Why Wont You Be My Girl
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
A D A
[Chorus]
A D E A
Why won’t you (be my baby)
D E A
Why won’t you be my girl?
A D E A
Why won’t you (be my lady)
D E A
Why won’t you be my girl?
[Verse 1]
N.C. D
Listening to that Beatles record
A D A
And I’ve got a checklist of everything I wanna do with you
E A
If you’d be mine
D A
But you’re sat there with quite a glare
D A
Like, “what the hell am I doing here?”
D E A
You’ve got a boyfriend, sadly, I want you badly
[Pre-Chorus]
A D A D
Oh, girl, you got me going and I don’t know if
A D A D
I can wipe your face out my mind
A D A D
Oh, girl, with a flick of the wrist and a little kiss
A D
You could be mine
[Chorus]
A D E A
Why won’t you (be my baby)
D E A
Why won’t you be my girl?
A D E A
Why won’t you (be my lady)
D E A
Why won’t you be my girl?
A E D A
[Verse 2]
N.C. D
Why don’t you just give me one chance
A D E A D
So we can go ahead and get this tension out of the room?
A D E
And you complimented my sweater
A D E A
And told me about “getting better all the time”
(It’s getting better all the time)
[Pre-Chorus]
A D A D
Oh, girl, you got me going and I don’t know if
A D A D
I can wipe your face out my mind
A D A D
Oh, girl, with a flick of the wrist and a little kiss
A D
You could be mine
[Chorus]
A D E A
Why won’t you (be my baby)
D E A
Why won’t you be my girl?
A D E A
Why won’t you (be my lady)
D E A
Why won’t you be my girl?
[Bridge]
N.C.
W-H-Y, why won’t you be mine?
N.C.
W-H-Y, why won’t you be mine?
A D E A
W-H-Y, why won’t you be mine?
A E
Why won’t you be my girl?
[Chorus]
A D E A
Why won’t you (be my baby)
D E A
Why won’t you be my girl?
A D E A
Why won’t you (be my lady)
D E A
Why won’t you be my girl?
A D E A
Why won’t you (be my baby)
(W-H-Y, why won’t you be mine)
D E A
Why won’t you be my girl?
(W-H-Y, why won’t you be mine)
A D E A
Why won’t you (be my lady)
(W-H-Y, why won’t you be mine)
D E A
Why won’t you be my girl?
[Outro]
A D A E
How to play Why Wont You Be My Girl
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. 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.