Girl Like That chords by Matchbox Twenty (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

D
C
G
Em
Dadd9
Cadd9

Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Em 
Well you would think this life
C 
would make me bolder
But I'm running scared is all
D 
Em 
C 
Well I hang on everything about you
D 
Em 
C 
You think I'd settle down 'cause I'm older
But I roll with the changes is all
D 
Em 
C 
Well I'm same old trailer trash in new shoes

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Pre-chorus 1

Dadd9

Cadd9

She gets sad

Cadd9

when there's nothing going on

Dadd9

Cadd9

She says it makes her

Cadd9

feel damn worthless

Dadd9

Well you got

Chorus 1
to think
C 
with a girl like that
G 
Cadd9 
Any love at all,
Dadd9 
Cadd9 
is better than nothing
G 
C 
Well, it's better than nothing

Verse 2
D 
Em 
C 
I put my hands around your shoulder
You're saying you're scared is all
D 
Em 
C 
I think I know too much about you
D 
Em 
C 
You think this life would make me colder
I'd give in to the alcohol
D 
Em 
C 
I put my loving arms around you, child

Pre-chorus 2
Dadd9 
Cadd9 
You knew damn well
G 
Cadd9 
there was nothing going on
Dadd9 
Cadd9 
Is that what makes    you
G 
Cadd9 
feel damn worthless
D 
Well you got

Chorus 2
to think
C 
with a girl like that
G 
Cadd9 
Any love at all,
Dadd9 
Cadd9 
is better than nothing
G 
Cadd9 
Well, it's better than nothing
D 
You got to think
C 
with a girl like that
G 
Cadd9 
Any love at all,
Dadd9 
is better than nothing
G 
C 
Well, it's better than nothing

Bridge 1
Em 
C 
Yeah well she drags you down
D 
and she pulls you up
She pulls you up
Em 
C 
Says that she's sorry now
D 
but it's not enough
To pull you up
Em 
C 
She's so  rry

Verse 3
D 
Em 
C 
I wake up quick just like I want to
D 
Em 
C 
Yeah but I stay out much too late
D 
Em 
C 
You think this life can get a bit unkind
but she stays
Down till the worth is gone
D 
And pulls you up,
Em 
she pulls you up,
C 
She pulls you up and over, over
D 
You got

Chorus 3
to think
C 
with a girl like that
G 
Cadd9 
Any love at all,
Dadd9 
Cadd9 
is better than nothing
G 
Cadd9 
Well, it's better than nothing
D 
Well, you got to think
C 
with a girl like that
G 
Cadd9 
Any love at all,
Dadd9 
Cadd9 
is better than nothing
G 
Cadd9 
Well, it's better than nothing
D 
Well, you got to think
C 
with a girl like that
G 
But I got to think
C 
D 
A girl like that
C 
G 
You got to think with a girl like that
C 
D 
Well, thank her

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GuitarPianoUkulele

D
C
G
Em
Dadd9
Cadd9

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: D majorBPM: 144

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

D: x-x-0-2-3-2
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
Dadd9: x-5-4-x-5-5
Cadd9: x-3-2-0-3-3

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This is the definitive original version of Girl Like That by Matchbox Twenty, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of D major. It suits players who want to learn Girl Like That the way Matchbox Twenty intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.