Bob Dylan - What good am i
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Tuning: G C E A
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What Good Am I? - Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan Tabbed by: maguri
From: "Oh Mercy" (1989) Tuning: Standard
[Chords]
g-C-E-A
C#m 1-4-4-4
G#m 1-3-4-2
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[Intro]
| A E | A E | E A | E |
[Verse 1]
E A | E A | E |
What good am I if I'm like all the rest?
E A | E A | E |
If I just turn away, when I see how you're dressed
C#m | G#m | % |
If I shut myself off so, I can't hear you cry
A E A | E A | E |
What good am I?
[Verse 2]
A E A | E A | E |
What good am I if I know and don't do?
E A | E A | E |
If I see and don't say, if I look right through you
C#m | G#m | % |
If I turn a deaf ear, to the thundering sky
A E A | E A | E |
What good am I?
[Verse]
A E A | E A | E |
What good am I while you softly weep?
E A | E A | E |
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep
C#m | G#m | % |
And I freeze in the moment, like the rest who don't try
A E A | E A | E |
What good am I?
[Middle 8]
What C#mgood am I then, to others and me?
If I've C#mhad every chance, and yet G#mstill fail to see?
If C#mmy hands are tied, must I not wonder within
C#m G#m | F#m | % |
Who tied them and why and where must I have been?
[Verse]
E A | E A | E |
What good am I if I say foolish things?
E A | E A | E |
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings
C#m | G#m | % |
And I just turn my back, while you silently die
A E A | E A | E |
What good am I?
[Verse] instrumental
2/4
| E | A | E A | E |
2/4
| E | A | E A | E |
2/4
| C#m | C#m | G#m | % |
2/4
| A E | A | E A |
[Coda]
| E A |
| E A |
| E A | E A | E
(freely)