Verse 1
Is [Am] there anybody [E7] going to listen [Am] to my [Am7] story
[Dm] all about the girl who came to [C] stay? [E7]
she's the [Am] kind of girl you [E7] want so much it [Am] makes you [Am7] sorry
[Dm] still you don't regret a single [Am] day

Chorus
ah [C] girl [Em] (…girl) [Dm] [G7]
ah [C] girl [Em] (…girl) [Dm] [G7]

Verse 2
when i [Am] think of all the [E7] times i've tried so [Am] hard to [Am7] leave her
[Dm] she will come to me and start [C] to [E7] cry
And she [Am] promises the [E7] earth to me and [Am] I bel-[Am7] ieve her
[Dm] after all this time i don't know [Am] why

Chorus
ah [C] girl [Em] (…girl) [Dm] [G7]
ah [C] girl [Em] (…girl) [Dm] [G7]

Bridge
[Dm] she's the kind of girl who puts you [A] down
when friends are there, you feel a [Dm] fool [A]
[Dm] when you say she's looking good
she [A] acts as if it's understood, she's [Dm] cool, ooh, [F] ooh, ooh, ooh

Chorus
ah [C] girl [Em] (…girl) [Dm] [G7]
ah [C] girl [Em] (…girl) [Dm] [G7]

Verse 3
Was she [Am] told when she was [E7] young that pain would [Am] lead to [Am7] pleasure?
[Dm] did she understand it when they [C] [E7] said
that a [Am] man must break his [E7] back to earn his [Am] day of [Am7] leisure,
[Dm] will she still believe it when he's [Am] dead?

Chorus
ah [C] girl [Em] (…girl) [Dm] [G7]
ah [C] girl [Em] (…girl) [Dm] [G7]