X – Poor Girl (Guitar)

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As recorded by X (From the 1983 Album MORE FUN IN THE NEW WORLD) [Intro] C G C G [Verse 1]
C          G
You sat at home

G
The windows tinted black

C           G
It hits you hard

G
And you cried so long

C               G
Life turned and wandered

                     C
Never to come back, again

C
Take what she gives you

                 D
Don't feel sorry for her
[Verse 2]
C             G
When you fell out

G
Out of the Starlight Inn

         C           G
You were too hurt to walk

G
Too bad to begin

C               G
I looked at the sign

G                           C
But I couldn't feel sad for you

C
Take what she gives you

                    D
Don't cry, when you kiss her
[Pre-Chorus]
G
Poor little girl

D
Ran away for good

Em
I try to explain

    D
Why she won't say a thing

G
Sad, sad thing

D
I'm so far away now

Em
How can I say

    D
Why she won't talk at all
[Chorus]
    G
She holds the deck of cards

    D
She wants to be alone

G                      D
I've been very ill and I tried waking up

       G            D   C D G
Now, I want to be alone
[Verse 3]
C            G
When you ran out

G                   
Out of Petes' Hotel

    C              G                   
You didn't look so good

G                           
And you didn't feel so well

           C       G              
You said, "Hold me tight"

                      C                          
But I couldn't get it right

C                       
Take what she gives you

                 D       
Don't feel sorry for her
[Pre-Chorus]
G
Poor little girl

D
Ran away for good

Em
I try to explain

    D
Why she won't say a thing

G
Sad, sad thing

D
I'm so far away now

Em
How can I say

    D
Why she won't talk at all
[Out-Chorus]
    G
She holds the deck of cards

    D
She wants to be alone

    G                            
She still drinks in the dark

    D                      
The radio is left on late

    G                 
She saw a madman fight

    D            
And break it all

D                       
'Cause she hated himself

    G                   
And she felt better off

       D                  C D G   C G                  
'Cause she was only drunk