The Good Life - Album of The Year This is my first shot at this song but I think it is pretty close. This is the B Chord he uses in the song e---0--- b---3--- g---0--- d---0--- a---2--- E------- Intro e--------------------------------------------------- b---1--------------1-------------------------------- g---2--------------2-------------------------------- x4 d---2--------------2-------------------------------- a---0--------2-----0---------2---------------------- E---------3---------------3------------------------- just listen for the correct rhythm Verse: Dmin Gadd9 C G7 intro x 2 The first time that I met her I was throwing up in the ladies room stall

^DminShe asked me if I ^Gadd9needed anything; ^CI said, "I thi^G7nk I spilled my^Amin drink" And that's how it ^Gadd9started (or so I'd like to believe)...

intro x 2 Dmin Gadd9 C G7 intro x 2 She took me to her mother's house outside of town where the stars hang down

^DminShe said she'd nev^Gadd9er seen someone s^Co lost, I said I'd ^G7never felt so found ^Amin and then ^Gadd9I kissed her on the cheek... an^Dd so she kissed me on the mouth

intro x 2 Dmin Gadd9 C G7 intro x 2 The spring was poppin' daises up 'round rusted trunks and busted lawn chairs

^DminWe moved into a st^Gadd9udio in Council B^Cluffs to save a cou^G7ple bucks ^Amin Where the m^Gadd9ice came out at night, neighbors were screaming all the time

intro x 2 Dmin Gadd9 C G7 intro x 2 We'd make love in the afternoons to Chelsea Girls and Bachelor No. 2

^DminI'd play for her s^Gadd9ome songs I wrote^C, she'd joke and sa^G7y I'm shooting through the roo^Aminf I'd say, ^Gadd9"They're all for you, dear, I'll write the album of the year."

intro x 2 Chorus:

^DminAnd I know she loved me then,^Gadd9 I swear to God she did

^CIt was the way she'd^B bite my lower lip and p^Aminush her hips against ^Gadd9my hips

^Fand dig her nails so^Gadd9 deep into my skin.

intro x 4 Breakdown: Intro x 2 The first time that I met her I was convinced I had finally found the one A min She was convinced I was under the influence of all those drunken romantics

I was reading ^Gadd9Fante at the the time - I had bukowski on the mind

Intro x 2 Verse: Dmin Gadd9 C G7 intro x 2 She got a job at Jacob's serving cocktails to the local drunks

^DminAgainst her will. ^Gadd9I fit the the bill:^C I perched down at ^G7the end of the bar ^Amin Gadd9 intro x 2 She Said, "Space is not just a place for stars- I gave you an inch, you want a house with a yard

Chorus:

^DminAnd I know she^Gadd9 loved me once, but those days are done

^CShe used to call me e^Bveryday from a p^Aminay phone on her^Gadd9 break for lunch ^Fjust to say sh^Gadd9e can't wait to come home

Bridge: C G7 Amin F C G7 intro x 4 Verse: Dmin Gadd9 C G7 intro x 2 The last time that I saw her she was picking through which records were hers

^DminHer clothes were p^Gadd9acked in boxes, wit^Ch some pots and pan^G7s and books and a toast^Aminer ^Gadd9Just then a mouse scurried across the floor

Outro:

^Cwe just started laughing 'til it didn't hurt ^G7we just started laughing 'til it didn't hurt

^Aminwe just started laughing 'til it didn't hurt ^Fwe just started laughing 'til it didn't hurt

The Good Life - Album of the year