Intro:
[Gm]
Verse 1:
[Gm] Vodka [F]soda and [Bb]baggy jeans [Eb]
[Gm] Using [F]none of that [Bb]art degree [Eb]
[Gm] She's the [F]type to just [Bb]look at me [Eb]
[Gm] Then write me [F]off, write me [Bb]off in a [Eb]moment
Pre-chorus:
We're in a [F]city full of strang[Gm]strangers
But I got [Eb]faith and twenty bucks in my pocket
So I said, "[F]"DJ, can you play h[Gm]her
That [Eb]one song that talks about chocolate?"
Chorus:
Then [Gm]she said, "I [F]like your [Bb]confidence,
[Eb]But you're not The [Gm]Nineteen [F]Seventy-[Bb]Seventy-Five" ([Eb](Oh, oh, oh)
And [Gm]no lie, that's [F]quite the [Bb]compliment
But [Eb]I'm not really [Gm]looking for some[F]body tonigh[Bb]t (looking for some[Eb]body)
I said, "[Gm]"Girl, I might [F]not be [Bb]famous yet
[Eb]But I'm gonna [Gm]put you in a [F]song that I [Bb]write" (Oh, oh, oh)
Then [Gm]she said, "I [F]like your [Bb]confidence,
[Eb]But you're not The [Gm]Nineteen [F]Seven- The [Bb]Nineteen [Eb]Seventy-[Gm]Seventy-Five"
Verse 2:
[Gm] I've been [F]feeling a [Bb]little sweet [Eb]
[Gm] I got [F]jokes, she don't [Bb]show her teeth [Eb]
[Gm] No, she's not [F]losing a [Bb]lick of sleep [Eb]
[Gm] When she writes me [F]off, breaks me [Bb]down to my [Eb]lowest
Pre-chorus:
But, in a [F]city full of strang[Gm]strangers (City full of strangers)
But it [Eb]feels like something's up in the air tonight
So I said, "[F]"DJ, can you play h[Gm]her
That [Eb]one song that talks about Caroline?"
Chorus:
Then [Gm]she said, "I [F]like your [Bb]confidence,
[Eb]But you're not The [Gm]Nineteen [F]Seventy-[Bb]Seventy-Five" ([Eb](Oh, oh, oh)
And [Gm]no lie, that's [F]quite the [Bb]compliment
But [Eb]I'm not really [Gm]looking for some[F]body tonigh[Bb]t (looking for some[Eb]body)
I said, "[Gm]"Girl, I might [F]not be [Bb]famous yet
[Eb]But I'm gonna [Gm]put you in a [F]song that I [Bb]write" (Oh, oh, oh)
Then [Gm]she said, "I [F]like your [Bb]confidence,
[Eb]But you're not The [Gm]Nineteen [F]Seven- The [Bb]Nineteen [Eb]Seventy-[Gm]Seventy-Five"
[Gm](eac[F]h c[Bb]hord[Eb] in the interlude is
played twice as long as in the verses/chorus)
Chorus:
[Gm]She said, "I [F]like your [Bb]confidence,
[Eb]But you're not The [Gm]Nineteen [F]Seventy-[Bb]Seventy-Five" ([Eb](Oh, oh, oh)
And [Gm]no lie, that's [F]quite the [Bb]compliment
But [Eb]I'm not really [Gm]looking for some[F]body tonigh[Bb]t (looking for some[Eb]body)
I said, "[Gm]"Girl, I might [F]not be [Bb]famous yet
[Eb]But I'm gonna [Gm]put you in a [F]song that I [Bb]write" (Oh, oh, oh)
Then [Gm]she said, "I [F]like your [Bb]confidence,
[Eb]But you're not The [Gm]Nineteen [F]Seven- The [Bb]Nineteen [Eb]Seventy-[Gm]Seventy-Five"
Outro:
[Gm] [F] [Bb] [Eb]
(So I said, "[Gm]"DJ, can you [F]play h[Bb]her) [Eb]
(That [Gm]one song that [F]talks about [Bb]Caroline?")[Eb]Caroline?")
