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Good Man Is Hard To Find by Sufjan Stevens
Good Man Is Hard To Find
There is one main chord progression that runs through out the song; it goes a little
something like this:
Capo 6:
Asus2 | C | G | D/F# | C | G | D/F#
Listen carefully to the recording to get the changes and timing correct. Also, he
embellishes the strumming with a number of seemingly random pull-offs that can be figured out
fairly easily but are difficult to transcribe.
During the doo doo parts their is a small melody played with your fingering pinky while
strumming/plucking the chords it is on the B string over the Asus2 and G chords as such:
B--3-2-0--| |--3-2-0--|
Asus2 | C | G | D/F# |
Additionally I'm doing this from memory without a guitar in hand, and if I'm correct the
C-G-D/F# part of the progression is omitted from this section of the song.
Note that the doo doo part is also played during the outro.
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version 2
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
**Capo on 4 (both electric and acoustic guitars)
**Time signature is 5/4
Acoustic chord progression for verses:
C#9 C#sus2 G#m
e|---------0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-4---4---4-4-4-4-4-|-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-|
F# E B
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|---------3-3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-3-3---3-|
G|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-0-0-0-2-|
D|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----x---x-x-x-x-x-|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----x---x-x-x-x-x-|-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|-----x---x-x-x-x---|
E|-2---2---2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------|-3---3---3-3-3-3---|
F#
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|---------3-3-3-3-3-|---------3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|-----2---2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----x---x-x-x-x-x-|-----x---x-x-x-x-x-|
E|-2---2---2-2-2-2-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-2-2-|
*****************************************************************
Acoustic chords under chorus:
C# G#m F# E
e|--0----0---------------|
B|--0----0----3----3-----|
G|--2----0----2----0-----|
D|--2----2----0----x-----|
A|--0----2----x----3-----|
E|-------0----2----------|
Electric guitar riff over chorus:
e|-----------------0h2-|-3---2-------------|
B|-------------0h3-----|---------3-0---0h3-|
G|---------0h2---------|-------------2-----|
D|-----0h2-------------|-------------------|
A|-0h2-----------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|
e|-----------------0h2-|-3---s5---s8-7-----|
B|-------------0h3-----|-------------------|
G|---------0h2---------|-------------------|
D|-----0h2-------------|-------------------|
A|-0h2-----------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------| repeat both twice, then...
e|---5--3--2h3-0-------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Notation Legend:
| s slide to
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| x dead note
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version 3
strike the bass note before each chord
Capo 4
Verse:
C#/A C/A Em D/F#
C G D/F#
C#/A C/A Em D/F#
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-0---------0-------------------3---------|
G|-2---------2---------0---------2-0h2-----|
D|-2-0h2-----2-0h2-----2---------0---------|
A|-4---------3---------2-0h2-----x---------|
E|---------------------0---------2---------|
C G D/F#
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-0---------0---------3-------3-----------|
G|-0---------0---------2--0h2--2--0h2------|
D|-2-0h2-----0---------0-------0-----------|
A|-3---------2-0h2-----x-------x-----------|
E|-----------3---------2-------2-----------|
Chorus:
Asus2 Em D#/F C
e|-0---0---0-------|
B|-0---0---3---1---|
G|-2---0---2---0---|
D|-2---2---0---2---|
A|-0---2---x---3---|
E|-----0---2-------|
Verse:
C#/A C/A Em
Once in the backyard,
D/F# C
she was once like me,
G D/F#
she was once like me.
C#/A C/A Em
Twice when I killed them,
D/F# C
they were once at peace,
G D/F#
they were once like me.
Verse:
C#/A C/A Em
Hold to your gun, man,
D/F# C
and put off all your peace,
G D/F#
put off all the beast.
C#/A C/A Em
Paid a full of these, I wait for it,
G C
but someone's once like me.
G D/F#
She was once like me.
Chorus:
bah-bah-bah x8
Asus2 Em D/F# C
Verse:
C#/A C/A Em
And I once was better.
D/F# C
I put off all my grief.
G D/F#
I put off all my grief.
C#/A C/A Em
And so I go to hell, I wait for it,
D/F# C
but someone's left me creased.
G D/F#
And she was once like me.
Chorus
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