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Song: A Good Idea At The Time
Tuning: Standard
Intro: 
A    A
A    D  A
A    D  A
Verse 1:
ATrue about my taste; tDrue about my weAalth.
AThe thing about St. Petersburg:
I was nDever there mysAelf, so come oDn. AYeah, come on.A  C  D  
AnasAtasia might have cried all night, I coDuldn't say mysAelf,
So come Don, Ayeah, come on.A  C  D  
Pre-Chorus:
I Bmappreciate your couFrtesy,
Your wAell-learned polF#itesse,
But Bmyou got yourself iFnto your own mAess.
Chorus:
You know the dBmemon's in the desFign:
A good idGea at the time.D  A  
Seemed lAike Ca good Didea at the time.D  A  
Yeah, seemed lAike Ca good Didea at the time.A  D  A  
Verse 2: (Same as Verse 1)
Now Ahow it all went down, Donly Pilate knAows.
AAll I ever asked of him is wDhen the bars would cAlose.
So come DonA, yeah, come on.A  C  D  
Pre-Chorus:
I Bmappreciate your couFrtesy,
Your wAell-learned polF#itesse,
But Bmyou got yourself iFnto your own mAess.
Chorus:
You know the dBmemon's in the desFign:
A good idGea at the time.D  A  
Yeah, seemed lAike Ca good Didea at the time.D  A  
Oh, seemed lAike Ca good Didea at the time.F  
Ha, yeaEh, oh, at the tFime
ENow what you gonna do about it?
C  Am   Am C D
C  Am   Am C Am
C  Am   Am C D
C       E
A       D A
Verse 3: (Same as Verse 1)
Now, it's tArue about my wealth, and tDrue about my tAaste,
But yAou don't need no help from me,
You'll lDay yourself to wAaste.
So come on.
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Chorus
...
Oh, seemed like a good idea,D  
Seemed like a gooFd idea at the time.A  E  
Repeat chords of chorus

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A Good Idea At The Time

by OK Go

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Song: A Good Idea At The Time

Tuning: Standard

Intro:

A A

A D A

Verse 1:

A D A

True about my taste; true about my wealth.

The thing about St. Petersburg:

D A D A A C D

I was never there myself, so come on. Yeah, come on.

A D A

Anastasia might have cried all night, I couldn't say myself,

D A A C D

So come on, yeah, come on.

Pre-Chorus:

Bm F

I appreciate your courtesy,

A F#

Your well-learned politesse,

Bm F A

But you got yourself into your own mess.

Chorus:

Bm F

You know the demon's in the design:

G D A

A good idea at the time.

A C D D A

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

A C D A D A

Yeah, seemed like a good idea at the time.

Verse 2: (Same as Verse 1)

A D A

Now how it all went down, only Pilate knows.

A D A

All I ever asked of him is when the bars would close.

D A A C D

So come on, yeah, come on.

Pre-Chorus:

Bm F

I appreciate your courtesy,

A F#

Your well-learned politesse,

Bm F A

But you got yourself into your own mess.

Chorus:

Bm F

You know the demon's in the design:

G D A

A good idea at the time.

A C D D A

Yeah, seemed like a good idea at the time.

A C D F

Oh, seemed like a good idea at the time.

E F

Ha, yeah, oh, at the time

Now what you gonna do about it?

C Am Am C D

C Am Am C Am

C Am Am C D

C E

A D A

Verse 3: (Same as Verse 1)

A D A

Now, it's true about my wealth, and true about my taste,

But you don't need no help from me,

D A

You'll lay yourself to waste.

So come on.

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Chorus

...

Oh, seemed like a good idea,

F A E

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Repeat chords of chorus

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