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Good Enough For Granddad

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			Good Enough For Granddad
			the Squirrel Nut Zippers
Chords from left->right = bass string->"soprano" string :-)
466444: G#m/G#
335353: C7/G  
224242: B7/F#  
x65640: Eb7  
464544: G#7  
x46464: C#7  
242322: F#7  
x24242: B7  
x21202: alternate B7  
020102: E7add9
x02022: A7add6
x2102x: B9aug5
076750: E7  
020122: "E7maj7min7add9" :-)
076770: E7add9*
575655: A7  
686766: A#7  
797877: B7*
x02022: A7add6
"Intro" part (repeat four times, bass last two times)
|   E7  G#m/ G#| C7/ G  B7/ F#| (bassline notes, double up:  E   G#   G  F#)
Play twice: (call it "Verse A" except for the Intro at the end)
|  E7|  Eb7|  G#7|  G#7|  C#7|  F#7   B7| Intro Once |
Play Once: (call it "Verse B")
| E7add9 | E7add9 | A7add6 | A7add6 | F#(7?) | F#(7?) |  B7|  B7|
                                                ^^^^^^
                                     (doubled bass notes  B   C#   D   D#|
Verse A again:
|  E7|  Eb7|  G#7|  G#7|  C#7|  F#7   B7| Intro Twice |
Verse A twice with singing:
|                      E7|           Eb7| G#7|    |
If it's good enough for granddad it's good enough for me
|                  C#7|      F#7        B7|
Way it was that's the way it's got to be
|                   E7|Eb7  
Told me all about the good times that he had
| G#7|                   |        C#7|     F#7          B7|
Even when the times were sad ... was good enough for granddad.
"Intro once", then
|E7add9              |                  |A7add6              |
Been to all kinds of places ... been to every old foreign land
        |      F#7|             |                  B7|      |
Ain't a man alive sure can jive better than granddad can
|     E7|                  Eb7|        G#7|              |C#7  
All the good times that he had they were good enough for granddad,
        |      F#7       B7|
they're good enough for me
(horn solo, Verse A under it, one "intro" at end)
Play Verse B for this:
Been to all kinds of places ... been to every old foreign land
Ain't a man alive sure can jive better than granddad can
Play Verse A:
All the good times that he had even when the times was sad
they was good enough for granddad.
Bridge:
|  A7|  A#7| B7* | B7* |  F#7|  F#7| B9aug5 | B9aug5 |
(yeah dad!)
Verse A:
All the good times that he had they were good enough for granddad
they're good enough for me
Play Intro 3 times, and then the ending which is something like
---2-3-4----------               ---2-3-4-----------|
------------------               -------------------|
---2-3-4---1-2-3-4               ---2-3-4-----------|
------------------       OR:     -------------------|
------------------               -------------0-1-2-|
------------------               -----------4-------|
Then the ending strum which is something like Emaj7min7add9 or simply E7add9.

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Good Enough For Granddad

by Squirrel Nut Zippers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Eb7

G#7

C#7

F#7

A#7

G#m

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Good Enough For Granddad

the Squirrel Nut Zippers

Chords from left->right = bass string->"soprano" string :-)

466444: G#m/G#

C7 G

335353: /

B7 F#

224242: /

Eb7

x65640:

G#7

464544:

C#7

x46464:

F#7

242322:

x24242:

x21202: alternate

020102: E7add9

x02022: A7add6

x2102x: B9aug5

076750:

020122: "E7maj7min7add9" :-)

076770: E7add9*

575655:

A#7

686766:

797877: *

x02022: A7add6

"Intro" part (repeat four times, bass last two times)

E7 G#m G# C7 G B7 F# E G# G F#

| / | / / | (bassline notes, double up: )

Play twice: (call it "Verse A" except for the Intro at the end)

E7 Eb7 G#7 G#7 C#7 F#7 B7

Play Once: (call it "Verse B")

F# F# B7 B7

^^^^^^

B C# D D#

(doubled bass notes |

Verse A again:

E7 Eb7 G#7 G#7 C#7 F#7 B7

Verse A twice with singing:

E7 Eb7 G#7

| | | | |

If it's good enough for granddad it's good enough for me

C#7 F#7 B7

| | |

Way it was that's the way it's got to be

E7 Eb7

| |

Told me all about the good times that he had

G#7 C#7 F#7 B7

| | | | |

Even when the times were sad ... was good enough for granddad.

"Intro once", then

|E7add9 | |A7add6 |

Been to all kinds of places ... been to every old foreign land

F#7 B7

| | | | |

Ain't a man alive sure can jive better than granddad can

E7 Eb7 G#7 C#7

| | | | |

All the good times that he had they were good enough for granddad,

F#7 B7

| |

they're good enough for me

(horn solo, Verse A under it, one "intro" at end)

Play Verse B for this:

Been to all kinds of places ... been to every old foreign land

Ain't a man alive sure can jive better than granddad can

Play Verse A:

All the good times that he had even when the times was sad

they was good enough for granddad.

Bridge:

A7 A#7 B7 B7 F#7 F#7

| | | * | * | | | B9aug5 | B9aug5 |

(yeah dad!)

Verse :

All the good times that he had they were good enough for granddad

they're good enough for me

Play Intro 3 times, and then the ending which is something like

---2-3-4---------- ---2-3-4-----------|

------------------ -------------------|

---2-3-4---1-2-3-4 ---2-3-4-----------|

------------------ OR: -------------------|

------------------ -------------0-1-2-|

------------------ -----------4-------|

Then the ending strum which is something like Emaj7min7add9 or simply E7add9.

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