Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
E
F#
B
E
F#
B
E
F#
B
E
F#
Verse 1
B
E
F#
Bite your face to spite your nose
B
E
F#
17 and a half years old
B
E
F#
Worrying about my brother finding out
B
E
Where's the fun in doing what you're told?
Pre-chorus 1
E
"No!"
F#
B
G#m
"Oh, give it a rest, I could persuade you
F#
E
F#
I'm not your typical, stoned 18-year-old
B
G#m
Give me a night, I'll make you
F#
E
"I know you're looking for salvation
B
G#m
F#
But, girl, I'm not your sa- viour"
Chorus 1
B
E
'Cause they're just girls breaking hearts
F#
B
E
And eyes bright, uptight, just girls
F#
B
E
But she can't be what you need if she's 17
F#
B
They're just girls
E
F#
They're just girls
Verse 2
E
F#
G#m
A pair of frozen hands to hold
B
E
Oh, she's so southern,
F#
G#m
so she feels the cold
B
E
F#
One moment I was tearing off your blouse
G#m
B
Now you're living in my house
E
F#
What happened to just messing around?
Pre-chorus 2
E
F#
I said, "Yo, I think you better go,
B
G#m
I can't take you"
F#
E
"You just sit and get stoned
B
G#m
And you think you've made it"
F#
E
"Well, shouldn't you be fucking
B
G#m
F#
Instead of making changes?"
Chorus 2
B
E
'Cause they're just girls breaking hearts
F#
B
E
And eyes bright, uptight, just girls
F#
B
E
But she can't be what you need if she's 17
F#
B
They're just girls
Bridge 1
Destined to be hard
I'll break your heart
Destined to be hard
Break your heart
Pre-chorus 3
E
F#
I said, "Yo, I think you better go,
B
G#m
I can't take you"
F#
E
I know you're looking for salvation
B
G#m
But, girl, I'm not your sa- viour"
F#
E
"Well, shouldn't you be fucking
B
G#m
F#
Instead of making changes?"
Chorus 3
B
E
'Cause they're just girls breaking hearts
F#
B
E
And eyes bright, uptight, just girls
F#
B
E
But she can't be what you need if she's 17
F#
B
They're just girls
Chorus 4
E
F#
G#m
B
girls breaking hearts
E
F#
G#m
B
And eyes bright, uptight, just girls
E
F#
But she can't be what you need
G#m
B
if she's 17
Outro 1
B
E
F#
girls
B
E
F#
B
E
F#
B
Just girls
E
F#
They're just girls
B
E
F#
B
E
F#
B
E
F#
B
E
F#
E
F#
B
G#m
E
F#
B
G#m
E
F#
B
G#m
E
F#
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E F# G#m
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