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I Want A Girl

Words by William Dillon, Music by Harry Von Tilzer - 1911

Verse:
C	-	G	G7
Dm	-            G7	C	G7
C	-	G	-
D	Em	Am	G
G7	D	Dm	G7
Chorus:
C	-             C7	F	-
C            Am	D7          G7	C	C7
F	Cdim	C	A7
D7	-	G7	-
C	-	G7	-               Fdim
Am	F7	E7	G7
C	-             C7	F	-
C	D7          G7	C	-  (to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

When I was a boy my mother often said to me,

Get married boy and see, how happy you will be,

I have looked all over, but no girlie can I find,

Who seems to be just like the little girl, I have in mind,

I will have to look around until the right one I have found.

 

Chorus:

I want a girl, just like the girl,

That married dear old Dad.

She was a pearl and the only girl,

That Daddy ever had.

A good old fashioned girl with heart so true,

One who loves nobody else but you.

I want a girl just like the girl,

That married dear old Dad.

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Listen to The Banjo Kings play "I Want A Girl" with the Verse (mp3)

 

The Banjo Kings and VW SoundWagon play "I Want A Girl" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com