tabbed by : jesse johnston ( jjohnston )
tabbed on : 11 : 42 pm 5/31/2011
song title : kiss a girl
artist : keith urban
writers : keith urban; monty powell
i’ve divided this lesson into two parts . beginner lesson and reminder chords . the
beginner lesson is simply a walkthrough for the song and the reminder chords are
for later once you have the lesson down and you print it out and you don’t want
all the side notes in the way .
~~~~~~~~~~part 1 : beginner lesson~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
this song is a little difficult to explain in writing . it’s best to have an audio
version of the song and campare notes . it’s not going to be perfect but it’s A
good hit and the orginal .
for the astrick marked chords , these are played like the chart below .
the D is technically A Dadd9 .
to mute the strings on D and a simply put your index finger across the fifth fret .
D * A * G *
E | – x – | – x – | – x – |
B | – x – | – x – | – x – |
G | – 7 – | – 7 – | – 4 – |
D | – 7 – | – 6 – | – 5 – |
A | – x – | – x – | – 5 – |
E | – x – | – x – | – x – |
intro : ( the riff is pretty much the second part of the intro or the up down
strumming intro . read below . )
strumming is simply a down stroke with some palm muting . it’s best to compare
with the song itself .
the first part is to play D * and to use your pinky and hit the G string and move up the fret .
the second part is to play A * and use your pinky and hit the D string and move up the fret .
lasty hit hit G * . i personally like to hit the third fret and move to fourth to
give it a little more sound . that’s how keith does it with the G * – G * .
it’s hard to explain in writing .
that’s half of the intro . repeat what you did but this time the struming has
changed to an up down stroke . it’s a very easy song to learn strumming wise until
the chorus .
D * D * – A * A * – G *
t – to kiss and tell it’s just not my style
G * G * – G * G * – D *
but the night is young and it’s been a while
D * – A * A * – G *
and she broke my heart broke it right in two
G * G * – G * A
and it took sometime but i’m feeling like i’m
A G A A G
finally ready to find , find somebody new
chorus :
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G – ring out
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff )
D * – A * – G *
D * D * – A * A * – G *
it’s that moment when you start closin’ in
G * G * – G * G * – D *
first you’re holding back then surrenderin’ ( ? )
D * D * – A * A * – G *
it can start a fire , light up the sky
G * G * – A
such a simple thing , do you wanna try
A G
are you ready to
G A G
say goodbye to all these blues?
chorus :
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff )
D * – A * – G *
D A
’cause baby tonight
A G A D
it could turn into the rest of our lives oh yeah
A
are you ready?
G
are you ready?
D A G
to cross that line put your lips on mine
solo ( imprevised )
D – A – G – D A G
put your lips on mine baby
D – A – G
D
do you wanna try?
A
are you ready to
G D A – G
say goodbye to all these blues
~~~~~~~~~this part really isn’t in the record too much but keith does this live
when he plays this acousticlly and it really adds something to it . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ this part mute the bass string on your G chord with your fingers . ]
[ hit the muting strings then push down so they ring and switch between a to G . ]
[ before finally hitting D when you start singing again . ]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
G – A – G – A – G – D – ring out
i wanna kiss a girl
A – ring out
i wanna hold her tight
G – ring out
maybe make a little magic , baby
[ put your hand down toward the bottom of the neck muting all the string . ]
[ hit all the strings ( while muted ) upward then down again hitting only the low E
around the 12ish fret and move down to the top of the neck . you should come out
with a bum bow type sound . ]
A D A G
don’t wanna go to far just take it slow
Bm A G
but , don’t want you to be lonely , i shouldn’t be lonely
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff ) [ it will be in tune with the naa naa naa . ]
D * – A * – G * i said i wanna kiss a girl
D * – A * – G *
whoa hoa! whoa hoa!
G * D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A G
i wanna make a little magic out under the moonlight
D * – A * – G * A – ring out stop ring out
na na na na – mmm , i wanna kiss her now
the way ’i’ play these chords . it’s closer than most chords out there . play them
how you like or change it up . why not? this page is just something to start with ,
A7sus4 Bm D A G
E | – 3 – | – 2 – | – 2 – | – 0 – | – 3 – |
B | – 3 – | – 4 – | – 3 – | – 2 – | – 3 – |
G | – 0 – | – 4 – | – 2 – | – 2 – | – 0 – |
D | – 2 – | – 3 – | – 0 – | – 2 – | – 0 – |
A | – 0 – | – 2 – | – x – | – 0 – | – 2 – |
E | – 0 – | – x – | – x – | – x – | – 3 – |
~~~~~~~~~~part 2 : reminder chords~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
reminder : riff and intro has the pinky thing discussed in part 1 .
intro : D * – A * – G *
D * – A * – G *
D * D * – A * A * – G *
t – to kiss and tell it’s just not my style
G * G * – G * G * – D *
but the night is young and it’s been a while
D * – A * A * – G *
and she broke my heart broke it right in two
G * G * – G * A
and it took sometime but i’m feeling like i’m
A G A A G
finally ready to find , find somebody new
chorus :
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G – ring out
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff )
D * – A * – G *
D * D * – A * A * – G *
it’s that moment when you start closin’ in
G * G * – G * G * – D *
first you’re holding back then surrenderin’ ( ? )
D * D * – A * A * – G *
it can start a fire , light up the sky
G * G * – A
such a simple thing , do you wanna try
A G
are you ready to
G A G
say goodbye to all these blues?
chorus :
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff )
D * – A * – G *
D A
’cause baby tonight
A G A D
it could turn into the rest of our lives oh yeah
A
are you ready?
G
are you ready?
D A G
to cross that line put your lips on mine
~~solo~~
D – A – G – D A G
put your lips on mine baby
D – A – G
D
do you wanna try?
A
are you ready to
G D A – G
say goodbye to all these blues
G – A – G –
A – G – D – ring out
i wanna kiss a girl
A – ring out
i wanna hold her tight
G – ring out bum bow!
maybe make a little magic , baby
A D A G
don’t wanna go to far just take it slow
Bm A G
but , don’t want you to be lonely , i shouldn’t be lonely
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff ) [ naa naas start ]
D * – A * – G * i said i wanna kiss a girl
D * – A * – G *
whoa hoa! whoa hoa!
G * D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A G
i wanna make a little magic out under the moonlight
D * – A * – G * A – ring out stop ring out
na na na na – mmm , i wanna kiss her now
tabbed by : jesse johnston ( jjohnston )
tabbed on : 11 : 42 pm 5/31/2011
song title : kiss a girl
artist : keith urban
writers : keith urban; monty powell
i’ve divided this lesson into two parts . beginner lesson and reminder chords . the
beginner lesson is simply a walkthrough for the song and the reminder chords are
for later once you have the lesson down and you print it out and you don’t want
all the side notes in the way .
~~~~~~~~~~part 1 : beginner lesson~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
this song is a little difficult to explain in writing . it’s best to have an audio
version of the song and campare notes . it’s not going to be perfect but it’s A
good hit and the orginal .
for the astrick marked chords , these are played like the chart below .
the D is technically A Dadd9 .
to mute the strings on D and a simply put your index finger across the fifth fret .
D * A * G *
E | – x – | – x – | – x – |
B | – x – | – x – | – x – |
G | – 7 – | – 7 – | – 4 – |
D | – 7 – | – 6 – | – 5 – |
A | – x – | – x – | – 5 – |
E | – x – | – x – | – x – |
intro : ( the riff is pretty much the second part of the intro or the up down
strumming intro . read below . )
strumming is simply a down stroke with some palm muting . it’s best to compare
with the song itself .
the first part is to play D * and to use your pinky and hit the G string and move up the fret .
the second part is to play A * and use your pinky and hit the D string and move up the fret .
lasty hit hit G * . i personally like to hit the third fret and move to fourth to
give it a little more sound . that’s how keith does it with the G * – G * .
it’s hard to explain in writing .
that’s half of the intro . repeat what you did but this time the struming has
changed to an up down stroke . it’s a very easy song to learn strumming wise until
the chorus .
D * D * – A * A * – G *
t – to kiss and tell it’s just not my style
G * G * – G * G * – D *
but the night is young and it’s been a while
D * – A * A * – G *
and she broke my heart broke it right in two
G * G * – G * A
and it took sometime but i’m feeling like i’m
A G A A G
finally ready to find , find somebody new
chorus :
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G – ring out
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff )
D * – A * – G *
D * D * – A * A * – G *
it’s that moment when you start closin’ in
G * G * – G * G * – D *
first you’re holding back then surrenderin’ ( ? )
D * D * – A * A * – G *
it can start a fire , light up the sky
G * G * – A
such a simple thing , do you wanna try
A G
are you ready to
G A G
say goodbye to all these blues?
chorus :
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff )
D * – A * – G *
D A
’cause baby tonight
A G A D
it could turn into the rest of our lives oh yeah
A
are you ready?
G
are you ready?
D A G
to cross that line put your lips on mine
solo ( imprevised )
D – A – G – D A G
put your lips on mine baby
D – A – G
D
do you wanna try?
A
are you ready to
G D A – G
say goodbye to all these blues
~~~~~~~~~this part really isn’t in the record too much but keith does this live
when he plays this acousticlly and it really adds something to it . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ this part mute the bass string on your G chord with your fingers . ]
[ hit the muting strings then push down so they ring and switch between a to G . ]
[ before finally hitting D when you start singing again . ]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
G – A – G – A – G – D – ring out
i wanna kiss a girl
A – ring out
i wanna hold her tight
G – ring out
maybe make a little magic , baby
[ put your hand down toward the bottom of the neck muting all the string . ]
[ hit all the strings ( while muted ) upward then down again hitting only the low E
around the 12ish fret and move down to the top of the neck . you should come out
with a bum bow type sound . ]
A D A G
don’t wanna go to far just take it slow
Bm A G
but , don’t want you to be lonely , i shouldn’t be lonely
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff ) [ it will be in tune with the naa naa naa . ]
D * – A * – G * i said i wanna kiss a girl
D * – A * – G *
whoa hoa! whoa hoa!
G * D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A G
i wanna make a little magic out under the moonlight
D * – A * – G * A – ring out stop ring out
na na na na – mmm , i wanna kiss her now
the way ’i’ play these chords . it’s closer than most chords out there . play them
how you like or change it up . why not? this page is just something to start with ,
A7sus4 Bm D A G
E | – 3 – | – 2 – | – 2 – | – 0 – | – 3 – |
B | – 3 – | – 4 – | – 3 – | – 2 – | – 3 – |
G | – 0 – | – 4 – | – 2 – | – 2 – | – 0 – |
D | – 2 – | – 3 – | – 0 – | – 2 – | – 0 – |
A | – 0 – | – 2 – | – x – | – 0 – | – 2 – |
E | – 0 – | – x – | – x – | – x – | – 3 – |
~~~~~~~~~~part 2 : reminder chords~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
reminder : riff and intro has the pinky thing discussed in part 1 .
intro : D * – A * – G *
D * – A * – G *
D * D * – A * A * – G *
t – to kiss and tell it’s just not my style
G * G * – G * G * – D *
but the night is young and it’s been a while
D * – A * A * – G *
and she broke my heart broke it right in two
G * G * – G * A
and it took sometime but i’m feeling like i’m
A G A A G
finally ready to find , find somebody new
chorus :
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G – ring out
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff )
D * – A * – G *
D * D * – A * A * – G *
it’s that moment when you start closin’ in
G * G * – G * G * – D *
first you’re holding back then surrenderin’ ( ? )
D * D * – A * A * – G *
it can start a fire , light up the sky
G * G * – A
such a simple thing , do you wanna try
A G
are you ready to
G A G
say goodbye to all these blues?
chorus :
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff )
D * – A * – G *
D A
’cause baby tonight
A G A D
it could turn into the rest of our lives oh yeah
A
are you ready?
G
are you ready?
D A G
to cross that line put your lips on mine
~~solo~~
D – A – G – D A G
put your lips on mine baby
D – A – G
D
do you wanna try?
A
are you ready to
G D A – G
say goodbye to all these blues
G – A – G –
A – G – D – ring out
i wanna kiss a girl
A – ring out
i wanna hold her tight
G – ring out bum bow!
maybe make a little magic , baby
A D A G
don’t wanna go to far just take it slow
Bm A G
but , don’t want you to be lonely , i shouldn’t be lonely
D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A
maybe make a little magic in the moonlight
D A G
don’t wanna go too far just take it slow
Bm A7sus4 A
but i shouldn’t be lonely in this big ’ol world
G
i wanna kiss a girl
( repeat riff ) [ naa naas start ]
D * – A * – G * i said i wanna kiss a girl
D * – A * – G *
whoa hoa! whoa hoa!
G * D
i wanna kiss a girl
A
i wanna hold her tight
G A G
i wanna make a little magic out under the moonlight
D * – A * – G * A – ring out stop ring out
na na na na – mmm , i wanna kiss her now
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