Girlfriend Is Better Cifras

GIRLFRIEND IS BETTER - Talking Heads
Tabbed by: andrew_long15
E-mail: andrew_long15@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
 
The strumming is done differently in the verse and in the chorus
for the Dm C Dm parts.
In the verse, the Dm is played on beats 1, C is played on beat 2
and Dm again on 3 and then a rest on 4.
In the chorus, the Dm is played on beats 1, 2 & 3 and the C is played on 4.
 
[Verse 1]
Dm C Dm     Dm  C        Dm        Dm  C        Dm       Dm C Bb A
I . . . . . Who took the money?    Who took the money away?
Dm C Dm     Dm   C      Dm         Dm   C      Dm          Dm C Bb A
I . . . . . It's always showtime   Here at the edge of the stage
Dm C Dm     Dm   C      Dm         Dm   C       Dm     Dm       C   Bb   A
I  I I  I   Wake up and wonder     What was the place, what was the name?
Dm C Dm     Dm   C   Dm         Dm C Dm    Dm C Bb A
We wanna    wait but here we go        again
 
[verse 2]
Dm C Dm     Dm    C    Dm        Dm    C       Dm             Dm C Bb A
Ha!         Takes over slowly      But doesn't last very long
Dm C  Dm    Dm C       Dm        Dm   C         Dm            Dm C Bb A
Ha ha ha ha no need to worry       Everything's under control
Dm C Dm     Dm  C       Dm       Dm    C           Dm    Dm       C    Bb A
O  U T!     But no hard feelings       What do you know? Take you a-way
Dm C     Dm    Dm C   Dm    Dm C Dm    Dm C Bb A
   We're being ta-ken for a ride       again
 
[Chorus]
Dm          C             Dm              C
I got a girlfriend that's better than that     
Dm                   C       Dm C Bb A
She has the smoke in her eyes
Dm               C     Dm                    C
She's moving up, going right through my house    
Dm                  C       Dm C Bb A
She's gonna give me surprise
Dm               C   Dm                  C
Better than this,    know that it's right   
Dm                 C       Dm C Bb A
I think you can if you like
Dm          C           Dm              C
I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair        
    Dm                C        Dm C  Bb A
And nothing is better than that         is it?
 
[Verse]
Dm C Dm   Dm   C      Dm          Dm C        Dm               Dm C Bb A
Down......down in the basement    we hear the sound of machines
Dm C Dm   Dm  C          Dm         Dm   C     Dm             Dm C Bb A
I, I......I'm driving in circles    come to my senses sometime
Dm   C    Dm     Dm  C        Dm      Dm      C   Dm    Dm   C       Bb  A
Why, why, why,   why start it over?   Nothing was lost, everything's free
Dm C Dm         Dm  C Dm   Dm C Dm         Dm C Bb A
   I don't care how impossible     it seems
 
[Chorus]
Dm             C       Dm             C
Somebody calls you but you cannot hear    
    Dm               C Dm C Bb A
Get closer to be far a way
Dm            C          Dm               C
Only one look and that's all that it takes
Dm                    C      Dm C Bb A
Maybe that's all that we need
Dm                C Dm                 C
All that it takes,  I'll bet it's right    
Dm              C    Dm C Bb A
All it takes if it's right
Dm          C             Dm              C
I got a girlfriend that's better than that   
    Dm                C   Dm C  Bb A
And she goes wherever she likes there she goes
 
 
[Chorus]
Dm          C             Dm              C
I got a girlfriend that's better than that   
Dm                     C       Dm C Bb A
Now everyone's getting involved
Dm              C     Dm                    C
She's moving up going right through my heart
Dm                 C         Dm C Bb A
 We might not ever get caught
Dm                  C   Dm               C
Going right through,     try to stay cool   
Dm                C       Dm C Bb A
Going through staying cool
Dm          C             Dm              C
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
    Dm                C    Dm C Bb A
And nothing is better than you  wait a minute
 
[Chorus]
Dm          C            Dm              C
I got a girlfriend thats better than this
    Dm                 C     Dm C Bb A
But you don't remember at all
Dm             C    Dm               C
As we get older and stop making sense
    Dm                 C   Dm C Bb A
You won't find her waiting long
Dm                C   Dm               C
Stop making sense,    stop making sense
Dm                   C    Dm C Bb A
Stop making sense, making sense
Dm          C            Dm              C
I got a girlfriend she's better than that
    Dm                C    Dm C Bb A
And nothing is better than this is it?
 
[Repeat main riff about 6 times & fade out.]
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