Song: SPELLING BEE GIRL 
Band: MAN BITES GOD (www.manbitesgod.com )
 
RIFF – G C x 4
 
VERSE
Em       C                 G 
We had a spelling bee competition
             D                  Em 
When we were both back in Grade One 
         C                     G
I must admit I thought I would win it 
             D            Em
But then you took the podium
  
            C                     G
You were so cool and calm and collected 
              D            Em
You were like a precocious queen
              C               G 
When you knew gnu was spelt g-n-u 
       D              Am
I knew you would rule supreme 
 
CHROUS
             G              C          
Spelling Bee Girl (la la la la)
      Am          Em 
your amazing vocabulary
    C              D               
Has put a spell on me 
             G              C
Spelling Bee Girl (la la la la)
            Am             Em 
Of course I mean spell metaphorically
    C               D            G
I'm using spell and spell as homonyms 
 
RIFF
 
VERSE 2
You looked so beautiful – so lovely 
As you formed consonants and vowels
I got a funny tingly feeling 
Deep in my heart and in my bowels 
I was all nervous – I was all sweaty
And when they finally called on me 
I had to spell "rhinoceros"
And I spelt it l-o-v-e
  
CHORUS
Spelling Bee Girl – you seemed to know phlegm was spelt with a p 
And had a silent g - Spelling Bee Girl 
You didn't use lip-gloss until Grade 3
You used lip glossary – that was a joke 
 
BRIDGE
Am
"I" is for I love you
D
"N" is for nouns you knew
G 
"G" is the noise I made
C 
"B" – ing so close to you
Am 
"G" I'm so full of doubt 
D 
"I" - 'd like to ask you out
G 
"R" you aware I'm in 
C 
"L" when you're not around
Am                             D 
Put them all together and they spell: 
 
CHORUS 
"ING B GIRL" (lalalala)
your linguistic perspicacity 
Discombobulated me
Spelling Bee Girl (lalalala)
You and me both sitting in a tree 
K-i-s-i-n-g – I've spelt that wrong
Wrong – wrong - wrong