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Gettin Good At Bein Bad by Jeff Daniels
Gettin Good At Bein Bad
Capo:no capo
C D
I started out young, smoking cigarettes
F C
I was the Marlboro Man, ‘cause he was as good as it gets,
D F
He died of cancer with a lot of regrets but I kept right on smoking ‘cause I
C
didn’t.
C D F
Alcoholically speaking, I had nothing to fear, until one hot summer’s day I had
C
an ice cold beer.
D F C
Then I had me another, got a third right here—next thing I know there’s a drunk
in my mirror.
C D F C
Gettin’ good at bein’ bad, had me some trouble with the trouble I’ve had.
D F G7 C
Get so happy then I get so sad, gettin’ good at bein’ bad.
C D F C
Next I had me a puff of that marijuana, can’t say no when you know you wanna
D F
Turned my mind into mush like I was sittin’ in a sauna, contemplating the meaning
C
of Madonna
C D F
Next a friend of mine slipped me some LSD, “Here, swallow this, you won’t believe
C
what you see.”
D F C
Twenty minutes later I thought I was a tree and all of my leaves were laughing at
me.
C D F C
Gettin’ good at bein’ bad, had me some trouble with the trouble I’ve had.
C D F G7 C
Get so happy then I get so sad, gettin’ good at bein’ bad.
F Dm C
And those of you out there, cleaner than a whistle, straighter than an incoming
nuclear missile
F Dm C
You don’t imbibe, won’t partake, and think those who do make a big mistake.
F Dm C
You’re high and mighty, holier than thou, you’re lookin’ down your nose at what
I’m talking about.
F Dm G7
Go ahead, roll your eyes, refuse to listen, but between you and me you don’t know
C
what you’re missing
C D F
Well, the older I get the more pain I have to kill, so I went to my doctor, he
C
prescribed me some
pills.
D F C
“Take 22 tablets 12 times a day” – now pharmaceutically-speaking, I’m doing A-OK.
D F C
My TV told me that if I took Cialis, I could turn my bedroom into a sexual palace
C D F
Sure, enough, like wild horses you couldn’t corral us, I was the Marquis de Sade
and
C
She was Debbie doing Dallas.
C D F C
Gettin’ good at bein’ bad, had me some trouble with the trouble I’ve had.
D F G7 C
Get so happy then I get so sad, gettin’ good at bein’ bad.
C D F
Just this morning, got me a serious jones, made me quiver all over till it
C
rattled my bones.
D F C
Just when I thought I was out of luck, I looked up and seen me a Starbucks.
(Don’t think they ain’t lacing that shit with something.)
C D F C
Gettin’ good at bein’ bad, had me some trouble with the trouble I’ve had.
D F G7 C
Get so happy then I get so sad, gettin’ good at bein’ bad.
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