Tom Petty – Girl On Lsd (Guitar)

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For instrumental parts, one D (or A) represents one bar at the fast tempo, c. 220 bpm. [Intro] D D D D D D D D D D D D [Verse 1]
       D           A             D
I's in love with a girl on marijuana

            D       G      D/F#      A
She said if I'm not stoned I don't wanna

        G          D
But she got so paranoid

    D              G
Her place I would avoid

       G           A            (D)
I's in love with a girl on marijuana
[Break] (D) D D D D D [Verse 2]
        D          A          D
I's in love with a girl on cocaine

        D           G    D        A
She had everything going but her brain

           G                  D
We'd talk endlessly for hours

          D                 G
But by morning it'd go sour

        G          A         (D)
I's in love with a girl on cocaine
[Break] (D) D D D [Chorus]
        G                D/F#
Through ecstasy, crystal meth and glue

  A                D
I found no drug compares to you

G                D/F#
All these pills, all this weed

A
I don't know just what I need
[Break] A A A A [Verse 3]
        D           A          D
I's in love with a girl on L.S.D.

D          G                A
She'd see things I'd never see

     G                 D
She broadened her perspective

     D              G
Then I got more selective

        G          A          (D)
I's in love with a girl on L.S.D.
[Break] (D) D D D D D D D [Chorus]
        G                D/F#
Through ecstasy, crystal meth and glue

  A                D
I found no drug compares to you

G                D/F#
All these pills, all this weed

A
I don't know just what I need
[Break] A A A [Verse 4]
        D           A               D
I's in love with a girl who drank beer

     D               G             A
'Til bad breath and all she disappeared

         G                D
She was blowing up real bad

         D                    G
But when she left I was still sad

        G           A             (D)
I's in love with a girl who drank beer
[Break] (D) D D D D D D D [Verse 5]
        D           A              D
I's in love with a girl on China white

         D             G        A
We were married for a year one night

     G             D
Her memory still lingers

        D              G
'cause I burned all my fingers

        G           A            (D)
I's in love with a girl on China white
[Break] (D) D D D [Verse 6]
        D           A               D
I's in love with a girl who drank coffee

           D            G                 A
There was times when I couldn't keep her off me

      G                D
That caffeine got her going

         D             G
But her ugly side was showing

        G           A            (D)
I's in love with a girl who drank coffee
[Break] (D) D D D [Verse 7]
        D           A              D
I's in love with a girl who was a dealer

      D        G      D/F#     A
I's afraid somebody'd come and steal her

    G              D
We never used to fight

          D                  G
But the phone rang day and night

         D         A             (D)
I's in love with a girl who was a dealer
[Outro] (D) D D D
D                                             D
  Sure as hell she got popped by the big guys
Note: When you're strumming the D chord do the following slide every now and then before each verse: xxx23x ----- xxx77X ----- xxx23x (it's hard to explain in writing, but if you hear the song you'll know what bit I'm talking about).