...MY GIRL... by Madness -------------........... *from 'One Step Beyond' (1979)* *NB* / = Slide (between Chords) Intro: C#m A F#m, G#m B (x3) Verse 1: C#m/C/C#m A/G#/A (F#m) My girl's mad at me. C#m/C/C#m F#m I didn't wanna see the film tonight. C#m/C/C#m A/G#/A (F#m) I found it hard to say. C#m/C/C#m F#m She thought I'd had e-nough of her. Chorus 1:

^E Why ^E/D#can't she ^C#msee; ^F#m She's ^Elovely to ^Bme' ^E But I ^E/D#like to stay ^C#min, and ^C#m/Bwatch T.^AV. ^C#m On my ^F#mown, every ^F#m7now and ^Bthen.

Verse 2: C#m/C/C#m A/G#/A (F#m) My girl's mad at me. C#m/C/C#m F#m Been on the tele-phone for an hour. C#m/C/C#m A/G#/A (F#m) We hardly said a word. C#m/C/C#m F#m I tried and tried, but I could not be heard. Chorus 2:

^E Why ^E/D#can't I ex-^C#mplain' ^F#m Why do I ^Efeel this ^Bpain' ^E 'Cos every-^E/D#thing I ^C#msay, she doesn't,^C#m/B under-^Astand, She doesn't ^C#mrea-^F#mlise; she takes it ^F#m7all the wrong ^Bway.

Piano Solo: C#m/C/C#m, A/G#/A (F#m), C#m/C/C#m, F#m (x2) Verse 4: C#m/C/C#m A/G#/A (F#m) My girl's mad at me. C#m/C/C#m F#m We argued just the other night. C#m/C/C#m A/G#/A (F#m) I thought we'd got it straight, C#m/C/C#m F#m We talked and talked, un-til it was light. Chorus 3:

^E I ^E/D#thought we'd a-^C#mgreed, ^F#m I thought we'd ^Etalked it ^Bout. ^E Now when I ^E/D#try to ^C#mspeak, she says that^C#m/B, I don't ^Acare, She says I'm ^C#mun-a-^F#mware, and now she ^F#m7says I'm ^Bweak.

Outro: C#m A F#m, G#m B, C#m CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C#m A F#m G#m B C EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x46654 577655 244222 466444 799877 x35553 G# E E/D# C#m/B F#m7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 466544 x79997 x69997 x26654 242222 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Madness - My girl