"What Do You Want The Girl To Do"
(Allan Toussaint)

Intro:

Ab       Gm  Fm   Eb [N.C.]
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Ab       Gm  Fm   Eb [N.C.]    Ab/Bb
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(so...)

Verse 1:

(Ab/BbAb/Bb Piano Chord 
)   EbEb Piano Chord 
               Ab/BbAb/Bb Piano Chord 

So you think the girl is crazy
EbEb Piano Chord 
   Gm7-5/Db       C7C7 Piano Chord 
             FmFm Piano Chord 

She eat up your lies like it's good
C7C7 Piano Chord 

(Your lies like apple pie)
FmFm Piano Chord 
        C7C7 Piano Chord 
   FmFm Piano Chord 

(She don't even cry)

DbDb Piano Chord 

She is not a fool
BbBb Piano Chord 
                                          EbEb Piano Chord 

She's just tryin' to do what her heart says to
To love you

AbAb Piano Chord 
                     Eb/GEb/G Piano Chord 

And as you take to the wind
(to the wind again she breaks down)
AbAb Piano Chord 
                        Db9Db9 Piano Chord 

And as she breaks down within (within, within)

Pre-chorus:

Eb/BbEb/Bb Piano Chord 

She waits for you patiently
Ab/BbAb/Bb Piano Chord 

Hopin' that someday you'll see
Eb/BbEb/Bb Piano Chord 

[2: That] all she really wants to be
Ab/BbAb/Bb Piano Chord 
                   GmGm Piano Chord 
    AbAb Piano Chord 

Is yours and yours alone, eternally

Chorus:

(Ab)         GmGm Piano Chord 
       FmFm Piano Chord 
     EbEb Piano Chord 

What do you want the girl to do
AbAb Piano Chord 
                     GmGm Piano Chord 
           FmFm Piano Chord 
      EbEb Piano Chord 

[1: Don't you know] you're breakin' the child in two
[2: Can't you see]
AbAb Piano Chord 
          GmGm Piano Chord 
       FmFm Piano Chord 
     EbEb Piano Chord 

What do you want the girl to do
Ab [N.C.]                G   Cm  G7/B  Cm     Ab/Bb
All she really wants is you

Verse 2:

She knows what you are
Still she'll be your queen if you let her
(Just say the word today)
(Build the world around her)

Now and then you'll promise
All the way-out things you're goin' to get her
(You will see, you will see)
'Cause maybe she knows better
(You're so damn glad you found her, found her, years ago)

As she watched you come and go (all you'll show)
And as she watched your promises erode

[repeat pre-chorus]

[repeat chorus]

Coda:

AbAb Piano Chord 
         GmGm Piano Chord 
       FmFm Piano Chord 
     EbEb Piano Chord 

What do you want the girl to do
AbAb Piano Chord 
                    GmGm Piano Chord 
           FmFm Piano Chord 
      EbEb Piano Chord 

Don't you know you're breakin' the child in two
AbAb Piano Chord 
         GmGm Piano Chord 
       FmFm Piano Chord 
     EbEb Piano Chord 

What do you want the girl to do
AbAb Piano Chord 
                   GmGm Piano Chord 
           FmFm Piano Chord 
      EbEb Piano Chord 

Can't you see you're breakin' the child in two [fade]

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers