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Good As She Could Be

John Hiatt
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 repeat:
Well  she was a millionaire
 Before  she was fourteen
But  there was an emptiness  there
 That to practically  everyone else  could be seen
She  hit up on the drug  of love
 Though there was  no hole in her arm
There  was a hole  some place else
 About as big  as dady 10.000 acre  farm
Oh,  she was dying  for it
For  all the world to see
Ah,  she was as good  as she could be
 Well she had a baby at eighteen
 Never finished high school
 Her husband beat her for money and sex
 Till that cadillac finally ran out of fuel
 One disaster led to another
 Down to her and her baby son
 Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
 Headed south now
 Cause she was never born to run
 Yeah, she was crying for it
 Some credibility
 Ah, she was good as she could be
 Well her momma died last year
 And her daddy he called her back home
 But when he opened the door
 He could not recognize
 This spectre of hair and bone
 But it was his own baby child
 Though she looked like an old woman now
 Well she lived ten lifetimes in five years
 Anywhere that the law would allow
 Yeah, she was crying for it
 Some credibility
 Ah, she was good as she could be
 Yeah, she was good as she could be
 Ah, she was good as she could be
 End on

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Readable chord sheet for Good As She Could Be by John Hiatt

repeat: [D] [Dsus4]

[D]Well she was a m[G]illionaire
Be[D]fore she was four[A]teen
[D]But there was an [G]emptiness there
That to [D]practically everyone [A]else could be seen
[D]She hit up on the [G]drug of love
Though there [D]was no hole in her [A]arm
[D]There was a [G]hole some place else
About as [D]big as dady 10.000 [A]acre farm

[G]Oh, she was [A]dying for it
[D]For all the world to [G]see
[G]Ah, she was as [A]good as she could [D]be

Well she had a baby at eighteen
Never finished high school
Her husband beat her for money and sex
Till that cadillac finally ran out of fuel
One disaster led to another
Down to her and her baby son
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
Headed south now
Cause she was never born to run

Yeah, she was crying for it
Some credibility
Ah, she was good as she could be

Well her momma died last year
And her daddy he called her back home
But when he opened the door
He could not recognize
This spectre of hair and bone
But it was his own baby child
Though she looked like an old woman now
Well she lived ten lifetimes in five years
Anywhere that the law would allow

Yeah, she was crying for it
Some credibility
Ah, she was good as she could be

Yeah, she was good as she could be
Ah, she was good as she could be

End on [D] [G] [C] [G] [D]

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