Birthday Girl by Microdisney
From Microdisney’s 1985 The Clock Comes Down the Stairs album. Written by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan. No capo.
INTRO
[A] [G6] [Bm] [E7]
VERSE 1
[D] She was [E] tired, [A] it was [G] dawn
[D] When she [E] heard the nurse say
[A] “Here’s a baby [G] boy”
[D] Without [E] fear, [A] zero [G] years
[D] Come to [E] seek damnation
[A] And a veil of [G] tears
[D] And my [A] claim [C#m] to [Dmaj7] fame
[D] Is that [A] then [C#m] I [Dmaj7] was
[D] That [A] ba [C#m] by [Dmaj7] boy [G] [D]
CHORUS 1
[A] Birthday [G6] girl, [Bm] rosy and [E] special
[A] Will this [G6] night [Bm] last for [E7] ever?
VERSE 2
[D] When I [E] wed, [A] I would [G] dream
[D] In a [E] champagne haze of [A] my first af [G] fair
[D] Like a [A] pri [C#m] vate [Dmaj7] joke
[D] On the [A] one [C#m] I [Dmaj7] loved
[D] Between my [A] self [C#m] and [Dmaj7] me [G] [D]
CHORUS 2
[A] Birthday [G6] girl, [Bm] rosy and [E] special
[A] Will this [G6] night [Bm] come to an [E7] end?
INTERLUDE
[Dmaj7] [Faug] [Dmaj7] [Faug] [B7] [D] [B7] [D]
VERSE 3
[D] Feed the [E] birds [A] poisoned [G] bread
[D] In the [E] square beneath my [A] place of [G] birth
[D] People [E] die, [A] so will [G] I
[D] Cut and [E] dried and empty, [A] quite [G] alone
[D] When they [A] bu [C#m] ry [Dmaj7] me
[D] When the [A] peo [C#m] ple [Dmaj7] know
[D] Of the [A] ba [C#m] by [Dmaj7] boy [G] [D]
CHORUS 3
[A] Birthday [G6] girl, [Bm] now I am [E] begging
[A] But I [G6] still [Bm] think of that [E7] baby
[A] Birthday [G6] girl, [Bm] smiling in [E] silence
[A] Will this [G6] night please [Bm] come to an [E7] end?
FADE
[A] [G6] [Bm] [E7]