Built to Spill – Girl (Guitar)

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Album: The normal years 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by Marcus Hautz (endofallthings at gmx. de) You'll find a few pointers on strumming and intonating the different parts on the bottom of the tab. But just listen to the song and you'll get it. Enjoy !
G       D      Em        C
sitting at the railway station

G       D     Em      C
reading books bout intimidation

G       D      Em       C
waiting for my girl to come

    G      D         Em      C
and if she does will she be dumb or 

Em           Am     C 
             really smart 

Em           Am       C     
    will she break my heart and

G             C              D    
wad it up and throw it in my face

G                 C             Am     G
I knew I'd find a nice girl someday

Em        Am               Cadd9
   find a nice girl settle down

Em            C7
someone I can talk to

Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to

Em
someone who'll gimme time and gimme space

                G     D  Em  C  G  D  Em  C
and take it all away 

G       D      Em    C
sitting at the bus station

G       D     Em         C
reading books bout legislation

G      D    Em    C
suddenly my girl comes and 

G         D    Em       C
she's not even dumb in fact she's 

Em          Am    C
            kinda smart

Em          Am       C
   will she break my heart

G             C              D    
wad it up and throw it in my face

G                 C             Am     G
I knew I'd find a nice girl someday

Em        Am               Cadd9
   find a nice girl settle down

Em            C7
someone I can talk to

Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to

Em
someone who'll gimme time and gimme space

                G     D  Em  C  G  D  Em  C
and take it all away 

G              D         Em        C
actually I've never even been to a railroad station 

G      D              Em        C
even though I used to live near one and 

G         D           Em          C
still I'm waiting for my girl to come and

G       D        Em      C
if she does will she be dumb or

Em             Am     C
               really smart

Em             Am       C
      will she break my heart and 

G             C              D    
wad it up and throw it in my face

G             C              D    
wad it up and throw it in my face

G                 C             Am     G
I knew I'd find a nice girl someday

Em        Am               Cadd9
   find a nice girl settle down

Em            C7
someone I can talk to

Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to

Em            C7
someone I can talk to

Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to

Em            C7
someone I can talk to

Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to

Em            C7
someone I can talk to

Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to

Em            C7
someone I can talk to

Em              C7
someone I don't have to talk to
------------------------------------- A few hints on strumming : 1) For the verse
Chords: G        D           Em          C               
Strum:  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  -  U  D  U  -  U  D  U
Text: Sitting at the railway station 2) Play the Em dirctly after the Verse twice
Chords: Em    Em                Am       C 
Strum:  D  -  D  -  -  U  D  U  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  
Text: really smart 3) In the "Bridge" part play a different strumming
Chords: G                       C                       D
Strum:  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  D  -  D  U  -  U  D  U  D
Text: wad it up and throw it in my face