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The Good Fight
By: Jimmy Buffett & J.D. Souther
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
 E|---Esus4|---|---|---  E|---|-XBm7-|---|---
 B|---|---|---|---  B|---|---|-X-|---
 G|---|-X-|---|---  G|---|-X-|---|---
 D|---|-X-|---|---  D|---|---|---|-X-
 A|---|-X-|---|---  A|---|---|---|---
 E|---|---|---|---  E|---|---|---|---
[Intro]
A     D     Esus4      E      A
A     D     Esus4      E      A
AThey talk about their women too mDuch
Esus4The women got 'em Eso confusedA  
They don't talk about their lives as sDuch
My life Esus4is all I Egot to loseA  
You take it with a grain of sDalt
And Esus4laugh at the coEmplexitiesA  
They're good at pickin' all the faDults
I keep lEsus4aughin' so they dEon't pick meA  
[Chorus]
     JDesus if I Ahad to quit Etonight
     I'd Dnever know if I Awas wrong Eor right
     But tDhat's just wAhat you get
     YEou got to go the dBm7istanceA  E  
     If you want to fight a Agood fightD  
     A E7Good fiAght
     Keep it up and keep a good fightD  
     A E7Good FightA  
The Atelephone begins to Dring
ThEsus4at could only bEe one cAall
I might as well be on the Dmoon
Or Esus4standin' in my sEhower Astall
Can't believe she picked it Dup
She dEsus4idn't know the rEules soAmehow
Then I hear her say heDllo (hello)
PaEsus4nic in the Egrey room Anow
[Chorus]
     JDesus if I Ahad to quit Etonight
     She'd Dnever know if I Awas wrong Eor right
     But tDhat's just wAhat you get
     YEou got to go the dBm7istanceA  E  
     If you want to fight a Agood fightD  
     A E7Good fiAght
     Keep it up and keep a good fightD  
     A E7Good FightA  
[Instrumental]
You nAever know until you Dtry
It's Esus4hard to see the sEide you're Aon
Some people say I'm halfway Dhere
Some Esus4people say I'm haElfway gAone
[Chorus]
     JEesus if I Bhad to quit F#tonight
     I'd Enever know if I Bwas wrong F#or right
     But tEhat's just wBhat you get
     YF#ou got to go the dC#m7istanceB  F#  
     If you want to fight a Bgood fightE  
     A F#7Good fiBght
     Keep it up and keep a good fightE  
     A F#7Good FightB  
Ending(repeat and fade)     
All I want is just a good fight
GF#7ood figBht
Yes it's got to be a good fightE  
F#7Good figBht 

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The Good Fight

by Jimmy Buffett

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Esus4

Bm7

C#m7

F#7

The Good Fight

By: Jimmy Buffett & J.D. Souther

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

Esus4 Bm7

E|---|---|---|--- E|---|-X-|---|---

B|---|---|---|--- B|---|---|-X-|---

G|---|-X-|---|--- G|---|-X-|---|---

D|---|-X-|---|--- D|---|---|---|-X-

A|---|-X-|---|--- A|---|---|---|---

E|---|---|---|--- E|---|---|---|---

[Intro]

A D Esus4 E A

A D

They talk about their women too much

Esus4 E A

The women got 'em so confused

They don't talk about their lives as such

Esus4 E A

My life is all I got to lose

You take it with a grain of salt

Esus4 E A

And laugh at the complexities

They're good at pickin' all the faults

Esus4 E A

I keep laughin' so they don't pick me

[Chorus]

D A E

Jesus if I had to quit tonight

D A E

I'd never know if I was wrong or right

D A

But that's just what you get

E Bm7 A E

You got to go the distance

A D

If you want to fight a good fight

E7 A

A Good fight

Keep it up and keep a good fight

E7 A

A Good Fight

A D

The telephone begins to ring

Esus4 E A

That could only be one call

I might as well be on the moon

Esus4 E A

Or standin' in my shower stall

Can't believe she picked it up

Esus4 E A

She didn't know the rules somehow

Then I hear her say hello (hello)

Esus4 E A

Panic in the grey room now

[Chorus]

D A E

Jesus if I had to quit tonight

D A E

She'd never know if I was wrong or right

D A

But that's just what you get

E Bm7 A E

You got to go the distance

A D

If you want to fight a good fight

E7 A

A Good fight

Keep it up and keep a good fight

E7 A

A Good Fight

[Instrumental]

A D

You never know until you try

Esus4 E A

It's hard to see the side you're on

Some people say I'm halfway here

Esus4 E A

Some people say I'm halfway gone

[Chorus]

E B F#

Jesus if I had to quit tonight

E B F#

I'd never know if I was wrong or right

E B

But that's just what you get

F# C#m7 B F#

You got to go the distance

B E

If you want to fight a good fight

F#7 B

A Good fight

Keep it up and keep a good fight

F#7 B

A Good Fight

Ending

(repeat and fade)

All I want is just a good fight

F#7 B

Good fight

Yes it's got to be a good fight

F#7 B

Good fight

About The Good Fight Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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