Intro
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A F#m
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The girl isn't ready (twice)
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The girl isn't ready is what her mother says
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We just put her toys away it seems like yesterday
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E D
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She has seen something better through the window
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E D
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She will reach for it even though she doesn't know if she's
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CHORUS
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Ready, the girl isn't ready
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We can never tell her how to take it steady
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A E D A
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She'll be re a dy one day I know
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The girl isn't ready (twice)
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The girl isn't ready to do what she wants to do
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We think that her boyfriend's like something from a zoo
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She thinks that she understands what she's feeling
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She's going to leave us make no mistake the wounds won't be healing
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CHORUS then instrumental over E D E D F#m F#m
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The girl isn't ready sure she thinks she is
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She walks like a grownup but talks just like a kid
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She wants to take on the world and his brother
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Next thing you know she'll be telling us that she's a mother
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Outro - as intro w/ more repeats
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The girl isn't ready
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| Graham Parker |
