{"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":352581,"song":"Pretty Good Day","artist":"Loudon Wainwright III","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11555188-pretty-good-day-chords-by-loudon-wainwright-iii/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/352581?type=chord","rating":4.70884,"votes":18,"content":"Tuning: Standard EADGBe\r\n\r\nThis is a beautiful and meaningful song with a fairly simple guitar part. He strums\r\nthe D and Bm chords with alternating bass notes, it's simple to figure out but I'll\r\ntab it anyway.\r\n\r\nDo it like this:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\ne|---2--2-2---2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2-|\r\nB|---3--3-3---3--3-3----3--3-3----3--3-3----3--3-3----3--3-3----3--3-3-|\r\nG|---2--2-2---2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----4--4-4----4--4-4----4--4-4-|\r\nD|-0----0-0------0-0--0----0-0-------0-0----4--4-4----4--4-4----4--4-4-|\r\nA|----------0-------------------0---------2----2-2-------2-2--2----2-2-|\r\nE|--------------------------------------------------2------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\ne|---2--2-2-----3--3-3----3--3-3----3--3-3----3--3-3-----0--0-0----0--0-0-|\r\nB|---3--3-3-----3--3-3----3--3-3----3--3-3----3--3-3-----2--2-2----2--2-2-|\r\nG|---4--4-4-----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0-0-----2--2-2----2--2-2-|\r\nD|---4--4-4-----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0-0---2----2-2--4----2-2-|\r\nA|------2-2-----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----------------------|\r\nE|-2----------3----3-3--3----3-3--3----3-3--3----3-3----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---0--0-0----0--0-0-|\r\nB|---2--2-2----2--2-2-|\r\nG|---2--2-2----2--2-2-|  Then back to G - repeats through the whole song\r\nD|-5----2-2--2----2-2-|\r\nA|--------------------|\r\nE|--------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verses]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI slept through the night, I got through to the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI flipped a switch and the light went on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got out of bed and I put some clothes on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas a pretty good day so far[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI turned the tap, there was cold, there was hot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI put on my coat to go to the shop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI stepped outside, and I didn't get shot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas a pretty good day so far[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI didn't hear any sirens or explosions[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNo mortars coming in from those heavy guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo UN tanks, I didn't see one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a pretty good day so far[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo snipers in windows, taking a peek[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNo people panicked, running scared through the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI didn't see any bodies without arms, legs, or feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a pretty good day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was plasma, bandages and electricity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFood, wood and water, and the air was smoke-free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo camera crews from ITV[/tab]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n(Instrumental)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was all such a strange sight to behold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNobody was frightened, wounded, hungry or cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the children seemed normal, they didn't look old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\npretty good day so far[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked through a park,  you would not believe it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThere in the park, there were a few trees left[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nand on some branches, there were a few leaves[/tab]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI slept through the night, I got through to the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI flipped a switch and the light went on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wrote down my dream, I made it this song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas a pretty good day so far[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning: Standard EADGBe\n\nThis is a beautiful and meaningful song with a fairly simple guitar part. He strums\nthe D and Bm chords with alternating bass notes, it's simple to figure out but I'll\ntab it anyway.\n\nDo it like this:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nD  Bm  G  A\n\n[Verses]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA\n\n(Instrumental)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA","chords":["D","Bm","B","G","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}