I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
F
When I was a boy
C7
My mother often said to me
Get married boy and see
F C7
How happy you will be
F
I have looked all over
C A7
But no girlie can I find
G7
Who seems to be just like
C
The little girl I have in mind
F6 Gb6 G6 Ab6
I will have to look a - round
A6 Bb6 B6 C6
Until the right one I have found
[Chorus]
F Bb
I want a girl just like the girl that
F C7 F F7
married dear old dad,
Bb F
She was a pearl and the only girl that
G7 C7
Daddy ever had,
F A7
A real old-fashioned girl with heart so true,
Bb A7
One who loves nobody else but you
F Bb
Oh I want a girl just like the girl that
F C7 F
married dear old Dad.
[Verse 2]
F
By the old mill stream
C7
There sits a couple old and gray
C7
Though years have rolled away
F C7
Their hearts are young to day
F
Mother dear looks up at dad
C A7
With love light in her eye
G7
He steals a kiss, a fond embrace
C
While evening breezes sigh
F6 Gb6 G6 Ab6
They’re as happy as can be,
A6 Bb6 B6
So that’s the kind of [B6]
C6
love for me
[Chorus]
F Bb
I want a girl just like the girl that
F C7 F F7
married dear old dad,
Bb F
She was a pearl and the only girl that
G7 C7
Daddy ever had,
F A7
A real old-fashioned girl with heart so true,
Bb A7
One who loves nobody else but you
F Bb
Oh I want a girl just like the girl that
F C7 F
married dear old Dad.
How to play I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad
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What is the starting chord?
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