America – Special Girl (Guitar)

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From "Perspective" (1984) [Intro] (Chords are more syncopated (i.e., the D/C doesn't come in on the downbeat) but the general timing is there) |C G/C |D/C G/C |C | % | |C/F G/F |D/F# G |C | % | |C | % | [Verse 1]
C   G/C         D/C     G/C      C
  Into each life a little sunlight wants to shine

C/F  G/F         D/F#       G          Am
  Let me tell you, a fortune like that once was mine
[Chorus]
Am        G        C
She was a special girl

              F        G
She meant the world to me

           G    Am     G    F
I gave her everything
[Verse 2]
C     G/C          D/C G/C           C           C G/C C
  When I found her, I'd been looking everywhere

C/F    G/F       D/F#
  When I lost her,

 G           Am            Am G/A Am
I was lost beyond despair
[Chorus]
Am        G        C
She was a special girl

              F        G
She meant the world to me

           G    Am     G    F
I gave her everything
[Post-Chorus]
F
Dreams are hard to take (dreams are hard to take)

G
Could it be I loved her too much

C  D/C     G/C     C
     Oo, a special girl

D/C        G/C     C/F
     Oo, a special girl

D/F#        G          C
     She was a special girl
[Chorus]
Am        G        C
She was a special girl

              F        G
She meant the world to me

           G    Am     G    F
I gave her everything
[Verse 3]
C    G/C         D/C   G/C        C           C G/C C
  Bottom line is, she was fine in every way

C/F   G/F          D/F# G      Am
  And it's not with hesitation that I say
[Chorus]
Am        G        C
She was a special girl

              F        G
She meant the world to me

           G    Am     G    F
I gave her everything
[Post-Chorus]
Fsus2
Dreams they come and go (dreams they come and go)

Gsus4
But thoughts of her are like a floor show
[Instrumental Break] |C |D/C G/C |C |D/C G/C | |C/F |D/F# G |C | % | [Refrain]
C  D/C     G/C     C
     Oo, a special girl

D/C        G/C     C/F
     Oo, a special girl

D/F#        G           C
     She was a special girl
[Outro Fade Chorus]
Am        G        C
She was a special girl

              F        G
She meant the world to me

           G    Am     G    F
I gave her everything