Chords for Tom Lehrer: She's My Girl (concert live) (1959)
Tempo:
115.05 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [Bb] [C]
[Bb]
[Bm] I'm sure you're familiar with [Eb] love [G] songs on the order of, he's just my Bill, [A] my man, my
[N] on.
although the man she loves
alcoholic, physically repulsive, or just plain unsanitary, nevertheless she
But as far as I know there is never a song
of view, that is to say, of a man who finds himself in love
[Bb]
[Bm] I'm sure you're familiar with [Eb] love [G] songs on the order of, he's just my Bill, [A] my man, my
[N] on.
although the man she loves
alcoholic, physically repulsive, or just plain unsanitary, nevertheless she
But as far as I know there is never a song
of view, that is to say, of a man who finds himself in love
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_ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] I'm sure you're familiar with [Eb] love [G] songs on the order of, he's just my Bill, [A] my man, my
Joe, [Ab] my Max, and so [N] on.
_ The girl who sings them tells you that although the man she loves
is antisocial, _ _ alcoholic, _ _ physically repulsive, _ or just plain _ unsanitary, _ _ _ _ _ nevertheless _ _ she
is his because he is hers, and like that.
But as far as I know there is never a song
from the analogous male point of view, that is to say, of a man who finds himself in love
with, or in this case married to, a girl who has nothing whatsoever to recommend her. _ _
_ _ _ _ I
have attempted to fill this need.
_ _ The song is called, She's My Girl.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [A] Sharks gotta swim, _ _ [Dm]
and bats [G] gotta fly.
_ [C] _ _
[Dm] I gotta love [E] one woman till [Am] I die.
[C]
To Ed or Dick [Am] or
[A] Bob, she [G] may be just a [D] slob, but _ [C] to me, [A] well, [Dm]
she's my [G] girl.
[C] In winter [A] the bedroom is [Dm] one
large [G] ice cube, and she squeezes the [E] toothpaste from the middle of the [Am] tube.
[C] Her hairs [Am] in
the sink [G] have driven me to drink, [D] but _ [C] she's my [A] girl.
_ [Dm] _ [G] She's my girl.
[C] She's my [G] girl.
[C] And I love her.
_ _ _ [F] The girl that I lament for, [Em] the girl my money's spent for, the [Dm] girl my back is bent for, the girl
I [A] owe the rent [Db] for, [G] the girl I gave up lent for, [C] is the girl that heaven meant for [Dm] me.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] So for _ _ breakfast, [A] she makes coffee [Dm] that tastes like [G] shampoo.
_ _ [C] _ I [Dm] come home for dinner [E] and get peanut
butter [Am]
stew.
_ [B] _ [C] _ _ Or if [Am] I'm in luck, it's [G] broiled hockey [D] puck. _ _
_ _ _ But, [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Dm] oh, what the [G] hell, [C] she's my [D] girl.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] I'm sure you're familiar with [Eb] love [G] songs on the order of, he's just my Bill, [A] my man, my
Joe, [Ab] my Max, and so [N] on.
_ The girl who sings them tells you that although the man she loves
is antisocial, _ _ alcoholic, _ _ physically repulsive, _ or just plain _ unsanitary, _ _ _ _ _ nevertheless _ _ she
is his because he is hers, and like that.
But as far as I know there is never a song
from the analogous male point of view, that is to say, of a man who finds himself in love
with, or in this case married to, a girl who has nothing whatsoever to recommend her. _ _
_ _ _ _ I
have attempted to fill this need.
_ _ The song is called, She's My Girl.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [A] Sharks gotta swim, _ _ [Dm]
and bats [G] gotta fly.
_ [C] _ _
[Dm] I gotta love [E] one woman till [Am] I die.
[C]
To Ed or Dick [Am] or
[A] Bob, she [G] may be just a [D] slob, but _ [C] to me, [A] well, [Dm]
she's my [G] girl.
[C] In winter [A] the bedroom is [Dm] one
large [G] ice cube, and she squeezes the [E] toothpaste from the middle of the [Am] tube.
[C] Her hairs [Am] in
the sink [G] have driven me to drink, [D] but _ [C] she's my [A] girl.
_ [Dm] _ [G] She's my girl.
[C] She's my [G] girl.
[C] And I love her.
_ _ _ [F] The girl that I lament for, [Em] the girl my money's spent for, the [Dm] girl my back is bent for, the girl
I [A] owe the rent [Db] for, [G] the girl I gave up lent for, [C] is the girl that heaven meant for [Dm] me.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] So for _ _ breakfast, [A] she makes coffee [Dm] that tastes like [G] shampoo.
_ _ [C] _ I [Dm] come home for dinner [E] and get peanut
butter [Am]
stew.
_ [B] _ [C] _ _ Or if [Am] I'm in luck, it's [G] broiled hockey [D] puck. _ _
_ _ _ But, [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Dm] oh, what the [G] hell, [C] she's my [D] girl.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _