Girl America by Mat Kearney Album: Bullet (2004) www.matkearney.com **tab created by Scott Fuller (HughGCS)** **the song has a pretty simple finger picking pattern to it** **this tab is just to show you the chord changes in relation to lyrics** **listen to the song to figure out the rhythem and fingerpicking** (this tab should be more or less correct, chord progression is always Em7,D,G,A/D, and if i'm off by a word or two on some, my bad, dont hate me! lol) Standard Tuning Chords EDGA/D e|--7----x----3----x----| B|--8----7----3----7----| G|--7----7----4----7----| D|--9----7----5----7----| A|--7----5----5----x----| E|--x----x----3----5----| intro EDG A/D (My girl) Em7 D (it's just for you) G A/D (i'll see you there) ________________________________________ Right before transitioning to the verse,| pluck the following as harmonics: | | e|-x-- | B|-7*- | G|-7*- | D|-7*- | A|-x-- | E|-x-- | (*=harmonic) | ________________________________________| verse Em7 D my girl america is just a youth is this world G A/D her smile is more precious than the sparkle of pearls Em7 D and though her age reads shes just a young girl G A/D the age behind her eyes show the pain that shes swirled Em7 D through the hand thats been dealt though its quiet as kept G A/D the weight was all felt last night when she slept Em7 D and as she crept into the dreams of the things of her past G A/D seems to have grown so fast, way beyond her own class Em7 D though they're right there with her, her brothers and her sisters G A/D a natural born leader even when her peers dis her Em7 D my girl, shes at a crossroads, people praying for her G A/D some are preying on her magazine ads, sex, drama Em7 D smoking marijuana, longing for a father to call her, daughter G A/D shes part of a generation longing for reconciliation Em7 D and this future that they're facing and this poison that they're tasting D A/D my girl, i know this love that your chasing chorus Em7 D G A/D my girl americas crying when shes lying on her bed at night Em7 D G A/D i can see that shes screaming when shes dreaming for her freedom Em7 D G A/D my girl americas dying while shes trying just to stop this fight Em7 D G A/D don't stop believing, my girl america verse Em7 D boys with hungry eyes have been beating her door G A/D telling her thats what shes for, trying to rob at her core Em7 D then leave calling her a whore, but still she knows theres more G A/D i know she knows theres more because there is a voice she can't ignore Em7 D cause it was founded in the foundations, from the day of her creation G A/D in God we trust engraved on the treasures of her nation Em7 D and the void that the boys cant fill G A/D with the tipping of the bottle or the popping of the pill Em7 D but still most of her friends don't care as they glare G A/D ready to drown down the funnel as they frown down the tunnel Em7 D they stumble and the tumble breaking down into rubble G A/D my girl america, stop can't you see Em7 D its not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be G A/D but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way Em7 D its for you that i pray with hope for a brighter day G A/D and so i say, your deliverance is coming Repeat Chorus X2 Bridge Em7 D faith like a child from your first birth G A/D you left it in the dirt on your worst hurt Em7 D and i see each tear and every scar G A/D the hands that have held you where you are Em7 D and i can see that we've strayed so far G A/D a king born under that morning star Em7 D as a crown of thorns was placed to erase G A/D each tear thats touched your face Em7 D and his palms and sides where pierced with spears G A/D he hung in love just to draw you near Em7 D and my girl, out of this whole world G A/D cant you see this is where we started Repeat Chorus x2 Ending (2 parts) Em7 D and his palms and sides where pierced with spears G A/D he hung in love just to draw you near (1776 to a new heaven) Em7 D and my girl, out of this whole world (just for you girl, i'll see you there) G A/D Em7 cant you see this is where we started (don't stop believin') D G A/D where we started (don't stop) Em7 D G A/D where we started... My girl Ameri-ica (don't stop believin' boo)