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Message To My Girl by Split Enz
Message To My Girl
INTRO:
B/C# C# B/C# C# (x3)
VERSE 1:
B/C# C# B/C# C#
I don't wanna say "I love you", that would give away too much
Bbm F/A Fm/Ab F/A Bbm Fdim/B Eb
To be detatched and precious the only thing you feel is vicious
B/C# C# B/C# C#
I don't wanna say "I want you" even though I want you so much
Bbm F/A Fm/Ab F/A Bbm Fdim/B Eb
Wrapped up in conversation whispered in a hush
F#
Though I'm frightened by the word
G#
I think it's time I made it heard
CHORUS:
C# F# C# G#
No more empty self-possession visions swept under the mat
E F# C#sus4 C#
It's no New Years Resolution it's more than that
VERSE 2:
So I wake up happy, warm in a lovers embrace
Noone else can touch us while we're in this place
So I sing it to the world
A simple message to my girl
CHORUS
SOLO: (verse chords)
Though I'm frightened by the word
I think it's time I made it heard
So I'll sing it to the world
A simple message to my girl
CHORUS (x1, then...)
No there's nothing quite as real as the touch of your sweet hand
I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand
INTERLUDE: (B/C# C# x12)
Oh every night I hear you call my name
I wanna sleep in my dark (bedroom?)
I have a mind to express my pain
But I won't get back in your tomb
I wanna hear, I wanna hear, oh why you're gone
And every night seems the same song
Same song...
I will be humming in my sleep
I don't wanna say
I don't wanna say...
OUTRO: (chorus chords)
I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand
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version 2
The intro is a chug-along in 4/4. But you know how it sounds, right?
Dampen the strings, near the bridge, with the edge of the strumming hand.
INTRO: [Guitar Figure 1] [x4]
Guitar Figure 1
B C#
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VERSE:
B C# B C#
I don't wanna say "I love you", that would give away too much
Bbm F7/A Bbm7 F7/A
It's hip to be detached and precious,
Bbm Bbm/9 Eb
the only thing you feel is vicious
VERSE:
B C# B C#
I don't wanna say "I want you" even though I want you so much
Bbm F7/A Bbm7 F7/A
Wrapped up in conversation,
Bbm Bbm/9 Eb
whispered in a hush
F#
Though I'm frightened by the word
G# G#7
I think it's time I made it heard
CHORUS:
C# F# C# G#m
No more empty self-possession visions swept under the mat
E F# C# C#sus4 C#
It's no New Year's Resolution, it's more than that
VERSE:
Now I wake up happy, warm in a lover's embrace
No one else can touch us while we're in this place
F#
So I sing it to the world
G# G#7
A simple message to my girl
[Repeat CHORUS]
SOLO: [over verse chords]
F#
Though I'm frightened by the word
G# G#7
I think it's time I made it heard
F#
So I'll sing it to the world
G# G#7
A simple message to my girl
[Repeat CHORUS]
C# F# C# G#m
No there's nothing quite as real as the touch of your sweet hand
E F# C# C#sus4 C#
I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand
INTERLUDE: (played over intro chords: B C#)
Oh every night I hear you call my name
I wanna sleep in my dark bedroom
I have a mind to express my pain
But I won't get back in your tomb
I wanna hear, I wanna hear, oh why you're gone
And every night seems the same song
Same song...
I will be humming in my sleep
I don't wanna say
I don't wanna say...
CODA (Chorus chords):
C# - F# - C# - G#m
E F# C# C#sus4 C#
I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand
CHORDS:
B x244xx
C# x466xx (in INTRO)
Bbm 688666
F7/A 687866
Bbm7 686666
Bbm/9 68 10 66x
Eb x68886
F# 244322
G# 466544
G#7 464544
C# x46664
G#m 466444
E 022100
C#sus4 x46674
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