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Tom Waits "A good man is hard to find" From "Blood Money"
e:---D2----A70----D72----G72----E70----B72----Em0----G60----|
B:---3----2----1----0----3----0----0----0----|
G:---2----0----2----0----1----2----0----0----|
D:---0----2----0----0----0----1----2----0----|
A:--------0---------x----2----2----2----x----|
E:------------------3----0---------0----3----|
e:D----2-----2-----2-----2:A7----0-----0-----0-----0:    
B:----3-----3-----3-----3:----2-----2-----2-----2:     
G:----2-----2-----2-----2:----0-----0-----0-----0:     
D:-0-----------0---------:-2-----------2---------:
A:-------0-----------0---:-------0-----------0---:
E:-----------------------:-----------------------:
DI always play Russian RouA7lette in my head
Seventeen black or Dtwenty-nine red
How far from the D7gutter
How G7far from the pew
I'll E7always remember to forA7get about you
DA good man is hard to B7find
EmOnly strangers sleep in my A7bed
and Dmy favorite words are good-B7bye
and my Emfavorite A7color is reDd
A long dead soldier looks A7out 
from the frame
no one remembers his war no one
reDmembers his name
Go out to the D7meadow
G7Scare off all the crowG6s
It E7does nothing but rain here
   A7nothing will grow
DA good man is hard to B7find
Only Emstrangers sleep in my A7bed
and Dmy favorite words are good-B7bye
and Emmy favorite A7color is
Emmy favorite A7color is
Emmy favorite A7color is Dred

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A Good Man Is Hard To Find

by Tom Waits

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Tom Waits "A good man is hard to find" From "Blood Money"

D A7 D7 G7 E7 B7 Em G6

e:---2----0----2----2----0----2----0----0----|

B:---3----2----1----0----3----0----0----0----|

G:---2----0----2----0----1----2----0----0----|

D:---0----2----0----0----0----1----2----0----|

A:--------0---------x----2----2----2----x----|

E:------------------3----0---------0----3----|

D A7

e:----2-----2-----2-----2:----0-----0-----0-----0:

B:----3-----3-----3-----3:----2-----2-----2-----2:

G:----2-----2-----2-----2:----0-----0-----0-----0:

D:-0-----------0---------:-2-----------2---------:

A:-------0-----------0---:-------0-----------0---:

E:-----------------------:-----------------------:

D A7

I always play Russian Roulette in my head

Seventeen black or twenty-nine red

How far from the gutter

How far from the pew

E7 A7

I'll always remember to forget about you

D B7

A good man is hard to find

Em A7

Only strangers sleep in my bed

D B7

and my favorite words are good-bye

Em A7 D

and my favorite color is red

A long dead soldier looks out

from the frame

no one remembers his war no one

remembers his name

Go out to the meadow

G7 G6

Scare off all the crows

It does nothing but rain here

nothing will grow

D B7

A good man is hard to find

Em A7

Only strangers sleep in my bed

D B7

and my favorite words are good-bye

Em A7

and my favorite color is

Em A7

my favorite color is

Em A7 D

my favorite color is red

About A Good Man Is Hard To Find Chords by Tom Waits

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