City And Colour – The Girl chords

Standard Tuning
Capo on 3rd Fret

Strumming Pattern - Finger Picking


G             G/F#  Em                 C           D    GI wish I could do better by you 'cause that's what you deserve,
G                G/F# Em              C         D       GYou sacrifice so much of your life in order for this to work.
G                                  G/F# While I'm out chasin' my own dreams,
EmSailin' around the world,
       C                      D                  GPlease know that I'm yours to keep, my beautiful girl.
G                        G/F# Em        C         D                 GWhen you cry, a piece of my heart dies, knowing I may have been the cause
G                    G/F# Em                        C               DIf you were to leave, fulfill someone else's dreams, I think I might totally 
Gbe lost.
G                               G/F# You don't ask for no diamond rings,
EmNo delicate string of pearls,
C                               D                  GThat's why I wrote this song to sing, my beautiful girl.
Em C D G G/F#Oh----------- X4

(Strumming Pattern Changes)
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G             G/F#  Em                 C           D    GI wish I could do better by you 'cause that's what you deserve,
G                G/F# Em              C         D       GYou sacrifice so much of your life in order for this to work.
G                                  G/F# While I'm out chasin' my own dreams,
EmSailin' around the world,
       C                      D                  GPlease know that I'm yours to keep, my beautiful girl.
G                        G/F# Em        C         D                 GWhen you cry, a piece of my heart dies, knowing I may have been the cause
G                    G/F# Em                        C               DIf you were to leave, fulfill someone else's dreams, I think I might totally 
Gbe lost.

G                               G/F# You don't ask for no diamond rings,
EmNo delicate string of pearls,
C                               D                  GThat's why I wrote this song to sing, my beautiful girl.
Em C D G G/F#Oh----------- X4

G                               G/F# You don't ask for no diamond rings,
EmNo delicate string of pearls,
C                               D                  GThat's why I wrote this song to sing, my beautiful girl.

End on G