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LA LA RE LA
She turned fifteen with great expectations
LA LA MI LA
Her older brother knew that something was up
LA LA RE LA
He caught her going through his record collection
LA LA MI LA
Looking at Hendrix like a lovesick pup
MI MI RE LA
She begged and she pleaded 'til Dad finally listened
MI MI FA#m RE
He drove her in the car down to Sears Roebuck
MI MI RE LA
He bought her that guitar and that was the beginning
SI SI MI MI RE LA MI
Now she's down in the cellar with the amp turned up [guitar break #1]
LA LA RE LA
Girls with guitars (Daddy's little angel)
LA LA MI RE
Girls with guitars (What's the world coming to)
LA LA RE LA
Girls with guitars (Mothers tend to worry 'bout)
LA LA MI LA
Girls with guitars
LA LA RE LA LA LA MI LA
[instrumental]
Well, Saturday nights she followed her brother
It was socks and stockings on the old gym floor
While everybody danced to garage band covers
She was checking out riffs and memorizing chords
She didn't care at all for the football heroes
She didn't even notice the basketball stars
Boys as a species were all a bunch of zeros
SI SI MI MI5 - SOL5 - LA5 - MI5 - SOL5 - SIb5-A5
Except for the ones that played that guitar [guitar break #2]
Ahh, girls with guitars (She wasn't any debutante)
Girls with guitars (She didn't go out for cheerleading)
Girls with guitars (Boys are kind of nervous 'round)
Girls with guitars
RE RE SOL SOL
She went off to college, she got her degree
LA LA MI LA
Her parents breathed a sigh of great relief
RE RE SOL SOL
Daddy's thinking law school, mother's thinking medicine
DO DO MI MI MI MI
Daughter's thinking how she's gonna break the news to them
LA LA RE LA LA LA MI LA
[guitar solo]
LA LA RE LA LA LA MI LA
[guitar solo]
Now there's an old Chevy van just sitting in the driveway
Filled to the gills with all her stuff
She cut a deal with her brother to drive it up the highway
Figures New York City is close enough
She gets the audition through a friend of a friend
Who's checking out her legs, saying this'll never work
She flips on her Boogie and turns to the band
B B E n.c. n.c.
Gives a little grin and blows away the jerk [guitar break #3]
Girls with guitars (Now everybody's rocking)
Girls with guitars (There oughta be a song about)
Girls with guitars (There's just no stopping those)
Girls with guitars
LA LA RE LA LA LA MI LA
Get your money for nothing and your guys for free
LA LA RE LA LA LA MI LA
[instrumental]
RHYTHM:
[This is just a suggestion to give a feel
for the song:]
LA RE LA
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|3---3-----------|
|2---2---2---2---|2---4---2---2---|
|2---4---2---4---|0---0---2---4---|
|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
|0---0---0---0---|--------0---0---|
GUITAR BREAK #1:
MI RE LA MI
|----------------|2-2-----0-0-----|0-0-----|
|----------------|3-3-----2-2-----|0-0-----|
|----------------|2-2-----2-2-----|1-1-----|
|----------------|0-0-----2-2-----|2-2-----|
|----------------|0-0-----0-0-----|2-2-----|
|----------------|----------------|0-0-----|
...turned up
GUITAR BREAK #2 ("Smoke on the Water"):
MI MI5 SOL5 LA5 MI5 SOL5 SIb5 LA5
|----------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|--------|
|------------0---|2-2---4---0---3-|2-------|
|--------2---0---|2-2---2---0---3-|2-------|
|--------2-------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|--------|
..that guitar
GUITAR BREAK #3 ("Sunshine of Your Love"):
[There are about a million different positions to play this in,
since it's probably the most well-known riff in rock music. I've
given a couple possibilities, but play it however you want:]
|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------| |----------------|--------8~~-----|
|----------------|----------------| |9-9-7-9---------|------9-----9---|
|2-2-0-2---------|--------5~~-----| |9-9-7-9---9---8-|--7-------------|
|2-2-0-2---2---1-|--0---7-----7---| |----------9---8-|--7-------------|
|----------2---1-|--0-------------| |----------------|----------------|
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