Matt Nathanson – Birthday Girl (Guitar)

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BIRTHDAY GIRL
As recorded by Matt Nathanson
(From the 2013 Album THE LAST OF THE GREAT PRETENDERS) [Intro] Em G C Em G C [Verse 1]
G              C
Early morning, autumn light

G
White washed walls and children playing

                    C               D
The air is still, I smell the bakery

G             C
Lying here in last night's clothes

  G
Mexican girls and Sunday dresses

                   C            D       C
Fill the sidewalks up, Guerrero street
[Chorus]
Em                  G
Save me, I get lost so easy

          C
C'mon and lift the fog, my birthday girl

    Em                         G
The rains came, turned all the hills green

         C
Turn the dirt to flowers, birthday girl

C
My birthday girl
[Verse 2]
G
Just because you learn to breathe

G
Underwater, doesn't mean

                   C                     D
You ever shake the fear of being drowned

  G
Between the sparks and junkyard thoughts

G
The things I stole, the things I lost

                  C          D
You could build a city in my hair

C
In my hair
[Chorus]
Em                  G
Save me, I get lost so easy

          C
C'mon and lift the fog, my birthday girl

    Em                         G
The rains came, turned all the hills green

           C
Turned the dirt to flowers, birthday girl

Em
I don't know what to do

G
Once this gets started

C
I never meant to be so broken hearted

Em                  G
Save me, I get lost so easy

        C
Turn my dirt to flowers, birthday girl

C
My birthday girl
[Guitar Solo] G C G C G C G Em Am
N.C.                                   G  D  Am  D  G  D N.C.
La la la la la la sha la la la la la la...
Am D G D Am D G D [Out-Chorus]
Em                  G
Save me, I get lost so easy

          C
C'mon and lift the fog, my birthday girl

    Em                         G
The rains came, turned all the hills green

           C
Turned the dirt to flowers, birthday girl

Em
I don't know what to do

G
Once this gets started

C
I never meant to be so broken hearted

Em              G
Baby, c'mon and save me

        C
Turn my dirt to flowers, birthday girl

              G
My birthday girl