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Is She Really Going Out With Him?

Joe Jackson

 

Chorus Strum:  D   X U D   X U

               1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Bridge Strum:  <     <

               D     U     D U

               1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 

Capo 5  (originally recorded capo 3)

 

Intro: / Bm7 - - - / C - - - / D7sus4 - - - / - - - - /

           / G - D - / F - C - / x2

 

G (½)        D (½)             F (½)             C (½)             G (½)    D (½)   F (½)   C (½)

    Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street.

G (½)              D (½)            F (½)                  C (½)            G (½)    D (½)   F (½)   C (½)

     From my window I'm staring while my coffee grows cold.

G (½)                    D (½)                  F (½)             C (½)          G (½)       D (½)   F (½)   C (½)    

        Look over there! (Where?)  There, there's a lady that I used to know.

G (½)                    D (½)         F (½)                         C (½)     G (½)    D (½)   F (½)   C (½)

    She's married now, or engaged, or something, so I am told.

 

Chorus:

C                              D/G (½)    G (½)

    Is she really going out with   him?

C                         / Bm - - Em D /

Is she really gonna take him home tonight?

C                           D (½)       Em (½)

Is she really going out with him?

                   C

'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me,

             D                           

There's something going wrong around here.

 

/ G - D - / F - C - / x2

 

G (½)                  D (½)            F (½)             C (½)             G (½)    D (½)   F (½)   C (½)

   Tonight's the night when I go to all the parties down my street.

G (½)              D (½)         F (½)           C (½)          G (½)    D (½)   F (½)   C (½)

    I wash my hair and I kid myself I look real smooth.

G (½)               D (½)                  F (½)                   C (½)                 G (½)     D (½)   F (½)   C (½)

   Look over there! (Where?) There, here comes Jeanie with her new boyfriend.

G (½)                   D (½)                         F (½)                   C (½)       G (½)    D (½)   F (½)   C (½)

   They say that looks don't count for much, if so, there goes your proof.

 

Chorus

 

/ G - D - / F - C - / x2

 

Bm7                          C                   D7sus4             E7sus4       

     But if looks could kill, there's a man there who's more down as

Bm7                                C                D7sus4           E7sus4       

dead.  'Cause I've had my fill, "Listen you, take your hands off her

Bm7                     C                        D7sus4     E7sus4       

head!"   I get so mean around this scene!        Hey, hey,

 

/ D7sus4 - - - / E7sus4 - - - / D7sus4 - - - / - - - - /

   hey

 

/ G - D - / F - C - / x2

 

Chorus

 

/ G - D - / F - C - / x4

 

End on G

 

 

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song.  It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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