The Girls In My Life Part 1

Written by: Randy Newman
From: "Born Again" (1978)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

CHORDS and SPECIAL VOICINGS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
F/A      x-0-3-2-1-x
Bdim     x-2-3-1-3-x
F/C      x-3-3-2-1-x
A/C#     x-4-2-2-2-x
Bb/C     x-3-3-3-3-x
C7/5+    x-3-x-3-5-4
F7/9     x-x-3-2-4-3

Verse 1

F
  Was a little girl
C7
  Maybe five-foot-two
F7
  Had the cutest little feet
Bb        Bbm                  [F]
  Made my heart go tweet-tweet-tweet
F
  Quite a pleasant disposition

Interlude

| C7 | F F/A Bb Bdim | F/C C7 |

Verse 2

F
  Then came a pretty young French girl, mmm
C7
  Whom I met in Las Vegas
F7                                  Bb   Bbm
  When I was there with my parents,   oh my
F
  Had a real nice conversation

Interlude

| C7 | F F/A Bb Bdim | F/C  Cm7 F7 |

Bridge

Bb           Bdim
  Met a girl  at the bakery
F/C                       Cm7
  She wanted to borrow my car from me
         F7
I said: “Take it, babe”
Bb                 Bdim
  She took it down   to Mexico
F/C   A/C#             Dm     Bb/C
  Ran over a man named Juan

Verse 3

F
  Then I went to college
C7
  Met a college girl
F7
  She lived in the sorority house
Bb Bbm
  Across from the school
F
  Got a real fine education
C7                        [F]
    Had seven women on my mind

Interlude

| F F/A Bb Bdim | F/C C7 |

Solo

| F | C7 | F7 | Bb Bbm |
| F | C7 | F F/A Bb Bdim | F/C C7 |

Verse 4

F
  Now I'm married
C7
  Have a very lovely wife
F7
  Three cute little boys
Bb        Bbm
  It's so nice
F
  And that's just half the story
C7 (break)           [F]
  Of the girls in my life