Oh, girl (1972)    (video)

 

    G ~ ~

 

     G                        Bm

1. Oh, girl, I’d be in trouble if you left me now,

               C                                                    Am                          D

    ’cause I don’t know where to look for love, I just don’t know how.

     G          Bm

    Oh, girl, how I depend on you,

         C                                          Am                                 D

    to give me love when I need it, right on time you would always be.

 

Bb                                       F

    All my friends call me a fool,

                    - G                                              D

    they say:        let the woman take care of you,

            - Bb                                                       F

    so I,          I try to be hip and think like the crowd,

G                                                         D         D7

    but even the crowd can’t help me now, oh oh oh.

 

     G                       Bm

2. Oh, girl, tell me what am I gonna do,

    C                                       Am               D

    I know I got a guilty face, girl, I feel so out of place.

      G             Bm

    Ooh, ooh, yeah,

C                                    Am              D

    I don’t know where to go, who to see. Oh.

 

+  G - Bm - C - Am - D

 

    Bb                                         F 

+       All my friends call me a fool, they say :

G                                              D          D7

    let the woman take care of you. Oh oh oh.

 

     G        Bm

3. Oh, girl, I guess I better go,

              C

    I can save myself a lot of useless tears,

    Am                            D

    girl, I’ve gotta get away from here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     G                         Bm

    Oh, girl, pain will double if you leave me now,

               C

    ’cause I don’t know where to look for love,

              Am                                   D

    and I don’t know, I don’t know how.

 

  G - Bm - C                             Am               D

+                   Better be on my way, I can’t stay here.

 

  G - Bm - C    Am                                        D

+                    Have you ever seen such a helpless man ?

 

+  G - Bm - C - Am - D ....

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Paul Young)