chocolate hidden in the fridge D#(B) G#m(Em) I’ll play his messages F#(D) B(G) Analyze his intonation E(C) F#(D) Please stop me there I’m even boring myself
[Verse 4] B(G) G#m(Em) I think of him when I’m doing the dishes E(C) F#(D) B(G) I think of him while looking in the sink D#(B) G#m(Em) This ain’t no play on words F#(D) B(G) My love for him’s absurd E(C) F#(D) If he gave me a sign I’d think about for a week I’d build it up and then I’d tell him: no.
[Chorus] B(G) G#m(Em) You have been warned. I’m known to be contrary B(G) G#m(Em) Backward at school, I wrote from right to left E(C) F#(D) Teacher never cared for me B(G) G#(E) Preacher said a prayer for me E(C) F#(D) God help the girl. She needs all the help she can get