Good Excuse Chords by John Butler Trio

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[E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [A] _ [E] All [D] around [E] I see raining, [G] _ _ _ [Am] things don't [D] seem to go my [E] way.
_ [A] _ Got [G] a dark [A] cloud is hanging, [Em] _ _ [A] _ [G] and it seems to [A] follow me.
_ _ _ Oh, [D] won't you just [A] wake up, [G] and do the [A] humming.
The [E] school world is giving you, [Em] better start [E] running.
[G] Catch up with your [E] life, [G] catch on [Am] up, for the [G] whole thing is [A] true.
_ _ _ Have you once, have you [Am] twice, [G] have you even [E] considered.
Look, [G] boy, you [E] don't got it, go on, take another better look around.
You [G] are just a number [E] one, [G] boy, thinking you're [A] so high.
Go [G] take a step outside, [B] see what's [G] shaking in the real world.
Go take a step outside, see what's shaking in the real [F#m] world.
Go take a step [D] outside, see what's [G] shaking in the real world. _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
But you [D] don't know how [A] my heart _ laments.
[E] I [G] really got a good excuse to [E] complain.
My parents got [G] divorced, can't heal the [E] pain.
And now there [D] is only [A] cheap regrets. _
I guess that's just the way [A] it be, is it the world, how I see me.
[G] Boy, now you [E] are really, really [A] bugging.
[D] Yes, you are [A] bugging me.
Can you just [E] shut right up, your gut is [A] overflowing.
[Em] _
[A] Overflowing.
[Em] And you think it [E] is a deed. _ _
[A] _ You don't even know what side, [D] you are [A] fighting for.
[D] Boy, won't you turn your [A] game boy off, stop pretending that you are against the world.
[G] I am sick and [A] I am tired.
I am hearing you always say, I [D] really got a good [Em] excuse to complain.
My parents got divorced, can't [A] heal the pain.
Go take a step outside, see what's shaking in the real [G] world.
[F#] Go take a step [G] outside, see what's shaking in the real [A] world.
Go take a step outside, see what's shaking in the real [F#m] world.
Go take a step [G] outside, see what's shaking in the real world.
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[F#] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] Go take a step outside, see what's shaking in the real [F#] world.
Go take a step outside, [G] see what's shaking in the real world.
[A] Go take a step outside, see what's shaking in the real [F#] world.
Go take a step outside, [G] see what's shaking in the real world.
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