Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: Gbsus4 Gb Db/Gb Gb | Gbsus4 Gb Db/Gb Gb/Bb Db |
| Gbsus4/Eb Ebm7 Db/Eb Ebm7 | Gbsus4/Eb Ebm7 Db/Eb B Db :||
Verse 1
| Gb | Gb | Ebm7 | Ebm7 |
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.
| Ebm Db | B | Ebm Db |
And girls, they wanna have fun. Oh, girls just wanna have fun.
Instrumental 1
| Gbsus4 Gb Db/Gb Gb | Gbsus4 Gb Db/Gb Gb/Bb Db |
| Gbsus4/Eb Ebm7 Db/Eb Ebm7 | Gbsus4/Eb Ebm7 Db/Eb B Db |
Verse 2
| Gb | Gb | Ebm | Ebm |
The phone rings, in the middle of the night, my father yells, “What you gonna do with your life?”
| B | B |
Oh, daddy dear, you know you’re still number one.
| Ebm Db | B | Ebm Db |
But girls, they wanna have fun. Oh, girls just wanna have.
Bridge 1
| Gb | Gb | Ebm | Ebm |
That’s all they really want. Some fun.
| Gb | Gb | Ebm Db | B | Ebm Db |
When the workin’ day is done, oh girls, they wanna have fun. Oh girls just wanna have fun
Chorus 1
| Gbsus4 Gb Db/Gb Gb | Gbsus4 Gb Db/Gb Gb/Bb Db |
(Girls, they want. Wanna have fun.)
| Gbsus4/Eb Ebm7 Db/Eb Ebm7 | Gbsus4/Eb Ebm7 Db/Eb B Db |
(Girls. Wanna have.)
Solo
| Gb | Gb (Bb) | Ebm | Ebm |
| Gb | Gb (Bb Db) | Ebm | Ebm B Db |
Verse 3
| Gb | Gb | Ebm | Ebm |
Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world.
| B | B |
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
| Ebm Db | B | Ebm Db |
Oh, girls, they wanna have fun. Oh, girls just wanna have.
Bridge 2
| Gb | Gb | Ebm | Ebm |
That’s all they really want, Is some fun.
| Gb | Gb | Ebm Db | B | Ebm Db |
When the workin’ day is done, oh girls, they wanna have fun. Oh girls just wanna have fun
Chorus 2
| Gbsus4 Gb Db/Gb Gb | Gbsus4 Gb Db/Gb Gb/Bb Db |
(Girls, they want. Wanna have fun.)
| Gbsus4/Eb Ebm7 Db/Eb Ebm7 | Gbsus4/Eb Ebm7 Db/Eb B Db |
(Girls. Wanna have.)
Outro
||: Gbsus4 Gb Db/Gb Gb | Gbsus4/Eb Ebm7 Db/Eb B Db :||
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’s chords, progressions, TAB
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, it propelled her to instant fame.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is one of those rare tunes where the chords are harder to read than play. Using TAB, you’ll find that the chords are actually pretty easy to play.
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Cyndi Lauper
When Cyndi Lauper released her debut album in 1983, she became the first female artist with a debut album that had four top 5 singles.
She followed this up with more hits such as True Colors and I Drove All Night, and even a Broadway musical.