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Good Man by Josh Ritter
Good Man
Capo:no capo
Intro: E G#m A B
E B A A
E
Verse:
E B
These chords are old but we shake hands
A B
Cause I believe that they're the good guys
We can use all the help we can
So many minor chords outside
I fell in love with the sound
Oh I love to sing along with you
We got tunes we kicked around
We got a bucket that the tunes go through
E G#m A
Babe we both had dry spells
B E
Hard times in bad lands
B A
I'm a good man for ya
A
I'm a good man
E B A A x2
Verse
Last night there was a horse in the road
I was twisting in the hairpin
My hands held on my mind let go
And back to you my heart went skipping
I found the inside of the road
Thought about the first time that I met you
All those glances that we stole
Sometimes if you want them then you've got to
Babe we both had dry spells
Hard times in bad lands
I'm a good man for ya
I'm a good man
E B A A x4
They shot a Western south of here
They had him cornered in a canyon
And even his horse had disappeared
They said it got run down by a bad bad man
You're not a good shot but I'm worse
And there's so much where we ain't been yet
So swing up on this little horse
The only thing we'll hit is sunset
Babe we both had dry spells
Hard times in bad lands
I'm a good man for ya
I'm a good man
E B A x4
Babe we both had....
Hard times in bad lands
I'm a good man for ya
I'm a good man
End on E
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:4th fret
[Intro]
| C | Em F | G | Em G |
| F | F | C | C |
[Verse 1]
C G
These chords are old but we shake hands
F G
Cause I believe that they're the good guys
C G
We can use all the help we can
F G
So many minor chords outside
C G
I fell in love with the sound
F G
Oh I love to sing along with you
C G
We got tunes we kicked around, some
F G
We got a bucket that the tunes go through
[Chorus]
C Em F
Babe, we both had dry spells
G C
Hard times in bad lands
G F F
I'm a good man, for ya.... I'm a good man
[Post-Chorus]
C G F F x2
[Verse 2]
C G
Last night there was a horse in the road
F G
I was twisting in the hairpin
C G
My hands held on my mind let go
F G
And back to you my heart went skipping
C G
I found the inside of the road
F G
Thought about the first time that I met you
C G
All those glances that we stole, sometimes
F G
If you want them then you've got to
[Chorus]
C Em F
Babe, we both had dry spells
G C
Hard times in bad lands
G F F
I'm a good man, for ya.... I'm a good man
[Post-Chorus]
C G F F x4
[Verse 3]
C G
They shot a Western south of here
F G
They had him cornered in a canyon
C G
And even his horse had disappeared
F G
They said it got run down by a bad bad man
C G
You're not a good shot but I'm worse
F G
And there's so much where we ain't been yet
C G
So swing up on this little horse
F G
The only thing we'll hit is sunset
[Chorus]
C Em F
Babe, we both had dry spells
G C
Hard times in bad lands
G F F
I'm a good man, for ya.... I'm a good man
[Bridge]
C F
Babe, we both had
C F
Babe, we both had Baby, we both had
C F
Babe, we both had You and I both have
C F
Babe we both had Baby, we both had
[Chorus]
C Em F
Babe, we both had dry spells
G C
Hard times in bad lands
G F F
I'm a good man, for ya.... I'm a good man
[Outro]
C
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version 3
Capo:2nd fret
standard tuning; Live shows: usually Capo II
E B A
e| 0 0 0
B| 0 0 0
G| 9 9 x
D| 9 9 7
A| 11 9 7
E| 0 11 9
Solo intro: E, B-A-B, B. E-B-A, A, E.
Band's Intro: E, G#m-A-B. E-B*-A, A, E.
(In band intro, G#m=466400, A=577600, B=799800)
Verse:
E B
These chords are old but we shake hands
A B
'Cause I believe that they're the good guys
We can use all the help we can,
So many minor chords outside
I fell in love with the sound,
Oh I love to sing along with you
We got tunes we kicked around,
We got a bucket that the tunes come through
Chorus:
E B - A - B
Babe we both had dry spells, hard times in bad
E - B - A A
Lands I'm a good man for ya, I'm a good man
E-B-A, A
E B
Last night there was a horse in the road
A B
I was twisting in the hairpin
My hands held on my mind let go
And back to you my heart went skipping
I found the inside of the road
Thought about the first time that I met you
All those glances that we stole
Sometimes if you want them then you've got to
Chorus/instrumental
E B
They shot a Western south of here
A B
They had him cornered in a canyon
And even his horse had disappeared
They said it got run down by a bad, bad man
You're not a good shot but I'm worse
And there's so much where we ain't been yet
So swing up on this little horse
The only thing we'll hit is sunset
Chorus/ instrumental
Repeat chorus, repeat "I'm a good man" several times
End E
Alternate (easier) progressions I came up with:
E=022100 or 079900, B=024400 or 069900*, A=042200
(* this alt. B fingering is played only after using the high-fretted E; use
024400 after every A chord). Regardless of which way you play, your index
finger does a lot of string mashing!
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version 4
Capo:no capo
only three chords, no capo, standard tuning.
E (0,12,9,9,0,0)
B(add4)(12,9,9,x,0,0)
A(add9)(9,7,7,x,0,0)
E B(add4)
These chords are old but we shake hands
A(add9) B(add4)
'Cause I believe that they're the good guys
E B(add4)
We can use all the help we can
A(add9) B(add4)
So many minor chords outside
E B(add4)
I fell in love with the sound
A(add9) B(add4)
Oh I love to sing a-long with you
E B(add4)
We got tunes we kicked a round some
A(add9) B(add4)
We got a bucket that the tunes go through
E B(add4) A(add9)
Babe we both had dry spells,
B(add4) E
hard times in bad lands
B(add4) A(add9)
I'm a good man, for ya,
I'm a good man
E | B(add4) | A(add9) | B(add4)
E | B(add4) | A(add9) | B(add4)
V.2
Last night there was a horse in the road
I was twisting in the hairpin
My hands held on my mind let go
And back to you my heart went skipping
I found the inside of the road
Thought about the first time that I met you
All those glances that we stole
Sometimes, if you want them then you've got to
V.3
They shot a Western south of here
They had him cornered in a canyon
And even his horse had disappeared
They said it got run down by a bad, bad man
You're not a good shot but I'm worse
And there's so much where we ain't been yet
So swing up on this little horse
The only thing we'll hit is sunset
Babe we both had dry spells,
hard times in bad lands
I'm a good man
for ya, I'm a good man
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