Girl In The Life Magazine
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Intro
|Am G |Fmaj7 |Am G |Fmaj7 |
[Verso 1]
Am G Fmaj7
I fell in love with the girl in the picture
Am G Fmaj7
That I used to keep
Am G Fmaj7
Carried her 'round in the back of my pocket
Am G Fmaj7
She was always with me
E7
I imagined that I was a man of importance
Fmaj7 E7
And she had a fancy for me
[Refrão]
Amaj7 F#m7
And I use to dream she would call
G6 E7
Crying her eyes out
Amaj7 Am Fmaj7
She had an obsession with me
E7 Amaj7 F#m7
I was the love of her life
G6 E7
And she was all mine
Fmaj7 E7
The girl in the Life magazine
Instrumental
|Am G |Fmaj7 |Am G |Fmaj7 |
[Verso 2]
Am G Fmaj7
The first time we met in an aisle, at the market
Am G Fmaj7
She was staring at me
Am G Fmaj7
I knew even then we would share something special
Am G Fmaj7
And it was like chemistry
E7
I fell in love from the moment I saw her
Fmaj7 E7
So I took her straight home with me
[Refrão]
Amaj7
And that's where I'd dream
F#m7 G6 E7
She would step right out of the picture
Amaj7 Am Fmaj7
And spend the whole evening with me
E7 Amaj7 F#m7
And oh how she hated to go
G6 E7
Back to her picture
Fmaj7 E7
The girl in the Life magazine
Instrumental
|Am G |Fmaj7 |Am G |Fmaj7 |
[Ponte]
C G/B Am7 G
All of my friends used to laugh
F Gsus4 G
Said I was certifiably mad
C G/B
'Till the day she came
Am7 G
And she blew them away
F E7
And asked me if I'd be her man
[Refrão]
Amaj7 F#m7
It seems that she went and fell
G6 E7
In love with my letters
Amaj7 Am Fmaj7
She says she's been looking for me
E7 Amaj7 F#m7
And so the story ends well
G6 E7
We end up together
Fmaj7 E7 Am G Fmaj7
The girl in the Life magazine
E7
Me and the girl in the Life magazine
Ending
|Am G |Fmaj7 |Am |
How to play Girl In The Life Magazine
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.