
Stupid Girl
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This is a very simple song to play using only two basic chords F# and
B
throughout most of it
Bass riff played throughout verse and chorus
F# B
G- |--------------|------------|
D- |-----4-2------|------------|
A- |---------4----|-2-2-0-2--0-|
E- |-2-2--------2-|------------|
Bass riff played in pre-chorus
D# D#/G#
G- |--------|--------|
D- |--------|-6------|
A- |-6------|--------|
E- |--------|--------|
Guitar Chords
F# B D#
e 2 2 6
B 2 3 7
G 3 3 8
D 4 3 8
A 4 2 6
E 2
A
Riff
F# B
e-|---0---0---0---|---------|
B- |---------------|-4-------|
G- |---------------|---------|
D- |-4---4---4---4-|---------|
A- |---------------|---------|
B
Riff
This riff is actually played by piano but it sounds fine on guitar
F# B
e-|-9------------|-----------|
B- |-------12-11--|-------10--|
G- |---11---------|-----------|
D- |--------------|-----------|
Fill 1
F#
let ring----------------------------
G- |--------|----------|----------|----------|
D- |-4------|--4-------|--4-------|--4-------|
A- |-4------|--4-------|--4-------|--4-------|
E- |-2------|--2-------|--2-------|--2-------|
Fill 2
B
e-|------------|
B-|---4-bu-(5)-|
G- |------------|
Arrangement
[Intro]
(4 bar drum intro)
A
(riff )
|F# |B | (2x)
Verse 1
There is very little guitar in the first verse, the chord names are
taken from keyboard and bass parts
F# B
You pretend you're high
F# B
You pretend you're bored
F# B
You pretend you're anything
F# B
Just to be adored
F# B
And what you need
F# B
Is what you get
Pre-Chorus
(bass plays G#)
D# / G#
Don't believe in fear
D# / G#
Don't believe in faith
D# / G#
Don't believe in anything
D# / G#
That you can't break
Chorus
(fill 1) (fill 2)
F# B
You stupid girl
(fill 1) (fill 2)
F# B
You stupid girl
(fill 1) (fill 2)
F# B
All you had you wasted
(fill 1) (fill 2)
F# B
All you had you wasted
Mid-Break
A
(riff )
|F# |B | (2x)
Verse 2: Repeat Verse 1
Pre-chorus: Repeat Pre-Chorus
Chorus: Repeat Chorus
Mid-Section
B
(riff )
|F# |B | (2x)
Pre-Chorus: Repeat Pre-Chorus
Chorus: Repeat Chorus x3 (2nd + 3rd times w/riff B)
Outro
(fill 2)
|F# |B | (2x)
Stupid Girl (Bass) - By Tom Amberg
G- |-----------|-----------|
D- |-----4-3---|-----------|
A- |---------4-|-2-3-3-2-3-|
E- |-4-4-------|-----------|
The bass riff is:
G- |------------|------------|------------|----------|-------------|---
D- |-12---------|------------|----12------|----------|-14-12-------|---
A- |------------|-10---------|-12---------|-10-------|-------------|---
E- |------------|------------|------------|----------|-------------|---
G-|------------|------------|------------| It isn't on the CD, but
D-|------------|----12------|-13---------| that is the way it is
A-|-10---------|-12---------|------------| live.
E- |------------|------------|------------|
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Detected progression: B → F# → B → D# → D#/G# → F# → B → D#
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