Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: F#sus4 F# C#/F# F# | F#sus4 F# C#/F# F#/A# C# |
| F#sus4/D# D#m7 C#/D# D#m7 | F#sus4/D# D#m7 C#/D# B C# :||
Verse 1
| F# | F# | D#m7 | D#m7 |
I come home, in the mornin’ light, my mother says, “When you gonna live your life right?”
| B | B |
Oh, momma dear, we’re not the fortunate ones.
| D#m C# | B | D#m C# |
And girls, they wanna have fun. Oh, girls just wanna have fun.
Instrumental 1
||: F#sus4 F# C#/F# F# | F#sus4 F# C#/F# F#/A# C# |
| F#sus4/D# D#m7 C#/D# D#m7 | F#sus4/D# D#m7 C#/D# B C# :||
Verse 2
The phone rings, in the middle of the night, my father yells, “What you gonna do with your life?”
Oh, daddy dear, you know you’re still number one.
But girls, they wanna have fun. Oh, girls just wanna have.
Bridge 1
| F# | F# | D#m | D#m |
That’s all they really want. Some fun.
| F# | F# | D#m C# | B | D#m C# |
When the workin’ day is done, oh girls, they wanna have fun. Oh girls just wanna have fun.
Chorus 1
| F#sus4 F# C#/F# F# | F#sus4 F# C#/F# F#/A# C# |
(Girls, they want. Wanna have fun.)
| F#sus4/D# D#m7 C#/D# D#m7 | F#sus4/D# D#m7 C#/D# B C# |
(Girls. Wanna have.)
Solo
| F# | F# (A#) | D#m | D#m |
| F# | F# (A# C#) | D#m | D#m B C# |
Verse 3
Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world.
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
Oh, girls, they wanna have fun. Oh, girls just wanna have.
Bridge 2
That’s all they really want, Is some fun.
When the workin’ day is done.
Oh girls, they wanna have fun. Oh girls just wanna have fun
Chorus 2
(Girls, they want. Wanna have fun.)
(Girls. Wanna have.)
Outro
||: F#sus4 F# C#/F# F# | F#sus4/D# D#m7 C#/D# B C# :||
They just wanna, they just wanna.
(Girls) They just want, they just wanna (girls just wanna have fun).
Oh girls, girls just wanna have fun (Just wanna, they just wanna).
They just wanna, they just wanna.
(Girls) They just want, they just wanna (girls just wanna have fun).
Oh girls, girls just wanna have fun.
When the workin’. When the workin’ day is done.
Oh, when the workin’ day is done, oh, girls.
Girls just wanna have fun. Everybody. Huh, huh.
They just want, they just wanna.
(Girls) They just want, they just wanna (girls just wanna have fun).
Oh, girls, girls just wanna have fun.
(They just wanna, they just wanna) when the workin’.
When the working day is done (they just want, they just wanna).
(Girls) Oh, when the working day is done (girls, girls just wanna have fun).
Oh girls, girls just wanna have fun.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Chords: Learn the progressions
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is one of those rare tunes where the chords are harder to read than play.
The intro, which is also the chorus looks very complicated, partly because it’s in an awkward key (F#), partly because there are so many chords!
As a guitarist, we don’t play all those slash chords, instead, we play a small compact part that becomes the full chords only once everyone in the band plays. Once everyone plays, it becomes this:
||: F#sus4 F# C#/F# F# | F#sus4 F# C#/F# F#/A# C# |
| F#sus4/D# D#m7 C#/D# D#m7 | F#sus4/D# D#m7 C#/D# B C# :||
You need the TAB to work this out, then use the chords as a reminder. Here’s a link to that part of the lesson: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
The verse chord progression is much, much easier, just going I – VI, and then IV – VI – V repeated. Looks like this:
| F# (I) | F# | D#m7 (VI) | D#m7 |
| B (IV) | B | D#m (VI) C# (V) | B (IV) | D#m (VI) C# (V) |
If this was in the key of G instead, it would be super simple. You could use the Digitech drop pedal and make your life easier (if you can handle the slight change in sound it brings with the convenience).
The bridge is very similar to the verse, like this:
| F# (I) | F# | D#m (VI) | D#m |
| F# (I) | F# | D#m (VI) C# (V) | B (IV) | D#m (VI) C# (V) |
Having played with my TAB and the original recording, this chord chart is all you need (and maybe a guitar tuned down a half step!)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro
Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Chord Chart PDF.
This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun iReal Pro. Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key, maybe to G and use a guitar tuned down a half step!
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – A cover, first released by a man!
As a feminist anthem, it is perhaps surprising to learn that Girls Just Wanna Have Fun was written, recorded, and released by a man named Robert Hazard in 1979.
This makes Cyndi Lauper‘s version (which we all know) a cover. Released as the lead single on her debut album, She’s So Unusual (1983), it propelled her to instant fame.
The video for Girls Just Wanna Have Fun won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video back when that was a big deal.
Cyndi also won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and Best Album Package. It sold 16 million copies worldwide, the single about half that.
Another tune on the album also did very well, Time After Time which was actually written by Cyndi. A great cover version of this is done by Eva Cassidy.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Chords | Related Pages
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Guitar Lesson + TAB
With this guitar lesson, you can learn how to play Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper using a chord analysis and TAB.
| F# | F# | D#m7 | D#m7 |
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