The Little Girl Chords
The Little Girl by John Michael Montgomery is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Messed up my first one here is the correct way
intro
Solo : capo=1
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----1-1-1---------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------4-3-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-3-1---1-------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------4---4--1h3s4----------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C F C
Her Parents never took the young girl to church
F C Am G
Never spoke of his name, never read her his word
C F C
Two nonbelievers walking lost in this world
F C Am G
Took their baby with them what a sad little girl
C F C
Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs
F C Am G
Never wanted to play or give kisses and hugs
C F C
She'd watch the TV and sit there on the couch
F C Am G
while her mom fell asleep and her daddy went out
Am F
and the drinking and the fighting
C G
just got worse every night
Am F
behind their couch she'd be hiding
C G
oh what a sad little life
Solo : capo=1
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----1-1-1---------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------4-3-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-3-1---1-------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------4---4--1h3s4----------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C F C
And like it always does the bad just got worse
F C Am G
with every slap and every curse
C F C
until her daddy in a drunk rage one night
F C Am G
used a gun on her mom and then took his life
Am F
and some people from a city
C G
took the girl far away
Am F
to a new mom and a new dad
C G
kisses and hugs every day
Solo : capo=1
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----1-1-1---------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------4-3-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-3-1---1-------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------4---4-----------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C F C
her first day of Sunday school the teacher walked in
F C Am G
and a small little girl stared at a picture of him
C F C
she said I know that man up there on that cross
F C Am G
I don't know his name but I know he got off
Am F
cause he was there in my old house
C G
and held me close to his side
Am F
as I hid there behind our couch
C G
the night that my parents died
outro
Solo : capo=1
E-----------------------------------------------1--------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------2--------------------------------
G-----1-1-1-------------------------------------1--------------------------------
D-----------4-3-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-3-1---------1-----3--------------------------------
A------------------------------------4----------4--------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------