May232023

Maggie Lindemann – Just A Girl Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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Verse 1]
D5   B5        A#5
Take this pink ribbon
 A5    D5   B5   A#5
 off my eyes
A5     D5   B5    A#5
I'm exposed, and it's
    A5     D5   B5  A#5
no big surprise
A5          D5     B5
Don't you think I know
   A#5    A5    D5  B5  A#5  A5
 exactly where I stand?
       D5       B5    A#5
This world is forcing me
    A5     D5  B5  A#5 A5
to hold your hand

[Chorus]
       Bm         A
'Cause I'm just a girl,
     G            A
 oh, little old me
      Bm            A
Well, don't let me out
        G      A
 of your sight
     Bm        A
Oh, I'm just a girl,
       G            A
all pretty and petite
    Bm           A
So don't let me have
   G      A
 any rights

[Post-Chorus]
G         C            D5
Oh, I've had it up to here
 B5 A#5 A5 D5 B5 A#5 A5

[Verse 2]
     D5 B5 A#5    A5
The moment that I step
    D5 B5 A#5
 outside
    A5     D5  B5   A#5
So many reasons for me to
 A5     D5 B5 A#5
run and hide
        A5      D5
I can't do the little
   B5 A#5  A5   D5 B5 A#5
things I hold so dear
             A5        D5
'Cause it's all those little
   B5 A#5 A5   D5 B5 A#5 A5
things that I fear

[Chorus]
       Bm         A
'Cause I'm just a girl,
      G           A
 I'd rather not be
             Bm
'Cause they won't let me
  A           G   A
drive late at night
     Bm         A
Oh, I'm just a girl,
            G             A
 guess I'm some kind of freak
             Bm
'Cause they all sit and
    A            G   A
stare with their eyes
     Bm         A
Oh, I'm just a girl,
         G             A
 take a good look at me
           Bm      A   G    A
Just your typical proto-type

[Post-Chorus]
G        C
Oh, I've had it up to here

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[Bridge]
D5  B5  A#5  A5
D5  B5  A#5  A5

D5  B5     A#5   A5
  D5  B5  A#5  A5
I'm just a girl
D5  B5     A#5  A5    D5
I'm just a girl in a world
 B5  A#5  A5
       D5     B5  A#5
That's all that you'll
  A5   D5  B5  A#5  A5
 let me be

[Chorus]
     Bm         A
Oh, I'm just a girl,
         G         A
living in captivity
          Bm
Your rule of thumb makes
 A      G  A
 me worrisome
     Bm         A
Oh, I'm just a girl,
   G              A
 what's my destiny?
           Bm
What I've succumbed to
     A       G      A
 is making me numb
     Bm         A
Oh, I'm just a girl,
  G         A
 my apologies
           Bm
What I've become
     A       G  A
is so burdensome
    Bm          A
Oh, I'm just a girl,
  G      A
 lucky me
        Bm
Twiddle-dum,
             A     G   A
 there's no compari-son

[Outro]
G        C
Oh, I've had it up to
G        C
Oh, I've had it up to
G*        C*         Bm*
Oh, I've had it up to here

How to play Just A Girl: key, chords and progression

These are Just A Girl chords by Maggie Lindemann on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Just A Girl by Maggie Lindemann is centred on A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 8 chords: D5, B5, A#5, A5, Bm, A, G and C.

The backbone of the song is D5 – B5 – A#5 – A5 (IV – II – ♭II – I in A major). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Good to know: B5, A#5 and Bm are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.