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Girlfriend – Wings
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Written by: Paul McCartney
From: "London Town" (1978)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
A very beautiful song. The middle part, I called it "Solo/Instrumental" here,
seems somehow out of place, though. As I see it, McCartney wanted just a
little t o o much here. Michael Jackson covered the song on his "Off the Wall"
album (nice version, too!), turned the arrangement 100% pop and consequently
left out this part. I usually do so, too.
The first two bars of the verses alternate between G and G6, but the bass plays a
high "e" underneath, so the second chord could be interpreted as Em. Whatever
one calls the chord, I wouldn't suggest playing a standard Em shape (0-2-2-0-0-0)
because the "e" is just hinted at in the bass line and the guitars do not follow
this "hint" with a full blown chord change. To my ears, the G and the following
G6/Em chord have a lot in common, so I wouldn't highlight the subtle difference
too much by using a full Em voicing - the hint is enough to me (see my playing
suggestion for the verse pattern in the tab section below). I use the chord name
G6/E just to remind the player of this. Check out different options and settle
on the one that satisfies you most.
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[Intro]
Acoustic
G G6/E G G6/E G Am7 Am7 Am9 C9
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3-----0---------|3---------0-3/5-|3-----0---------|------0---------|------3---------|
B|0-----0---------|0-------3-------|1-----1---------|------0---------|------3---------|
G|0-----0---------|0-----0-0-------|0-----0---------|------5---------|3-----3---------|
D|0-----2-----0-2-|0-----2-0-------|2---------------|------5---------|2---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|0---------------|------0---------|3---------------|
E|3---------------|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Electric
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|------3---------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|--------------4-|------4--------4|3----/12--------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Verse] pattern
G G6/E G G6/E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3-----0---------|3-----0---------|
B|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|
G|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|
D|0-----2-----0-2-|0-----2-----0-2-|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---------------|3---------------|
[Interlude]
Eb G D G Eb G D G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------3---------|----------------|------3---------|----------------|
B|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|
G|--------------4-|------4---------|--------------4-|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----5-----------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Coda] LINK
Am7 Am7 Am9 C9
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------3---------|----------------|----------------|
B|4/5---------5---|3/5-------------|----------------|
G|--------------4-|------4--------4|3----/12--------|
D|----------------|--------------5-|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G6/E x-x-2-0-0-0 (could be interpreted as Em, too)
Am9 x-0-5-5-0-0
C9 x-3-2-3-3-3
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
Fm7 1-3-3-1-4-1
Fm6 1-3-3-1-3-1
A6 x-0-2-2-2-2
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
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[Intro]
| G G6/E | G G6/E | Am7 | Am7 Am9 | C9 |
[Verse]
G G6/E
Girlfriend
G G6/E Am C/D
I'm gonna tell your boyfriend, yeah
G G6
Tell him
G G6/E Am C/D
Exactly what you're doing, yeah
G Em
Tell him what you do to me
Am F | Fm Fm7 Fm6 Fm |
Late at night when the wind is free
G G6/E | Eb G | D G | Eb G | D G |
Girlfriend (Interlude)
[Verse]
G G6/E
Girlfriend
G G6/E Am C/D
I'm gonna show your boyfriend, yeah
G G6
Show him
G G6/E Am C/D
The letters I've been saving, yeah
G Em
Show him how you feel inside
Am F | Fm Fm7 Fm6 Fm |
Then our love couldn't be denied
Em
And we're gonna have to tell him
A|-0-0233-------|
Am | Am C | [ G ]
You'll only be a girlfriend (break) of mine
[Interlude]
G Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do, do do do do ...
[Middle 8]
Eb G D G
Till the river stops a-flowin'
Eb G D G
Till the wind doesn't wanna blow
Eb G D G
Till the flowers stop a-growin'
Eb G D G
Till my love doesn't wanna know
[Solo]
| A A6/F# | A A6/F# | Bm E | Am | E/G# | F | F |
(Solo/Instrumental)
| Am | E/G# | Am Em | F | Fm Fm7 Fm6 Fm |
(Solo/Instrumental)
[Verse] (part)
Em
We're gonna have to tell him
A|-0-0233-------|
Am | Am C | [ G ]
You'll only be a girlfriend (break) of mine
[Verse]
G G6/E
Girlfriend
G G6/E Am C/D
We'd better tell your boyfriend, yeah
G G6
Tell him
G G6/E Am C/D
Exactly what we're doing, yeah
G Em
Tell him what he needs to know
Am F Fm7 Fm6 Fm
Or he may never let you go
Em
And we're gonna have to tell him
A|-0-0233-------|
Am | Am C |[ G ]
You'll only be a girlfriend (break) of mine
[Interlude] and [Coda]
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do [repeat]
Am7 G
Do do do do Till the river stop a-flowin'
Am7 G
(do do do do) Till the wind doesn't wanna blow
Am7 G
(do do do do) Till the flowers stop a-growin'
Am7 G Am7
(do do do do) Till the ocean's a sea of snow (sea of snow, sea of snow …)
G Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
Am7 G
Do do do do, do do do do do do do do
| Am7 | Am7 Am9 | C9 |
Do do do do, [Coda link]
G G6/E G
Girlfriend