Jill Sobule, "Margaret"
                       Authentic guitar tablature
                        Transcribed by Joe Levy

Standard tuning, key of D.
Quick swing time.  (Little "o"s make repeat bars.)

Intro:                           | Hit these 0's | at start & fade only
    D  G/B  F Em A  D  G/B  F Em |  D  G/B  F Em |  A
||--2---------------2---------------2--------------------------------|
||-----3----1--0-20----3----1--0-------3----1--0----2----------------|
||o--------------20--------------0---------------0--2----------------|
||o-0---------------0---------------0--------------------------------|
||-----2---------------2---------------2------------0----------------|
||----------1--0------------1--0------------1--0---------------------|

Verse type 1:
    D  G/B  F  Em   D  G/B  F Em A  D  G/B  F  Em   A
||--2---------------2---------------2--------------------------------||
||-----3----1--0-------3----1--0-20----3----1--0----2--2----2--2-----||
||o------------------------------20-----------------2--2----2--2----o||
||o-0---------------0---------------0-------------------------------o||
||-----2---------------2---------------2------------0--0----0--0-----||
||----------1--0------------1--0------------1--0---------------------||

Verse type 2: (Second time through, one more F,C combo after this line.)
  F               C               F               Am
|-1--1----1--1--------------------1--1----1--1---------------------|
|-1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1-----|
|-----------------0--0----0--0--------------------2--2----2--2-----|
|-4--4----4--4--------------------4--4----4--4---------------------|
|-----------------3--3----3--3--------------------0--0----0--0-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

                          Chorus: (The notes are evenly spaced here!)
  F       Am      F       D   G/B F   Em  D   G/B F   Em
|-1--1------------1--1----2---------------2----------------|
|-1--1----1--1----1--1--------3---1---0-------3---1---0----|
|---------2--2---------------------------------------------|
|-4--4------------4--4----0---------------0----------------|
|---------0--0----------------2---1---0-------2---1---0----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

  D   G/B F   Em  D   G/B F   Em                  A         [tacit]
|-2---------------2-------------------------------------------------||
|-----3---1---0-------3---1---0---0--0----0--0----2--2----2---------||
|---------------------------------0--0----0--0----2--2----2--------o||
|-0---------------0------------------------------------------------o||
|-----2---------------2---------------------------0--0----0---------||
|---------1---0-----------1---0---0--0----0--0----------------------||

Bridge:
  C               Em7     G/D     C               Em7     C
|-3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----|
|-1--1----1--1----3--3----3--3----1--1----1--1----3--3----3--3----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------2--2----0--0--------------------2--2----0--0----|
|-3--3----3--3--------------------3--3----3--3--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

  C               Em7     G/D     C
|-3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----|
|-1--1----1--1----3--3----3--3----1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------2--2----0--0------------------------------------|
|-3--3----3--3--------------------3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Verse type 2, Chorus (with first pattern 8 times instead of 4).
End repeating first 2 patterns of intro, fade.


Margaret, back in junior high;
Margaret, all yellow curled:
She was the most popular girl.
Margaret, she was beautiful.
Margaret developed first.
We all thought she had all the luck in the world.

She never noticed me; what could I give her?
I knew someday I would have to forgive her.
Ooh, Margaret, dear Margaret.

Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.
Such a lucky girl.
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.
How could I ever forget Margaret?

Meanwhile, ten years later,
While Margaret moved to West Hollywood,
We all thought she could make it if anyone could.
Margaret, she missed the reunion!
Margaret, we never heard
What became of St. Mary's glamourous girl.

Until the day at the video center,
Man held a tape with a girl on the cover:
Bad lingerie on a Cadillac fender!
Ooh, Margaret, dear Margaret.

Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.
Such a lucky girl.
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.
How could I ever forget

Margaret, Margaret, Margaret, Margaret.

She never noticed me; what could I give her?
I knew someday I would have to forgive her.
Ooh, Margaret, dear Margaret.

Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.
Such a lucky girl.
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.
Our St. Mary's girl.
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.
Such a lucky girl.
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.
How could I ever forget Margaret?

Doo ba doo ba di day, dub doo ba day, dub doo ba dub doo ba...