{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1455282,"song":"Perfectly Good Guitar","artist":"John Hiatt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11259658-perfectly-good-guitar-chords-by-john-hiatt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1455282?type=chord","rating":4.83968,"votes":171,"content":"INTRO - Feeeeeedbaaaaccckkkk--\r\n\r\nHey---!\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell he threw one down from the top of the stairs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeautiful women were standing everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey all got wet when he smashed that thing [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut off in the dark you could hear somebody sing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh it breaks my heart to see those stars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmashing a perfectly good guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don't know who they think they are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmashing a perfectly good guitar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt started back in 1963[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis momma wouldn't buy him that new red harmony[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe settled for a sunburst with a crack[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he's still trying to break his momma's back[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh it breaks my heart to see those stars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmashing a perfectly good guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don't know who they think they are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmashing a perfectly good guitar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe loved that guitar just like a girlfriend[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut every good thing comes to an end[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow he just sits in his room all day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhistling every note he ever played[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere ought to be a law with no bail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSmash a guitar and you go to jail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith no chance for early parole[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou don't get out until you get some soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh it breaks my heart to see those stars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmashing a perfectly good guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don't know who they think they are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmashing a perfectly good guitar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLate at night the end of the road[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe wishes he still had that old guitar to hold[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'd rock it like a baby in his arms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever let it come to any harm[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh it breaks my heart to see those stars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmashing a perfectly good guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI don't know who they think they are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSmashing a perfectly good -- good -- guitar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"INTRO - Feeeeeedbaaaaccckkkk--\n\nHey---!\nAm Em G C D Em\nAm Em D G C D \n\nEm D Em D Em\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm D Em\nEm D Em\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm D Em\nEm D Em\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nAm Em G C D Em\nAm Em D G C D\n\n\nEm D Em\nEm D Em\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm D Em\nEm D Em\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm D Em\nEm D Em\nEm D Em\nEm D Em","chords":["Am","Em","G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}