Girl I Knew Somewhere
The Monkees
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (Mike Nesmith) Intro: guitar (probably played in A Capo III) v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v -----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| -5---|-------6-----5---|-------3-----5---|-------6-----5---|-----------3----| -5---|-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----------5----| -5---|-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-------5-----5---|-----------5----| -3---|-------3-----3---|-------3-----3---|-------3-----3---|-----------3----| -----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| bass fill (4th bar): 10h12-h12-h12------| |-----------10h12-| |-----------------| |-----------------| Verse 1: You tell me that you’ve never been this way before You tell me things I know that I’ve heard somewhere You’re standing in the places And you’re staring down through faces That bring to mind traces of a girl A girl that I knew somewhere Verse 2: I just can’t put my finger on what it is That says to me watch out don’t believe her I can’t give any reasons girl My thoughts are bound down in a whirl I just can’t think who in the world was that girl I know I met her somewhere Bridge: Someway somehow the same thing was done Someone somewhere did me the same wrong Instrumental break: (harpsichord solo over verse chords) [repeat intro] Verse 3: Well goodbye dear I just can’t take this chance again My fingers are still burning from the last time And if your love was not a game I only have myself to blame That’s as may be I can’t explain Just ask the girl that I knew somewhere [repeat verse 3 from "And if your love..."] Coda: (fade out on C chord) -- another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers