Talking Heads – Girlfriend Is Better (Guitar)

GIRLFRIEND IS BETTER - Talking Heads
Tabbed by: andrew_long15
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The strumming is done differently in the verse and in the chorus 
for the Dm C Dm parts.
In the verse, the Dm is played on beats 1, C is played on beat 2 
and Dm again on 3 and then a rest on 4.
In the chorus, the Dm is played on beats 1, 2 & 3 and the C is played on 4.

[Verse 1]
[tab]Dm C Dm     Dm  C        Dm        Dm  C        Dm       Dm C Bb A 
I . . . . . Who took the money?    Who took the money away?

Dm C Dm     Dm   C      Dm         Dm   C      Dm          Dm C Bb A 
I . . . . . It's always showtime   Here at the edge of the stage

Dm C Dm     Dm   C      Dm         Dm   C       Dm     Dm       C   Bb   A 
I  I I  I   Wake up and wonder     What was the place, what was the name?

Dm C Dm     Dm   C   Dm         Dm C Dm    Dm C Bb A 
We wanna    wait but here we go        again

Dm C Dm     Dm    C    Dm        Dm    C       Dm             Dm C Bb A 
Ha!         Takes over slowly      But doesn't last very long

Dm C  Dm    Dm C       Dm        Dm   C         Dm            Dm C Bb A 
Ha ha ha ha no need to worry       Everything's under control

Dm C Dm     Dm  C       Dm       Dm    C           Dm    Dm       C    Bb A 
O  U T!     But no hard feelings       What do you know? Take you a-way

Dm C     Dm    Dm C   Dm    Dm C Dm    Dm C Bb A 
   We're being ta-ken for a ride       again

Dm          C             Dm              C      
I got a girlfriend that's better than that     

Dm                   C       Dm C Bb A 
She has the smoke in her eyes

Dm               C     Dm                    C   
She's moving up, going right through my house    

Dm                  C       Dm C Bb A 
She's gonna give me surprise

Dm               C   Dm                  C 
Better than this,    know that it's right   

Dm                 C       Dm C Bb A 
I think you can if you like

Dm          C           Dm              C          
I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair        

    Dm                C        Dm C  Bb A 
And nothing is better than that         is it?

Dm C Dm   Dm   C      Dm          Dm C        Dm               Dm C Bb A
Down......down in the basement    we hear the sound of machines

Dm C Dm   Dm  C          Dm         Dm   C     Dm             Dm C Bb A   
I, I......I'm driving in circles    come to my senses sometime

Dm   C    Dm     Dm  C        Dm      Dm      C   Dm    Dm   C       Bb  A
Why, why, why,   why start it over?   Nothing was lost, everything's free

Dm C Dm         Dm  C Dm   Dm C Dm         Dm C Bb A
   I don't care how impossible     it seems

Dm             C       Dm             C
Somebody calls you but you cannot hear    

    Dm               C Dm C Bb A  
Get closer to be far a way

Dm            C          Dm               C
Only one look and that's all that it takes

Dm                    C      Dm C Bb A
Maybe that's all that we need

Dm                C Dm                 C
All that it takes,  I'll bet it's right    

Dm              C    Dm C Bb A
All it takes if it's right

Dm          C             Dm              C    
I got a girlfriend that's better than that   

    Dm                C   Dm C  Bb A
And she goes wherever she likes there she goes

Dm          C             Dm              C
I got a girlfriend that's better than that   

Dm                     C       Dm C Bb A
Now everyone's getting involved

Dm              C     Dm                    C
She's moving up going right through my heart

Dm                 C         Dm C Bb A
 We might not ever get caught

Dm                  C   Dm               C
Going right through,     try to stay cool   

Dm                C       Dm C Bb A
Going through staying cool

Dm          C             Dm              C
I got a girlfriend that's better than that

    Dm                C    Dm C Bb A
And nothing is better than you  wait a minute

Dm          C            Dm              C   
I got a girlfriend thats better than this

    Dm                 C     Dm C Bb A
But you don't remember at all

Dm             C    Dm               C
As we get older and stop making sense

    Dm                 C   Dm C Bb A
You won't find her waiting long

Dm                C   Dm               C         
Stop making sense,    stop making sense

Dm                   C    Dm C Bb A
Stop making sense, making sense

Dm          C            Dm              C
I got a girlfriend she's better than that

    Dm                C    Dm C Bb A
And nothing is better than this is it?