Birthday Girl

Released in 1985 by Rough Trade
Transpose
INTRO
A
C6
Bm7
Esus4
VERSE 1
D
She was
E
tired,
A
it was
Gadd9
dawn
D
When she
E
heard the nurse say “
A
Here’s a baby
G6
boy”
D
Without
E
fear,
A
zero
Gadd9
years
D
Come to
E
seek damnation
A
and a veil of
Gadd9/A
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
C6
girl,
Bm7
rosy and
Esus4
special
A
Will this
C6
night
Bm7
last
for
Esus4
ever?
VERSE 2
D
When I
E
wed,
A
I would
Gadd9
dream
D
In a
E
champagne haze of
A
my first af
G6
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
C6
girl,
Bm7
rosy and
Esus4
special
A
Will this
C6
night
Bm7
come to an
Esus4
end?
INTERLUDE
Dmaj7
Faug
Dmaj7
Faug
B7
Dadd9/E
B7
Dadd9
VERSE 3
D
Feed the
E
birds
A
poisoned
Gadd9
bread
D
In the
E
square beneath my
A
place of
G6
birth
D
People
E
die,
A
so will
Gadd9
I
D
Cut and
E
dried and empty –
A
quite
G6
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
C6
girl,
Bm7
now I am
Esus4
begging
A
But I
C6
still
Bm7
think of that
Esus4
baby
A
Birthday
C6
girl,
Bm7
smiling in
Esus4
silence
A
Will this
C6
night please
Bm7
come to an
Esus4
end?
FADE
A
C6
Bm7
Esus4