Chord Classy Girls by Lumineers

i wanted to play this song like they do live , in a lot of their acoustic bar performances . it’s a little loose on structure but very similar to version 2 , which is played in C . didn’t feel like hitting transpose button every time . capo 3 standard tuning intro/verse picking pattern like i said this part is free - styled a little bit , but within the chords . you can definitely ad - lib . intro/First 3 verses picking : A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - | | - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3 - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E D | - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3 - | | - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - | | - 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | intro and verse are just that repeated . A A welllll , she was standing in the bar D D i said , "hello , how do you do?" E D A A she handed me a beer with a kangaroo A A D she spoke of places i had never been D that she had traveled to E D A A and we slowed danced along to faster tunes A A D i made her laugh , i made a pass , i showed her my half dollar ring D she said , "that’s pretty cool , E D A A but classy girls don’t kiss in bars , you fool" interlude picking ends here and strumming starts : A A D D E D A A A so later on the crowd calmed down D D and i believe it was as if E D A A something drew me closer to her lips A A D D so picture my surprise when i had tried to lean in for a kiss E D A A and she just smiled and turned her head down A i asked her , "why?" and she replied , A D D "it was nothing i was doing wrong , its just what it is" E D A A no , classy girls don’t kiss in bars like this D E no , classy girls don’t kiss in bars D E boys will break their backs and hearts D E A D E E but its alright , the hardest part is through A D E E oh it’s through A D E E oh it’s through A D E E oh it’s through A the hardest part is through . thanks