I Had A Girlfriend chords by Rab Noakes

Rab Noakes - I Had A Girlfriend


CAPO: 4th Fret




[INTRO:] C

[VERSE 1:]

I had a girlfriend, she called me her boyfriend
             G
On me she did depend and that was okay
 C
I called her my sweetheart, right from the very start
           G
Now we are apart, I'm walking away

[CHORUS:]
      F          C
She says, "Take the freedom and get the variety
    G           C
That's two steps ahead of the blues
  F           C
And when you ain't got no permanent company
G          C
I know a man you can use"


[VERSE 2:]

She married some other man, he came from a foreign land
                  G
He could write a fine hand and his money was clean
  C
He took me aside like he'd something to hide
                  G
He said, "I won the bride, well, ya know what I mean"


[CHORUS:]
     F         C
I said, "Take the money and get the variety
    G           C
That's two steps ahead of the blues
  F           C
And when you ain't got no permanent company
G          C
I know a man you can use"


[VERSE 3:]

Some times are romantic, some times are fantastic
              G
Some times are drastic, of that there's no doubt
   C
Some people are lawless, some people are flawless
            G
I become them all as I put myself out


[CHORUS:]
    F         C
I say, "Take the cure and get the variety
    G           C
That's two steps ahead of the blues
  F           C
But when you ain't got no permanent company
G          C
I know a man you can use"


[CHORUS:]
 F         C
"Take the money and get the variety
    G           C
That's two steps ahead of the blues
  F           C
And when you ain't got no permanent company
G          C F C