Good Man Chords

by Josh Ritter
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 4th fret
Author countervail [a] 190.
2 contributors total, last edit on Nov 19, 2019

Chords

C
Em
F
G

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[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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6 comments
schuss
This one sounds right on to me, except for the Em. After some tinkering, I landed on Am7, played without the A (5th) string, and it seems to fit a little better. Thanks for the tab! This is a fun song to play.
+4
jlawrence0723
Capo 2 D A G A (transpose +2)
+1
emil_ufa
correction: 0 -> 0 0 -> 4 4 -> 4 4 -> 4 2 -> 2 x -> x
+1