Choirgirl chords

by Cold Chisel
  • Choirgirl was written by Don Walker, keyboard player from the Australian band - Cold Chisel.
  • Recorded: March-April, 1980
  • Released: June 2nd, 1980
  • Album: East
  • Music: C Major in 4/4 time at ~ 98 bpm.
  • Chords: C, Dm, Dm7, Em, G, G6, G7, Am, Am7
Chart Legend
Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords   O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings   R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open   X: Don't play string    B: Bass Note
C Major Dm Dm7 Em G Major G6 G7 Am Am7
C Major Dm Dm7 Em G Major G6 G7 Am Am7

Choirgirl

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               C        Am      Dm7      C
Intro: 4/4 ‖        |        |       |        ‖

      C                     Am           Dm7                  C
   1. Look-ing like a choir-girl   She’s cry-ing like a re-fu-gee
      G6                    Am           Dm7                  C
      Look-ing like a choir-girl   She’s cry-ing like a re-fu-gee
    Dm    Am7      G
      One nurse to hold her 
    Dm    Am7      Dm7                G              Em
      One nurse to wheel her down the cor-ri-dors of heal-ing
                    Am                  G7                   C
      And I've been try-in’   But she's cry-ing like a re-fu-gee
  
   C                   Am    Dm7                    C
2. Loves me like a sis-ter   Loves me like an on-ly child
   G6                  Am        Dm7                    C
   Loves me like a sis-ter   She loves me like an on-ly child
 Dm      Am7             G
   She's my con-nec-tion   Yeah
 Dm          Am7      Dm7             G              Em
   I'll hold on   And ne-ver, ne-ver, ne-ver let her down
                  Am         G7                     C
   'Cause she's a-lone   She loves me like an on-ly child


    Dm7
** (Suf-fer little child-ren)   Suf-fer little child-ren
    Am7
   (Send that lit-tle child to me)   Send that lit-tle child to me
 Dm7
   (All day the doc-tor)   All day the doc-tor
 G
   He hand-les his res-pon-si-bi-li-ty

      C                     Am     Dm7                  C
Solo: Look-ing like a choir girl   Cry-ing like a re-fu-gee
      C                     Am     Dm7                  C
      Look-ing like a choir girl   Cry-ing like a re-fu-gee

   Dm      Am7              G
**   She's my con-nec-tion   Yeah
   Dm          Am7      Dm7             G              Em
     I'll hold on   And ne-ver, ne-ver, ne-ver let her down
                   Am               G7                   C
    'Cause she's a-lone   And she's cry-ing like a re-fu-gee

        Em                    Am7          G7                   C
Chorus: Look-ing like a choir-girl   She’s cry-ing like a re-fu-gee
        Em                    Am7          G7                          C
        Look-ing like a choir-girl   She’s cry-ing like a re-fu-gee-ee-ee
        
        (Yes she is) 

           G      Am      Dm7     C      G      Am      Dm7     C
Outro: ‖      |        |       |     |      |        |       |     ‖

Cold Chisel

East Album
Cold Chisel

Origin: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Music Styles: Pub rock, hard rock, rock and roll
Active Years: 1973–1984, 1998, 2003, 2009–present
Band: Original line-up

  • Jimmy Barnes- Lead Vocals
  • Don Walker - Keyboards, vocals
  • Ian Moss - Guitar, vocals
  • Steve Prestwich - drummer (died January 16th, 2011)
  • Les Kaczmarek - bassist (died December 5th, 2008)
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