Local Girls — Graham Parker
Chords and lyrics for Local Girls by Graham Parker (key of D).
Verse 1
Author: Graham Parker
Intro
[D] [Bm] [G] [G] [A]
Verse
[B]Sit by my window and [E]look outside
[A]Wonder why a sun don't shine on [G#m]me[E]
[B]What's wrong with you, you [E]stupid child
[A]Don't you think that I'm the one you're [G#m]waiting to [C#]see
Pre-Chorus
[F#]Don't talk too much cause she [B]falls for the soft touch
[D]Makes her feel everything is [E]secure
Don't [G]ever leave a [A]footprint on the [D]floor
Chorus
[D]Don't bother with [Bm]the local [G]girls
[D]Don't bother with [Bm]the local [G]girls
[D]Don't bother with [Bm]the local [G]girls[A][G]
Verse
[B] She's probably halfwit, she [E]must be straight
[A]Bound to have a mother who knows [G#m]nothing but [E]hate
[B] Don't want to laugh I'd rather [E]knock her down
[A]Standing at the bus stop where she [G#m]waits each [C#]morning
Pre-Chorus
[F#]So isolated that she [B]thinks that the army
Is the [D]place where a man oughta [E]be
Don't [G]bother with them [A]they don't bother [D]me
Chorus
[D]Don't bother with [Bm]the local [G]girls
[D]Don't bother with [Bm]the local [G]girls
[D]Don't bother with [Bm]the local [G]girls
[D]Don't bother with [G]the.... local girls
Bridge
They [A]got the walk, they [G]got the talk, right [A]down without a [G]flaw
At [A]six o'clock I [G]got to stop my [G]dreaming at the [A]counter of the [D]store
Instrumental
(D) Bm G
Don't bother with them!
[D] [Bm] [G]
[D] [Bm] [G] [G] [A]
Verse
[B] Without a doubt I gotta [E]intercept
[A]Must be time someone went [G#m]shouted in their [E]ear
[B] You look all right in that[E] cheap green dress
[A]But every time you swish it round you [G#m]make me [C#]disappear
Pre-Chorus
[F#]Yes I'm aware of [B]exactly what I'm doing
[D]Making everything a [E]mystery
[G]Don't bother with it, [A]it don't bother [D]me
Chorus a couple of times and finish on the D
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