Artist: Scritti Politti
Song: The word girl (Flesh and blood)
Tabbed by: DJ
29th April 2014
CAPO: 2nd fret (sounds in the key of B)
Original recording is very slightly sharp of concert pitch
A = x02220 Bm = x24432 F = 133211
Amaj7 = x02120 G = 320003 Bb = x13331
D = xx0232 [ch]G7/F[/ch] = 1x0001 Dm7 = xx0211
E7sus4 = 020200 C = x32010 Eb = xx5343
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A Amaj7 D E7sus4
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Bm G [ch]G7/F[/ch]
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A Amaj7 D E7sus4
To do what I should do, to long for you to hear,
Bm G [ch]G7/F[/ch]
Open up my heart, and watch her name ap - pear,
A Amaj7 D E7sus4
A word for you to use, a girl without a cause,
Bm G [ch]G7/F[/ch]
A name for what you lose, when it was never yours,
C G
Oh---, you! Doo'n, doo'n, doo!
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/scritti_politti/the_word_girl_crd.html ]
D A
The first time, baby, that I came to you,
Bm G
Oh, I'd do things that you want me to,
D A
The second time, baby, that I came to you,
F G
Oh, you found... my love for you,
D A
The third time, baby, that I came to you,
Bm G
Oh--, hoh--, hoh---, ...I knew,
D A
The last time, baby, that I came to you,
Bb C D
Oh, how your flesh and blood became the word!
A Amaj7 D E7sus4
The name the girl out - grew, the girl was never real,
Bm G [ch]G7/F[/ch]
She stands for your abuse, that girl is no i - deal,
A Amaj7 D E7sus4
It's a word for what you do, in a world of broken rules,
Bm G [ch]G7/F[/ch]
She found a place for you ...a - long her chain of fools,
C G
Oh---, you! Doo'n, doo'n, doo!
D A
The first time, baby, that I came to you,
Bm G
Oh, I'd do things that you want me to,
D A
The second time, baby, that I came to you,
F G
Oh, you found... my love for you,
D A
The third time, baby, that I came to you,
Bm G
Oh--, hoh--, hoh---, ...I knew,
D A
The last time, baby, that I came to you,
Bb C D
Oh, how your flesh and blood became the word!
Dm7 G Eb F
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Dm7 G Eb F Dm7
Oh, how... you're flesh and blood,
G Eb F Dm7
Oh, how... you're flesh and blood,
G Eb F Dm7
Oh, how... you're flesh and blood,
G Eb F Dm7
Oh, how... you're flesh and blood!
[Suggestion for coda]
Dm7 G Eb F G
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