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Perfectly Good Guitar

John Hiatt
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 
 
 Well  he threw one down form  the top of the stairs
 beautiful  women were staning  everywhere
 they  all got wet when he  smahed that thing
 but  off in the dark you could  hear somebody  sing
 oh  it breaks my heart  to see those stars
 smashing  a perfectly  good  guitar
 i  don;t know who they think  they are
 smashing  a perfectly  good  guitar
 
 
 it started back in 1963
 his momma wounlt buy him
 that new red harmony
 he settled fgor a sunburt with a crack
 but he's still trying to break his momma's back.
 Same Chords as intro.
 he loved that guitar just like a girlfriend
 but ever good thing comes to an end
 now he just sits in his room all day
 whistling every note he used to play
 there out to be a law with no bail
 smash a guitar and you go to jail
 with no chance for early parole
 you don;t get out till you get some soul
 late at night the end of the road
 he wished he still had the old guitar to hold
 he'd rock it like a baby in his arms
 never let it come ot any harm

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Readable chord sheet for Perfectly Good Guitar by John Hiatt

[Am]          [Em]         [G]     [D]     [C]     [Em]

 [Am]          [Em]     [D]    [G]     [D]     [C]      [D]

 [Em]          [D]          [Em]

W[Em]ell he threw one down fo[G]rm the top of the stairs

b[Am]eautiful women were stan[C]ing everywhe[D]re

t[Em]hey all got wet when he[G] smahed that thing

b[Am]ut off in the dark you coul[D]d hear somebody[G] sing

o[Am]h it breaks my hea[Em]rt to see those stars

s[G]mashing a pe[C]rfectly go[D]od guitar[G]

i[Am] don;t know who they [Em]think they are

s[D]mashing a per[G]fectly goo[C]d guita[D]r

 [Em]           [D]          [Em]

 [Em]           [D]          [Em]

it started back in 1963
his momma wounlt buy him
that new red harmony
he settled fgor a sunburt with a crack
but he's still trying to break his momma's back.

Same Chords as intro.

he loved that guitar just like a girlfriend
but ever good thing comes to an end
now he just sits in his room all day
whistling every note he used to play

there out to be a law with no bail
smash a guitar and you go to jail
with no chance for early parole
you don;t get out till you get some soul

late at night the end of the road
he wished he still had the old guitar to hold
he'd rock it like a baby in his arms
never let it come ot any harm

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