America – Special Girl (Guitar)
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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