{"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":1709204,"song":"Make Good Choices","artist":"Sean Nelson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11360082-make-good-choices-chords-by-sean-nelson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1709204?type=chord","rating":4.93888,"votes":4,"content":"this is mostly just what the bass is doing, it works just fine as chords to play this unplugged-style. the\r\npersistent choppy guitar is mostly just \r\n\r\n5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7\r\n5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5\r\nx x x x x x x x\r\nx x x x x x x x\r\nx x x x x x x x\r\nx x x x x x x x\r\n\r\nbut i don't know that there's much way to work that in if you're not playing on top of a bassline so i just\r\nleft them out. The D# just before the chorus is just a passing tone so you could easily leave it out\r\ncompletely; if you do play it, rather than barring it to play it properly I just slide up from D for xxx343\r\nand then play the Em of the chorus as xxx453. It's got closer to the right sound anyway.\r\n\r\nIntro/Verse:\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI promise everything's alright, it's just I think of you sometimes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI like to stay up after midnight and listen for the chimes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe used to hear...so loud and clear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nBut I haven't heard that song in years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    A wise old man was once heard to say[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n\"The things that always cause us the most pain\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Are those from which we are always[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe least prepared to walk away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat's probably why I had you on the brain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhen I learned I couldn't count on you when I was my most desperate[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen nothing that you said was true, and breaking down my es-[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\np-rit des corps (...) was your most beloved chore[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nStill I couldn't close the iron door\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI saved a little face; it was a fool's economy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt ended in disgrace, screaming \"get the hell away from me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI put you in your place. I knew you wouldn't stay there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nBut you had such vulgar taste, you even had the gall to ask for car fare[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   I thought of calling you up yesterday,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd then I came rushing back to my good senses\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   It was all I could do just to obey:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   I started hearing voices warning me to make good choices[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nSolo break (if you keep it at all, which if you're playing by yourself, I wouldn't)/Verse 3:\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI saw your shadow play and thought \"What kind of farce is this?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut what I said was \"a dying breed.\" Your smile was disarming[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause nothing is more charming than a narcissist with whom you've just agreed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D#[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMake good choices, thank you very much indeed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus 3:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    I used to dream of you nightly; I would wake up screaming[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   I'll try to put it politely: when you're not near my heart rejoices. Don't come near me, make good choices.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    Your face was perfectly straight; you said that, \"Basically,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMost people hate their friends,\" and I say it depends- I have so much, so much I want to tell you,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n    And nowhere to begin.[/tab]","plain_text":"this is mostly just what the bass is doing, it works just fine as chords to play this unplugged-style. the\npersistent choppy guitar is mostly just \n\n5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7\n5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5\nx x x x x x x x\nx x x x x x x x\nx x x x x x x x\nx x x x x x x x\n\nbut i don't know that there's much way to work that in if you're not playing on top of a bassline so i just\nleft them out. The D# just before the chorus is just a passing tone so you could easily leave it out\ncompletely; if you do play it, rather than barring it to play it properly I just slide up from D for xxx343\nand then play the Em of the chorus as xxx453. It's got closer to the right sound anyway.\n\nIntro/Verse:\n\nG Bm Em Am C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n \n\"The things that always cause us the most pain\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStill I couldn't close the iron door\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 2:\n\n\n\n\nAnd then I came rushing back to my good senses\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolo break (if you keep it at all, which if you're playing by yourself, I wouldn't)/Verse 3:\n\n\nG Bm Em Am C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 3:","chords":["D","Em","G","Bm","Am","C","D#","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}