Nine Days – Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)
194 bpm 4/4 Strumming [The Madding Crowd 2000]
Intro (Play Softly)
C G
This is the story of a girl…
Am D
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world…
Bm C
and while she looks so sad in photographs…
Am ^ Am
I absolutely love her…
G d C.. G d C..
When she smiles-sss…
Verse 1
Bm C
How many days in a year…
G D
She woke up with hope… but she only found tears…
Bm C
and I can be so insincere…
G D
Making her promises never for real…
Bm C
as long as she stands there waiting…
G D
Wearing the holes in the soles of her shoes…
Bm C
How many days disappear…
G D
When you look in the mirror… So how do you choose…
Pre Chorus 1
Em D/F#
Your clothes never wear as well the next day…
G Am
and your hair never falls in quite the same way…
Em D/F# Am ^ Am
You never seem to run out of things to say…
Chorus 1
C G
This is the story of a girl…
Am D
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world…
Bm C
and while she looks so sad in photographs…
Am ^ Am
I absolutely love her…
Interlude
G d C.. G d C..
When she smiles-sss…
Verse 2
Bm C
Now how many lovers would stay…
G D
Just to put up with this every day and all day…
Bm C
Now how did we wind up this way…
G D
Watching our mouths for the words that we say…
Bm C
As long as we stand here waiting…
G D
Wearing the clothes or the soles that we choose…
Bm C
How do we get there today…
G D
When we're walking too far for the price of our shoes…
Pre Chorus 1
Em D/F#
Your clothes never wear as well the next day…
G Am
and your hair never falls in quite the same way…
Em D/F# Am ^ Am
You never seem to run out of things to say…
Chorus 2
C G
This is the story of a girl…
Am D
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world…
Bm C
and while she looks so sad and lonely there…
Am ^ Am
I absolutely love her…
Solo
Em D/F# G Am Em D/F# G * Am
When she smiles-sss…
Bm C G D G C G D
Bm C G D G C G D
Pre Chorus 2
Em D/F#
Well your clothes never wear as well the next day…
G Am
and your hair never falls in quite the same way…
Em D/F# Am ^ Am
You never seem to run out of things to say…
Chorus 1 (Play Softly)
C G
This is the story of a girl…
Am D
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world…
Bm C
and while she looks so sad in photographs…
Am ^ Am
I absolutely love her…
Chorus 3
C G
This is the story of a girl…
Am D
A pretty face she hid from the world…
Bm C
and while she looks so sad and lonely there…
Am Am
I absolutely love her…
Chorus 1
C G
This is the story of a girl…
Am D
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world…
Bm C
and while she looks so sad in photographs…
Am ^ Am
I absolutely love her…
Outro
G d C..
When she smiles-sss…
G d C.. G d C.. * G
When she smiles-sss-sss…
Note:
G = G 320033
Am = A7sus4 x02233
Bm = Bm x24432 or Bm7b13 x20233
C = cadd9 x32033
D = Dsus4 xx0233
D/F# = Dsus4/F# 200233
Em = Em7 022033
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