Girl Friend
(Appears on The Modern Lovers, Take me to the Plaza, The Original Modern Lovers, Live at the Long Branch Saloon, Live at the Longbranch and More, The Modern Lovers (castle), Quiet Knight Club 1978, and Precise Modern Lovers Order)
Live at the Longbranch and More version - Chords
C G C G
If I were to walk through the Museum of fine arts in Boston
G C G
Well first I'd go to the room where they keep the Cezanne
But if I had by my side a girlfriend
C G
well I could look through the paintings
C G
I could look right through them
G C D
because I'd have found something that I understand
G C G
I can understand (even something??) a girl friend
I'll tell ya
G
girl
C D
friend
G C D
that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
C D
oh that's the girl friend baby,
C D G
well that's somethin that I (it's somethin???) understand
alright
G C D
I walk through the Fenway, I have my heart in my hands
G C G
I understand a girlfriend
G
that means girl
C D
friend
G C D
say it 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
C D
that's a girl friend baby,
C D G
that's somethin that I understand
G C D
I walk through the Fenway at four o'clock in the afternoon I have my heart in my hand
G C G
I really understand what it means to have a girlfriend
G
not kidding, girl
C D
friend
G C D
that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
C D
that's a girl friend baby, you know
C D G
that's somethin that I understand
Live at the Longbranch and More version - Chordpro
[C][G] If I were to walk through the Museum of fine arts in Boston [C][G]
[G] Well first I'd go to the room where they keep the Cezanne [C][G]
But if I had by my side a girlfriend
well [C][G] I could look through the paintings
I could look [C] right through [G] them
because [G] I'd have found something that [C] I under[D]stand
[G] I understand (even something??) a [C] girl [G] friend
I'll tell ya
[G] girl
[C][D] friend
that's [G] 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' [C] 'f' 'r' 'e' [D] 'n'
oh that's a [C] girl friend [D] baby,
well that's [C] somethin that [D] (it's somethin???) I under[G]stand
alright
[G] I walk through the Fenway, I have my [C] heart in my [D] hand
[G] I understand a [C] girl[G]friend
[G] that means girl
[C][D] friend
say it [G] 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' [C] 'f' 'r' 'e' [D] 'n'
that's a [C] girl friend [D] baby,
that's [C] somethin that [D] I under[G]stand
(guitar)
[G] I walk through the Fenway at four o'clock in the afternoon I hsve my [C] heart in my [D] hand
[G] I really understand what it means to have a [C] girl[G]friend
[G] not kidding, girl
[C][D] friend
that's [G] 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' [C] 'f' 'r' 'e' [D] 'n'
that's a [C] girl friend [D] baby, you know
that's [C] somethin that [D] I under[G]stand
Live at the Longbranch and More version - Lyrics
If I were to walk through the Museum of fine arts in Boston
Well first I'd go to the room where they keep the Cezanne
But if I had by my side a girlfriend
well I could look through the paintings
I could look right through them
because I'd have found something that I understand
I can understand (even something??) a girl friend
I'll tell ya
girl
friend
that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
oh that's the girl friend baby,
well that's somethin that I (it's somethin???) understand
alright
I walk through the Fenway, I have my heart in my hands
I understand a girlfriend
that means girl
friend
say it 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
that's a girl friend baby,
that's somethin that I understand
I walk through the Fenway at four o'clock in the afternoon I have my heart in my hand
I really understand what it means to have a girlfriend
not kidding, girl
friend
that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
that's a girl friend baby, you know
that's somethin that I understand
The Modern Lovers version - Chords
The Modern Lovers version - Lyrics
If I were to walk through the Museum of fine arts in Boston
Well first I'd go to the room where they keep the Cezanne
But if I had by my side a girlfriend
then I could look through the paintings
I could look right through them
because I'd have found something that I understand
I understand a girl friend
that's a girl
friend
that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
that's a girl friend baby,
that's somethin that I understand
alright
I walk through the Fenway, I have my heart in my hand
I understand a girlfriend
that's a girl
friend
oh that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
that's a girl friend baby,
that's somethin that I understand
four o'clock in the afternoon, in the Fenway, I've my heart in my hand
I understand a girlfriend
that's a girl
friend
that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
that's a girl friend [?],
that's somethin that I understand
The Original Modern Lovers version - Chords
The Original Modern Lovers version - Lyrics
I wanna tell you about the way I was when I grew up
I used to walk around by the Museum of fine arts in Boston
I'd be lonely you know always wanderin around all those little places like the room where they keep the Cezanne
I always thought to myself
you know, gee
if I had by my side a girlfriend
I could look through all these paintings here you know
I could look right through them
I know something that I understand
I understand a girl friend
now that's a girl
friend
that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' lonliness 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
that's a girl friend now baby,
that's somethin that I understand
I always used to walk around, I had my heart in my lonely hands
I understand a girlfriend
now that's a girl
friend
that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
now that's a girl friend now baby,
that's somethin that I understand
(I'm ?growing?? bored of that stuff, here we go now)
that's right,
I used to grow up lonely ??? first had a little chin ??? I walked through the Fenway at four o'clock with my heart in my hands
I understand, I used to undertand a girl, that's the only thing I knew, I wanted care????
girl
friend
now it can be 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
I'm sayin a girl friend now baby,
that was somethin that I understand
Take me to the Plaza version - Chords
Take me to the Plaza version - Lyrics
I used to walk through the Museum of fine arts in Boston
and I would go to the room where they keep the Cezanne
and if and if I had by my side a girlfriend
I could understand these paintings
I could see right through them
because
I'd have something that I'd understand
I understand a girl frien'
that's a girl
frien'
that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
that's a girl friend,
that's somethin that I understand
I walked through the town with my heart in my hand
hopin that I would meet a girlfriend
that's a girl
friend
that's 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
oh a girl friend,
was somethin that I would understand
in the afternoon, 17, I had my heart in my hand
lonely to meet a girlfriend
that's a girl
friend
to meet 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
a girl friend,
that's somethin that I understand
Quiet Knight Club 1978 version - Chords
Quiet Knight Club 1978 version - Lyrics
you know, I used walk by the Museum of fine arts in Boston
(this was about when I was 17 or 18)
and I used to go and hang out in the room where they would keep the Reniors and the Cezanne
(they keep them in the same room,
I would just stare at them,
oh but I would meet a girl,
and I would say to myself, you know)
if I had by my side now a girlfriend
I suspect that I could understand these paintings
and I see look right through them
that would be something that I'd understand
in other words, I'd understand a girl friend
now that's a girl
friend
now that's a 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
that's a girl friend
that's somethin that I understand
I used to walk alone, I had my heart in my hand
just hopin I might meet a girlfriend
now that's a girl
friend
now that's a 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
now that's a girl friend
that's somethin that I understand
I would spend my time walkin
I had my heart in my hand
I thought I might meet a girlfriend
well that is a girl
friend
now that's a 'g' 'i' 'r' 'l' 'f' 'r' 'e' 'n'
now that's a girl friend
now that's somethin that would understand