Words & Music:
John Holt (Blondie)
Intro & Basic song riff: A
D E
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on, I'm
gonna be your number one.
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like
that. Oh, no!
It's not the things you do that tease and
hurt me bad,
But it's the way you do the things you do to
me,
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like
that. Oh, no!
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on, I'm gonna be your number
one.
D E [can play riff 1 here]
Number one.
Ev'ry girl wants you to be her man, but I'll
wait my dear, 'til it's my turn,
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like
that. Oh, no!
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on, I'm
gonna be your number one.
D E D E
Number one.
Number one.
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE:
Ev'ry girl wants you to be her man, but I'll
wait my dear, 'til it's my turn,
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like
that. Oh, no!
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on, I'm
gonna be your number one.
D E D E
Number one.
Number one.
OUTRO:
[repeat and out - end on A]
The tide is high but I'm holdin' on, I'm
gonna be your number one.
Riff 1: Tab for E string
E string |-12--10---9---7---5---4---2---0--|
note:
|--E---D---C#--B---A---G#--F#--E--|