{"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":1854350,"song":"Good While It Lasted","artist":"Hayes Carll","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11411563-good-while-it-lasted-chords-by-hayes-carll/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1854350?type=chord","rating":4.7869,"votes":32,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI smoked my last cigarette, I drank my last drop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch] \r\nQuit doing all the things I swore I'd never stop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI changed my direction, I sang a different tune[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]     \r\nGave up all those childish ways that made me old too soon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThings were going good there for a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI tried to straighten out the crooked road that I was on[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nIt was good while it lasted but it didn't last too long[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI used to play down on Broadway, the same song every night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSinging for the tip jar underneath the neon light[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHad a good time with the women and the compliments were free[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI dreamed of something bigger but it just wasn't meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I was happy there for a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust like a desperado out searching for a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was good while it lasted but it didn't last too long[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNothing lasts forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nTime knows that it's true[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nBut sometimes a little while [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs the best that we can do[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou ended up beside me like some long forgotten dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou took my hand and showed me colors I had never seen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe both said forever, forever till the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut forever's something different to a lover and a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe thought we had it all there for a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust lIke that perfect moment 'tween the darkness and the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was good while it lasted but it didn't last too long[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch] \r\nOne thing I can tell you from this life that's come and gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was good while it lasted but it didn't last too long[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nIt was good while it lasted but it didn't last too long [/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","G","Am","F","Dm"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}