girl you're taking home
Recorded by Ella Langley
Album: still hungover (2024)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
|(Em) / (G) / |(D) / (C) / |(Em) / (G) / |(D) / (C)

(Verse 1)
I got the (Em)whiskey
(G) She gets the (C)good-year bottle of wine
I got the (Em)neon
(G) She gets the (C)back-porch strung-up lights
I got the (Em)white lies, she gets the (G)truth
She gets the (C)version I wanted of you (Am)

(Chorus)
(C) If I was good enough to (D)be your last call
(G)Why is she the (D/F#)one you call your (Em)mama about?
(C) After seein' all the (D)B.S. I saw
(Em)Why is she the (D/F#)one who sees your (Em)best side now?
If (C)I�fm first thing (D)on your mind
The (G)second (D/F#)she lets (Em)go
Then (C)why ain't I the (D)girl you're taking home?
 
(Intro Chords)
|(Em) / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / /

(Verse 2)
I saw the (Em)pictures
(G) And she gets to (C)cross that county line
I bet she's riding (Em)shotgun
(G) In your (C)dad's old '85
Bet she met your (Em)grandma, you took her to church (G)
She gets the (C)cleaned-up and I got the dirt
(Am) And it hurts 'cause

(Chorus)
(C) If I was good enough to (D)be your last call
(G)Why is she the (D/F#)one you call your (Em)mama about?
(C) After seein' all the (D)B.S. I saw
(G)Why is she the (D/F#)one who sees your (Em)best side now?
If (C)I�fm first thing (D)on your mind
The (G)second (D/F#)she lets (Em)go
Then (C)why ain't I the (D)girl you're taking home?

(Solo)
|(Em) / (G) / |(C) / / / |(Em) / (G) / |(C) / 

(Bridge)
Yeah, take her home, (Em) where you grew (G)up
Baby, (C)why ain't I the one you (Am)love? - - -

(Chorus)
(C) If I was good enough to (D)be your last call
(G)Why is she the (D/F#)one you call your (Em)mama about?
(C) After seein' all the (D)B.S. I saw
(G)Why is she the (D/F#)one who sees your (Em)best side now?
If (C)I�fm first thing (D)on your mind
The (G)second (D/F#)she lets (Em)go
Then (C)why ain't I the (D)girl you're taking home? (Em)
Then (C)why ain't I the (D)girl you're taking home? (G) (D/F#) (Em)
Then (C)why ain't I the (D)girl you're taking home? - - - - -