The Civil Wars – I Had Me A Girl (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Versions (3)

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Chords

Em Em B Em x2 [Verse]
Em
[tab]                    B
Who taught me those things

                   Em
A young man should know

Em               
Down, down on my knees

                    B
I’d beg and I’d plead

                      Em
To learn a little bit more
[PreChorus]
A                         Em
Oh that woman taught me to pray

A                  B
I saw Heaven every day
Lord, she could, [Chorus]
Em
Ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
B                       
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh 

Em
ooooooooh
[Verse]
Em
I had me a boy

                B
who buttoned me down

           Em
Drew me a line

Em
He, he washed me as clean

                  B
As a sinner could be

              Em
Showed me the light

A                           Em
Oh that boy, he taught me to pray

A                              B
But for all of his spit-shinin’ ways
Lord, he could, [Chorus]
Em
Ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
B                       
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh 

Em
ooooooooh
[Instrumental part] G G/F# Em x3 G A B Em B Em x2 (in the original song this part is (almost) a capella, but I'm adding chords anyway for convenience)
Em
I had me a girl

                B
Like cigarette smoke

                 Em
She came and she went

Em
I slipped through his hands

                B
To my back door man

Em
Under his chin

A                         Em
Oh that woman taught me to pray

A                        B
But for all her wandering ways
She could, [Chorus] x2
Em
Ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
B                       
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh 

Em
ooooooooh
B Em