Chords for Allen Toussaint 'What Do You Want The Girl To Do' | Live Studio Session

_ _ _ _ _ _ Please welcome Alan Toussaint.
_ _ Thank you.
This is a song that I wrote for myself and it was later _ performed by Bob [Ab] Skaggs, who did a marvelous job and had a big hit.
And then Bonnie Raitt recorded it.
And of course, _ every man, woman, and child and dog on the planet loved Bonnie Raitt. _ _ _
But this is called, What Do You Want the Girl to Do?
[Cm] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Eb] _ So you think the woman's [Bb]
[Eb] crazy
_ Cause [Ab] she eats up [C] your lies like it's [Fm] good to her
Eat up your lies [C] like apple pies
[F] She [C] don't [F] even cry _
[Db] But _ she's not a fool
_ [Fm] _
She's only trying to do what her [Eb] heart says to
To _ love you _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ And as you [C] take to the [Eb] wind
To [Bb] the wind [Eb] again
[Ab] She breaks, and as she breaks
Down [Db] within, _ within, within
_ [Eb] She waits for you patiently _
Hoping that someday you'll see
That all she really wants to be
Is yours [Bbm] and yours alone _ [Eb] _ [Ab] eternally
What do [Gm] you want [Bb] the [Eb] girl to do? _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Ab] _ Don't you see [Gm] her breaking the [Eb] child in two? _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] What do [Eb] you want [Bb] the girl [Eb] to do? _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ When all she really wants [G] is you
_ [Cm] She _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
knows [Bb] what you [Eb] are
_ _ [Bb] Still she'll be [C] your queen
_ [Fm] If you let her, if you say [C] the word today
[F] And build [G] your world [Fm] around [F] her
[Db] _ Now and then you promise
[Fm] _
All the way out things [Bb] you're going [Eb] to get her
_ _ Say, but she knows better
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ And as she [Ebm] watch _ [Eb] you
You come and go [Bb] for [Eb] your [Ab] show
_ As she watch your [F] promises zero
_ [Abm] _
She [Eb] _ waits for you patiently _
[Bb] Hoping that someday [Eb] you'll see
That all she really wants to [G] be
[Bbm] Is yours and yours alone [Eb] _ [Ab] eternally
What [Eb] do you [Fm] want the [Eb] girl to do? _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] Don't you see [Gm] her [Bb] breaking the [Eb] child in two?
_ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] What do [Eb] you want [Bb] the [Eb] girl to do? _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ When all she really wants [G] is you
_ [Bm] What [Cm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ _
do [Eb] you want the [Bb] girl to do?
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ Thank _ _ _ _ _ _ you. _