Local Girls Lyrics by Graham Parker

Local Girls Lyrics

    pre>intro d bm g (three times) then g a

    B e
    Sit by my window and look outside
    A g#m e
    Wonder why a sun don't shine on me
    B e
    What's wrong with you, you stupid child
    A g#m c#
    Don't you think that i'm the one you're waiting to see
    F# b
    Don't talk too much cause she falls for the soft touch
    D e
    Makes her feel everything is secure
    G a d
    Don't ever leave a footprint on the floor


    Chorus
    D bm g
    Don't bother with the local girls
    D bm g
    Don't bother with the local girls
    D bm g g a
    Don't bother with the local girls

    B e
    She's probably halfwit she must be straight
    A g#m e
    Bound to have a mother who knows nothing but hate
    B e
    Don't want to laugh i'd rather knock her down
    A g#m c#
    Standing at the bus stop where she waits each morning
    F# b
    So isolated that she thinks that the army
    D e
    Is the place where a man oughta be
    G a d
    Don't bother with them they don't bother me


    Repeat chorus (plus)
    D g
    Don't bother with the.... local girls

    Bridge
    A g a g
    They got the walk they got the talk right down without a flaw
    A g g a d
    At six oclock i got to stop my dreaming at the counter of the store
    D bm g d bm g
    Don't bother with them
    D bm g g a

    B e
    Without a doubt i gotta intercept
    A g#m e
    Must be time someone went shouted in their ear
    B e
    You look all right in that cheap green dress
    A g#m c#
    But every time you swish it round you make me disappear
    F# b
    Yes i'm aware of exactly what i'm doing
    D e
    Making everything a mystery,
    G a d
    Don't bother with it, it don't bother me

    Chorus

    (3 times) and fade

    Here's the story of this transcription:

    Someone (off list) emailed me for the lyrics so i wrote them out and
    At the same time i wrote down a couple of the chords. then john
    (jhayman@k12s.phast.umass.edu) saw it and made the necessary
    Additions and corrections.

    For a while we were playing emaj7 instead of e in the first line,
    (b) sit by my window and (emaj7) look outside, but the current
    Thought is that the e is correct.

    John wrote: "in hind sight and sound, emaj7 is wrong and e is right.
    Although he's singing a db, the rhythm guitar is clearly playing a
    Dave edmund's "monkey beat" e." (i play that e at fret 4 (476454))

    /pre>

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