Chords for Jonathan Richman - The Girl Stands Up to Me Now + interview [9-7-94]

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_ _ _ [N] _ _ Hey _
_ _ _ _ Folks it is always a real pleasure to welcome my next guest back to the show
He just returned from a European tour and he'll be appearing this Saturday night at the supper club
Right here in New York with special guest Julia Sweeney, please welcome good friend of ours Jonathan Richmond _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Gb] _ Hi everybody, thanks tonight's song is called the girl stands up to me now
You see when we would argue I used [D] to always win, but that didn't mean that I was smarter
It meant that she would just you know argue and then cave in and just start to borrow my opinion
That was no good.
But those days are over now _ _
The girl stands up now
_ [A] More than she did before I
Used to win all the arguments when she felt inferior
[D] But now the girl [G] says yes when she means yes the girl says no when she means no the girl stands up to now
[D] More than she did before _
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When she says no it comes out smooth as silk
She don't act like bad breakfast [N] cereal waiting to wilt into milk
[D] Because the girl says yes when she means yes the girl says no when she means no the [E] girl stands up to now
More than she did before get
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[G] Do this key I want to do that neck _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well the first time she said no _
[B] That was rough
[Gb] But now I think I like her better tough tough [G] tough
Cuz the girl says yes when she means [C] yes the girl says no when she means [G] no the girl [Em] stands up now
[A] More than she did [G] before
[A] More than she did [G] before [C] get down one more [G] time
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_ [Fm] _ _ [N] Good work Andy all right.
I'm here with John get it right my god's sake
_ _ The best people working for me, I'm here.
I'm here with Jonathan Richmond Jonathan.
Thanks for performing for us very nice
It _ _ _ _ _ was sweet.
How have you been Jonathan very good except for one thing?
_ What is that?
Well, I send in my little make fun of Conan the barbarian names just like everyone else
I put the postcard on posted stamp on it, and I sent him in months ago, but they never use mine
_ Wait we didn't we didn't use any of yours
Oh except there was one uncredited one that I sent in that last year.
There was one like Conan the underwear Ian uh-huh
Yeah, I sent in that thing, but I would have said you're calling it for the underwear in yeah, you stink.
That's what I would
_ _ _ Different ways of approaching
I like their approach some ways better than my own _
What I but you know what yeah, I have a whole bunch of these here that never got used
_ Let's hear some of them Conan the dip theory in yeah
Yeah, you make me sick, okay?
_ _ To get out _
Conan the boolean yeah, you make me wanna puke
_ _ Okay, don't go away.
I'm not going anywhere _ Conan the blob Larian.
Yeah, wasn't he shut up _
_ _ Jonathan wait a minute.
Don't go these are all very angry.
You've got a lot of anger.
You've tapped in the all right, okay? _
Conan the malaria okay, yes widespread and pestilent
_ _ Very nice very nice Conan the car carrying yeah had your 20,000 mile checkup lately
Yeah, how are your fluids doing a minute?
I don't I don't get that one.
I
Don't get that one.
Huh, what is it?
Well you see you got barbarian?
What's the next letter of a car car then cars?
I was thinking of carcass yeah, barbarian car carrying all right listen
You know what I got one more don't go and do one more.
Okay, okay?
Conan the the the bad comedian yeah, got any good knock-knock jokes
_ That one yeah, they're very good _
_ _ _ So hostile _ _
_ _ No, that's it.
You can come back and do more of them.
Just work on that hostility all right Jonathan Jonathan Richman everybody give him a hand _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Crazy like you so it is going to be
_ _ Playing Saturday at the supper club right here in New York with Julia Sweeney.
I just want to thank Montel Williams for being with us
Thank you, Marcel _ _
_ _ _ What's my thanks to Luke and Murphy Jensen guys?
Thank you very much _ _ _ _ _
_ Gonna make Andy Richter the max Weinberg seven and
Scott who's our esteemed keyboardist and his wife Christine announced the birth of their son Nicholas congratulations _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] very cool
Okay, folks stay tuned for later with Craig's [Bb] near Greg's guest tonight is Sandra Bernhardt.
Good night everybody will sleep
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