The Smith Street Band

Calgary Girls (acoustic)(Chords)

The Smith Street Band

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Intro: G G G Cadd9 x 


G                   G        G 
In dark corners and bars and ballrooms 
G                   G        G 
Boys get childish and grow up too soon 
Cadd9 
I sit and stare at the Calgary girls 
Cadd9 
Pretty hair and their mummysā'' pearls on 
G                  G         G 
Till the fear wells up and hits me 
G                  G         G 
Send letters to a comfortable history 
Cadd9 
I used to have it all 
Cadd9                        D 
Now my head falls hard and alone 
              Cadd9 
Onto a motel pillow 


      G 
And I know thereā''s a script that I could rehearse 
      Em 
And there are lines and I could make them work 
      Cadd9 
But I donā''t want them, I want you 
      G 
And itā''s not like thereā''s a space that I need to fill 
      Em 
Or like I have any time we could kill 
      Cadd9 
But I donā''t need this, I need you 
             D                    Cadd9 
And this is the exact thing that I always do 


G G G Cadd9 


G                   G        G 
We used to lie right here and speak 
G                   G        G 
We were fucking great between these sheets 
Cadd9 
That you bought to replace the old ones she left when she needed her own space 
G              G        G 
And I took the hand-me-downs 
G                  G        G 
And I flipped the covers inside out 
Cadd9 
And Iā''ll pretend that Iā''m different now 

G                   G        G 
And the first time we made love 
G                   G        G 
It was dark and we were drunk 
Cadd9 
In someone elseā''s, someone elseā''s hostel bathroom 
G                   G     G 
And you turned your back to me 
G                                  G        G 
And I said ā''If this is the first of many then turn 
Cadd9                         D 
back around, so I can fucking kiss you.ā' 

      G 
And I know thereā''s a script that I could rehearse 
      Em 
And there are lines and I could make them work 
      Cadd9 
But I donā''t want them, I want you 
      G 
And itā''s not like thereā''s a space that I need to fill 
      Em 
Or like I have any time we could kill 
      Cadd9 
But I donā''t need this, I need you 
             D                    Cadd9 
And this is the exact thing that I always do 

Em                D* 
And if you see me again 
G                 Cadd9 
Holding up some dive barā''s end 
Em                D* 
With the whiskey sat far too naturally 
G           Cadd9 
between my legs 
Em                    D* 
Will you saunter over smokily and 
G                 Cadd9 
tell me about your family 
Em                  D* 
And Iā''ll tell you you were right 
G                 Cadd9 
When you said Iā''d end up lonely 
Em                  D* 
And Iā''ll tell you that my life 
G                 Cadd9 
didnā''t crack up to what our life wouldā''ve been 
Em                  D* 
And Iā''ll stand up to say something 
G 
And fall straight back in my seat 
Em                                         D*                              G    Cadd9 
And youā''ll check your watch and say ā''Itā''s probably time for you to leave.ā' 
Em                                         D*                              G    Cadd9 
And Iā''ll stand up to say something brave and grand, fall straight back in my seat 
Em                                         D*                              G    Cadd9 
You will check your watch and say ā''Itā''s probably time for you to leave.ā' 
              D 
And you will offer me a ride 
       Cadd9                    D 
Only cos itā''s so fucking cold outside 
Cadd9 cut off and then build Cadd9 
You were always far too kind 

      G 
And I know thereā''s a script that I could rehearse 
      Em 
And there are lines and I could make them work 
      Cadd9                      D 
But I donā''t want them, I want you 
      G 
And itā''s not like thereā''s a space that I need to fill 
      Em 
Or like I have any time we could kill 
      Cadd9 
But I donā''t need this, I fucking need you 
             D                    Cadd9       G 
And this is the exact thing that I always do 

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Written by The Smith Street Band

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