good man – – josh ritter
“animal years” recording : standard tuning; live shows : usually capo ii
i tabbed this version from numerous youtube live videos , which clearly show
ritter’s use of simple , high – necked chords that let the open E & B strings
ring ( contrary to other submittals for this song ) . easier alternative chords
for a fuller sound can be found at the bottom of the page . enjoy!
E B A
E | 0 0 0
B | 0 0 0
G | 9 9
xd | 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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