"What Girls Want" -- Material Issue

Written by:  Jim Ellison
Transcribed by:  Mike Novak

This is one of their more popular songs so I figured I'd add it here.
Use a lot of overdrive and [yes] WAH!  It's pretty straight forward,
just wail on it and have a good time!! :)

E  A  D  E             :--- use power chords =  E X799XX
E  A  D  E                                      A 577XXX
E  A  D  E                                      D X577XX
E  A  D  C  G  Emin                             C X355XX
Emin O22OOO

EE Piano Chord 
           AA Piano Chord 
            DD Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

I met her somewhere in the corner of my eye

EE Piano Chord 
            AA Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 

I keep her somehow in the back of my mind

EE Piano Chord 
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           EE Piano Chord 

It wasn't long ago I tried to show her my affection

EE Piano Chord 
                 AA Piano Chord 
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     EE Piano Chord 

She turned, looked at me, and ran in the other direction

[chorus:]

EE Piano Chord 
            AA Piano Chord 
             DD Piano Chord 
       EE Piano Chord 

I want love, I want drugs, I want sex and affection

EE Piano Chord 
                AA Piano Chord 
            DD Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 

I want everyone in this room here to look in my direction

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         EE Piano Chord 

I want a man with lips just like Mick Jagger

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                  EE Piano Chord 

Rod Stewart's hair, and Keith Richards' stagger

EE Piano Chord 
     AA Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 

That's what girls want

EE Piano Chord 
     AA Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 

That's what girls want

EE Piano Chord 
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      DD Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
    EminEmin Piano Chord 

That's what girls want

So I took her back home to my studio apartment
And that's where I told her exactly what my heart meant
I started to think, she threw it back in my face
I poured her a drink she said let's get out of this place

[chorus]

[bridge: (full chords, arpeggiate top notes)]

EminEmin Piano Chord 

That's what girls want...

GG Piano Chord 

That's what girls want...

AminAmin Piano Chord 

That's what girls want...

CC Piano Chord 

That's what girls want...

EminEmin Piano Chord 

That's what girls want...

GG Piano Chord 

That's what girls want...

AminAmin Piano Chord 

That's what girls want...  (now back to power chords)

CC Piano Chord 
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  AA Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
  AA Piano Chord 
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  EE Piano Chord 

That's what girls waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant...

EE Piano Chord 
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  DD Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 


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She came around and moved in three weeks later
We got a one room shack just north of the equator
With a giant stereo and a manic TV
Every once in a while she says these things to me

[chorus... repeat and fade]

More Material Issue to follow!

Mike Novak