WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | The Hold Steady - Southtown Girls Chords | Ver. 1
[Chorus]
N.C.
Southtown girls won't blow you away
N.C.
But you know that they'll stay
N.C.
Southtown girls won't blow you away
N.C.
But you know that they'll stay
Cadd9 G Em C D G
Southtown girls won't blow you away
G Cadd9 G Em C D G
But you know that they'll stay
Cadd9 G Em C D G
Southtown girls won't blow you away
G Cadd9 G Em C D G
But you know that they'll stay
[Riff A]
The riff below is played over the entire first verse instead of chords. Listen to get the timing.
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------3--------------3-----2----------|
A|---3h5---5--------3h5---5---2----------|
E|----------------------------0----------|
[Verse 1]
(Riff A)
Take Lyndale to the horizon.
(Riff A)
Take Nicollet out to the ocean.
(Riff A)
Take Penn Ave out to the 494.
(Riff A)
Meet me right in front of the fabric store.
(Riff A)
Don't look me in the eye.
(Riff A)
Look over at the theater.
(Riff A)
I'm a little bit surprised.
(Riff A)
You didn't tell me there'd be three of you.
(Riff A)
Hey Bloomington, what'd you let them do to you?
(Riff A)
I think they're almost through with you.
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G Em C D G
Southtown girls won't blow you away
G Cadd9 G Em C D G
But you know that they'll stay
Cadd9 G Em C D G
Southtown girls won't blow you away
G Cadd9 G Em C D
But you know that they'll stay
[Guitar Solo]
G Cadd9
G Cadd9
G Cadd9
G Cadd9
[Harmonica Solo]
N.C but you can just play the root bass notes G and C as above
[Verse 2]
G Cadd9
Take Lyndale back to the southside.
G Cadd9
Take Nicollet up to the Vietnamese.
G Cadd9
Take Penn Ave back up to the northside.
G Cadd9
Take Lowery east to the quarry.
[Riff B]
This riff appears in the next section of this verse and is played in between the G and Cadd9 chords.
G Cadd9
e|-----------------3-------------------3------|
B|-----------------3-------------------3------|
G|-----------------0-------------------0------|
D|-----------------0-------------------2------|
A|-----------------2-------------------3------|
E|----3--0-1-3-0-1-3---3--0-1-3-0-1-3---------|
(Riff B)
Meet me right in front of the rainbow foods.
(Riff B)
I got a brown paper bag and black buckle shoes.
(Riff B)
If anything seems weird then just cruise.
(Riff B)
Meet me right in front of the party city.
(Riff B)
That two sided tape it gets way too sticky.
Em C D G
I got a bad case of noisemaker blues.
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G Em C D G
Southtown girls won't blow you away
G Cadd9 G Em C D G
But you know that they'll stay
Cadd9 G Em C D G
Southtown girls won't blow you away
G Cadd9 G Em C D G
But you know that they'll stay
Cadd9 G Em C D G
Southtown girls won't blow you away
G Cadd9 G Em C D G
But you know that they'll stay
Cadd9 G Em C D G
Southtown girls won't blow you away
G Cadd9 G Em C D
But you know that they'll stay
