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A Good Thing

Gino Vannelli
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D-DU-UDU
 Ain’t no man  of higher  education
 
 I am nothing in the way of wit
 Ain’t no poster  child
+5/ +9+11 +9+11
 for the age of information
   ,9 ,-9
 But I know a good thing
  when I see it
 I know a good thing!
 Ain’t too big  on old  time  religion
 
 I keep the faith the way I see it
 Indeed some  might say
/ +9+11 +9+11
 I’m a man gone to per dition
   ,9 ,-9
 maybe so, but I know a good thing
 when I see it
 I know a good thing!!!.....
 Don’t need no weather  man to tell  me when
 he sun  is shining
  / -9
 No GPS, no gyrocompass, best guess west
 Is where it sets  tonight
  Don’t need no dotted line, no print too fine
 I’m more  of the mind
  +5+9 -9
 To read the man, shake his hand
 Let the cards land where they might
  +9/ /
 I know a good thing
  +11 +11
 A good thing
 
 I know a go-ood thii—ing!
 | |  |
 |  |  | +5/  |
 | +9+11 +9+11  |  |
 
 
 |  | +5/| / +9+5|
 |-9 +5 +5 +5|
 
 Do-o-o-n’t need no dotted line, no print too fine
 I’m more  of the mind
  +5+9 -9
 To read the man, shake his hand let the cards land where
 they might
  +9/ /
 I know a good thing ya!
  +11 +11
  A good thi—ii-ing!
   I know a good thi-i-i-ng
 
 She got eyes  like sapphire diamonds
 
 A set of legs that just won’t quit
 I didn’t  quite get her name
/ +5+11 +5+11
 But I hear wedding bells chimin
  +11
 Cause I know a good thing when I see it
 
  I  know  a good thing
 
 

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Readable chord sheet for A Good Thing by Gino Vannelli

[Em]    [A/E]                  [Em]   [A]   [Cm]         [E]

[Em]    [A/E]                  [Em]   [A]   [Cm]         [E]

[Em]    [A/E]                  [Em]   [A]   [Cm]         [E]

[Em]    [A/E]                  [Em]   [A]   [Cm]         [E]

[Em]     [A/E]                 [A/E]  [Em]  [Fm]         [E]

Ain’t no [C7]man of [B7]higher education    [Em]       [A/E]

     [C7+9]           [B7+9]     [Bb7-5]
I am nothing in the way of   wit

Ain’t no [Am7]poster child   [Bm7/A]

[Bb]+5/[Ab]    [Gmaj7]     [C#7]+9+11  [C7]+9+11  [G7+5]
for    the age         of information

      [C7+9]    [B7+9]        ,9 ,-9
But I know a good thing

 when I  see it [Em]       [A/E]                            [Em]                                 [A]                                     [Cm]                                                [E]

I know a good thing! [Em]       [A/E]                            [Em]                                 [A]                                     [Cm]                                                [E]

Ain’t too b[C7+9]ig    [C#7+9]      on o[C7+9]ld    t[B7+9]ime rel[Em]igion

           [C7+9]      [B7+9]   [Bb7-5]
I keep the faith the way I  see  it

Indeed [Am7]some might say [Bm7/A]

[Ebm]/[Ab]   [Gmaj7]      [C#7]+9+11    [C7]+9+11      [G7+5]
I’m a    man gone   to     per  dition

      [C7+9]                  [B7+9]   ,9 ,-9
maybe so, but I know a good thing

when I [Em]see [A/E]it                      [Em]                           [A]                               [Cm]                                          [E]

I know a good thing!![Em]!.....[A/E]                     [Em]                          [A]                              [F#]                                 [E]

[Fm7]    Don’t need no w[Gm6]eather man to t[Ab6]ell me when

he [Adim]sun     is     shining

   [Bbm7]    [Bbm7]/[Ab]      [G13]-9
No GPS, no gyrocompass, best guess west

Is where it [C7+5]sets tonight

[Fm7]                [Gm6]             [Ab6/9]
     Don’t need no dotted line, no print too fine

I’m [Adim]more of the mind

   [Bbm7]          [G7]+5+9    [G7+5]-9
To read the man, shake his hand

Let the cards land where they [C7+5]might

         [C#7]         [C#7+9]   [D7]+9/[C#]            [C#7+9]  [D7+9]/[C#]   [C7+5]
I know a good thing

            [B11]    [B13]+11      [B11]    [B13]+11   [G/F]
A good thing

                                        [Asus4]  [B]    [G]    [G]
I know a go-[Em]ood [A/E]thii—ing!               [F/E]                    [G/E]                         [Em]                             [Eb]                                [E]

[Fm]           [Em7/A]

|[C7]      [B7]  [Bb7-5]|[Em]         [A]               |

|[C7+9]     [B7+9]       |[Bb7-5]            |[Am7]         [Bm7/A]  [Bb]+5/[Ab] |

|[Gmaj7] [C#7]+9+11 [C7]+9+11      |[C7]         [B7+9]          |

    [Em]  [A/E]         [Em]   [A]   [Cm]         [E]

    [Em]  [A/E]         [Em]   [A]   [F#] [E]

|[Fm7]      [Gm6]       |[Ab6]     [C7+9]  [F]+5/[C]|[Bbm7]   [Bbm7]/[Ab] [G7]+9+5|

|[G7+5]-9   [Bbm7]+5 [Bm7]+5 [Cm7]+5|

  [Fm7]              [Gm6]             [Ab6/9]
Do-o-o-n’t need no dotted line, no print too fine

I’m [Adim]more of the mind

   [Bbm7]          [G7]+5+9    [G7+5]-9
To read the man, shake his hand let the cards land where

they [C7+5]might

         [C#7]         [C#7+9]   [D7]+9/[C#]              [C#7+9]  [D7+9]/[C#]   [C7+5]
I know a good thing         ya!

            [B11]    [B13]+11                 [B11]    [B13]+11   [G/F]
   A good thi—ii-ing!

    [Em]    [A/E]           I know a good thi-i-i-n[Em]g    [A]        [Cm]                   [E]

    [Em]  [A/E]                     [Em]   [A]   [Cm]         [E]

She got [C7]eyes like s[B7]apphire [Em]diamonds   [A/E]

         [C7+9]      [B7+9]       [Bb7-5]
A set of legs that just won’t quit

I [Am7]didn’t quite get her [Bm7/A]name

[Ebm]/[Ab]      [Gmaj7]    [C#7]+5+11  [C7]+5+11
But I hear  wedding  bells     chimin

        [C7+9]        [B9]+11
Cause I know a good thing  when I see it

              [Em]    [A/E]                  [Em]   [A]   [Cm]         [E]

              [Em]I know[A/E] a good thing        [Em]             [A]                 [Cm]                            [E]

              [Em]    [A/E]                  [Em]   [A]   [Cm]         [E]

              [Em]     [A/E]                  [A/E]  [Em]  [Fm]         [E]

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