Rab Noakes - I Had A Girlfriend

      Rab Noakes - I Had A Girlfriend


CAPO: 4th Fret




[INTRO:] C
 
[VERSE 1:]

I had a girlfriend, she called me her boyfriend
                         G
On me she did depend and that was okay
  C
I called her my sweetheart, right from the very start
                      G
Now we are apart, I'm walking away


[CHORUS:]
           F                    C
She says, "Take the freedom and get the variety
       G                      C
That's two steps ahead of the blues
    F                     C
And when you ain't got no permanent company
G                    C
I know a man you can use"


[VERSE 2:]

She married some other man, he came from a foreign land 
                                   G
He could write a fine hand and his money was clean
   C
He took me aside like he'd something to hide
                                   G
He said, "I won the bride, well, ya know what I mean"


[CHORUS:]
         F                  C
I said, "Take the money and get the variety
       G                      C
That's two steps ahead of the blues
    F                     C
And when you ain't got no permanent company
G                    C
I know a man you can use"


[VERSE 3:]

Some times are romantic, some times are fantastic
                           G
Some times are drastic, of that there's no doubt
     C
Some people are lawless, some people are flawless
                       G
I become them all as I put myself out


[CHORUS:]
        F                 C
I say, "Take the cure and get the variety
       G                      C
That's two steps ahead of the blues
    F                     C
But when you ain't got no permanent company
G                    C
I know a man you can use"


[CHORUS:]
 F                  C
"Take the money and get the variety
       G                      C
That's two steps ahead of the blues
    F                     C
And when you ain't got no permanent company
G                    C  F C
I know a man you can use____"