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I can't believe this is on their 40 licks album and no ones tabbed it.
F#m
Under my thumb
E D
the girl, who once had me down
F#m
Under my thumb
E D
The girl, who once pushed me round
Chorus 1
A
Its down to me
D B
The difference in the clothes she wears
F#m E
Down to me, the change has come
D A
She's under my thumb
(Aint it the truth babe
Under my thumb
A squirmin dog whos just had her day
under my thumb
a girl who has just changed her ways
chorus 2
its down to me (yes it is)
the way she does just what shes told
down to me
the change has come
shes under my thumb
Under my thumb
a siamese cat of a girl
under my thumb
shes the sweetest pet in the world
Chorus 3
its down to me
the way she talkes when shes spoken to
down to me
the change has come
shes under my thumb
intrumental
repeat chorus 3
under my thumb
her eyes are just kept to herself
under my thumb
well i, i can still look at someone else
repeat chorus 2
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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ben Average |
#1 by ben doherty at Jan 7, 1971 at 9:46 AM EST |
| I wouldn't get offended if a guy sang this to me, because this song just sounds incredible. Whoever he's singing about, the girl had them write a song about her. that's pretty cool if you ask me. | |
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Guitar Man Lead Player |
#2 by Guitar Man at May 10, 1971 at 11:27 PM EST |
| cool song thats for sure | |
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kewl Wanna Be |
#3 by kewl dude at Nov 28, 1972 at 6:09 AM EST |
| Beautiful song... the combination of the blues guitar and xylophone really show the genius behnid these guys... as for the lyrics..while a bit on the mysoginistic side, they do convey an in-your face attitude that I am sure a lot of us guys could relate to at one point in our lives. | |
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Lucas Average |
#4 by Lucas Gracia at Feb 27, 1973 at 8:38 PM EST |
| My boyfriend type guy said this song describes how he feels about me at this moment in time but I'm not so sure thats a good thing...? Whats he saying here? That he's got control over me, that I'm his little lap dog or something? Ahh so confused! | |
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chris the pirat Lead Player |
#5 by chris the pirate. arr at Jun 15, 1975 at 12:26 PM EST |
| Have to agree with with rollingstonesrock on this one, the melody is undeniablely cool. Never gets old. | |
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TonkpilS Average |
#6 by TonkpilS at Feb 9, 1989 at 1:24 AM EST |
| This song is absolutely brilliant. At a time where feminism was gaining strength, here comes Jones and Jagger and put out a song like this..well..the whole Aftermath album actually..just listen to Stupid Girl. The cynicism in this song just really does it for me...great song | |
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slapslappopslap Badass |
#7 by slapslappopslap at Jan 11, 1994 at 12:31 AM EST |
| To take another perspective - maybe its about drug abuse? A once out-of-control drug problem that's now under Mick's thumb ie. under control? Maybe this idea of having control, a girl or drug or whatever, can be applied to anything? Just an idea. | |
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Daniel Average |
#8 by Daniel Johnson at Nov 18, 1994 at 11:44 PM EST |
| Great song--originally titled "Under My Bum". Chrissie Shrimpton might be the woman's name you're looking for but what the hell do I know? I wasn't there. | |
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amy Average |
#9 by amy at Sep 8, 1995 at 10:02 PM EST |
| seems to me it's like this: boy likes girl, but she rejects him. once he stops, she suddenly realizes that she likes him back. so now he feels he can do what he likes with her, cause now she'll do anything for him. | |
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Christina Average |
#10 by Christina Anderson at Oct 20, 1996 at 6:52 PM EST |
| Meh i'm not going to get all political, its the same for everyone, someones got the upper hand some of the time and its his time, yeah its taking the piss, and the poor girl radiradirah. All that aside, I like the humour of it all, Its a great tune, almost sweet....I like the interpretation someone had about the drugs, cos that eould make sense too, almost liberating for the protragonist. Either way. lovely little tune! | |
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christian Average |
#11 by christian parnell at Feb 12, 1998 at 3:33 AM EST |
| Many feminest groups have opposed this song, ecpecally because of this line: "The way she talks when she's spoken to down to me." I personally don't see way it's so offending. Great song... | |
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Jer Average |
#12 by Jer at Nov 11, 1998 at 9:27 AM EST |
| The womans name was Anita, this song is about her | |
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† james † Average |
#13 by † james † at Jul 6, 2000 at 11:05 AM EST |
| yeah this song is a good one i love to dance to it, like a drunken fool although i'd hate to be the woman it was written about | |
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Alyssa Professional |
#14 by Alyssa at Dec 4, 2000 at 4:46 AM EST |
| Right, one more thing. About the last part of your comment. You'd think that the girl would be insulted and embarassed, not complimented, because it's not just him sitting back and laughing at her, it's him telling millions of people how he's taking advantage of you, and you're just going along with it. | |
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LJ Average |
#15 by LJ at Feb 22, 2002 at 1:29 AM EST |
| I like that kenba | |
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Kempy Lead Player |
#16 by Kempy at May 24, 2002 at 2:53 AM EST |
| "I wouldn't get offended if a guy sang this to me, because this song just sounds incredible. Whoever he's singing about, the girl had them write a song about her. that's pretty cool if you ask me." Shows how much self respect you have, subterranean summer. Put aside the fact the it's sounds "incredible", the guy has complete control over you, your doing everything he wants, and he's sitting back laughing at you. A few people here have said that this song isn't insulting because it sounds so good. Might I say, WHAY THE HELL? Just because it's got a good beat, that doesn't change the lyrics. And I'm not saying you should hate the song because of the lyrics, I'm just saying you shouldn't disregard them completely. | |
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Taylor Lead Player |
#17 by Taylor Dutton at Sep 5, 2003 at 1:18 PM EST |
| the melody of this song is beautiful! i love it | |
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devon Average |
#18 by devon at May 26, 2006 at 1:47 PM EST |
| it means he's got her whipped to do what he says, so probably not to good of a thing | |
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Bryant Wanna Be |
#19 by Bryant Matthews at Jun 20, 2007 at 6:13 PM EST |
| Probably the most self-assured, coolest song ever written. Not that I think this song is cool, but that this song KNOWS it's cool. It's cool in its being, in its playing, and in its very existance. The guitar knows it's cool. The keyboard knows it's cool. Mick knows he's cool. | |
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Steven Average |
#20 by Steven Daniel at Jul 2, 2007 at 8:37 AM EST |
| The womans name was, this song is about her | |
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