Choir Girl chords

by Cold Chisel

Song Key: C Major

Time Signature: 4/4

Tempo: 98 bpm


Guitar Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Skill Level: Beginner

Chords: C, Dm, Dm7, Em, G, G6, G7, Am, Am7

Arrangement Song Details
R-H Chord Charts Chord Chart Legend
C Major Dm Dm7 Em G Major G6 G7 Am Am7
L-H Chord Charts Lefties Chord Chart Legend
C Major-LH Dm-LH Dm7-LH Em-LH G Major-LH G6-LH G7-LH Am-LH Am7-LH
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Choir Girl

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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: ‖      |        |       |     |      |        |       |     ‖

Arrangement Details:

  • Key Signature: C Major - no sharps or flats
  • Time Signature: 4/4 - Four quarter-note beats per measure
  • Tempo: Moderate Rock
  • Metronome: ♩ = 98
  • Voice Range: C4 - C5

Song Details:

East Album Cover
Album Cover
  • Songwriter: Don Walker
  • Date: 1980
  • Lyrics Begin: Looking like a choir girl, she's crying like a refugee.
  • Genre: Pub Rock
  • Featured Artists: Cold Chisel
  • Single:
    Recorded: 3–14 October 1979
    Released: November 1979
    B-side: Conversations (live)
  • Album: East
    Recorded: March–April 1980
    Released: 2 June 1980
Song / Artist Capo Key Core Chords
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Heart Of Gold - Neil Young - Em Em, G, Am, Bm, C, D
Way It Is, The - Bruce Hornsby - G G, Am7, C, D, Em7, Fmaj7
You're The Voice - John Farnham +3 D D, Em, F, G, A, Am, C
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