Good Man Josh Ritter
Good Man -- Josh Ritter
"Animal Years" recording: standard tuning; Live shows: usually Capo II
I tabbed this version from numerous YouTube live videos, which clearly show
Ritter's use of simple, high-necked chords that let the open e & B strings
ring (contrary to other submittals for this song). Easier alternative chords
for a fuller sound can be found at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
e| [E]0 [B]0 [A]0
B| 0 0 0
G| 9 9 x
D| 9 9 7
A| 11 9 7
E| 0 11 9
Solo intro: E, B-A-B, B. E-B-A, A, E.
Band's Intro: E, G#m-A-B. E-B*-A, A, E.
(In band intro, G#m=466400, A=577600, B=799800)
Verse:
[E]These chords are old but we shake [B]hands
[A]'Cause I believe that they're the [B]good guys
We can use all the help we can,
So many minor chords outside
I fell in love with the sound,
Oh I love to sing along with you
We got tunes we kicked around,
We got a bucket that the tunes come through
Chorus:
[E]Babe we both had [B]dr[-]y [A]spells[-], hard [B]times in bad
[E]Lands [-]I'm a [B]good[-] man[A] for ya,[A] I'm a good man
E-B-A, A
[E]Last night there was a horse in the [B]road
[A]I was twisting in the [B]hairpin
My hands held on my mind let go
And back to you my heart went skipping
I found the inside of the road
Thought about the first time that I met you
All those glances that we stole
Sometimes if you want them then you've got to
Chorus/instrumental
[E]They shot a Western south of [B]here
[A]They had him cornered in a [B]canyon
And even his horse had disappeared
They said it got run down by a bad, bad man
You're not a good shot but I'm worse
And there's so much where we ain't been yet
So swing up on this little horse
The only thing we'll hit is sunset
Chorus/ instrumental
Repeat chorus, repeat "I'm a good man" several times
[End] [E]
Alternate (easier) progressions I came up with:
E=022100 or 079900, B=024400 or 069900*, A=042200
(* this alt. B fingering is played only after using the high-fretted E; use
024400 after every A chord). Regardless of which way you play, your index
finger does a lot of string mashing!
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