Chords for Ry Cooder - Dont Mess Up A Good Thing
Tempo:
93.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
A
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [C]
[D] [C] [D] [C]
[D] [A] [D] You've [C] been cheating [Bm] on me [C] now [D] baby, you know I know it's true.
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world gonna love me like I do.
Don't [G] you be no fool, don't you be no fool.
[A] Gonna keep on fooling around now [G] baby.
Gonna [D] mess up a [C] good [D] thing, gonna mess up a good [G] thing, alright.
[A]
[D] Well [Am] I might have cheated [Em] just a little bit [D] baby, [Am] like many [G] others do.
[D] But when I get my little old picture now, [C] I'll look right [Bm] back and [Am] you don't [G] be no [F] [C] fool.
[G] Don't you be no [F] fool.
[C] [Dm] But [A] if you keep on fooling around now [G] baby, gonna mess [D] up a good thing.
Gonna mess up [C] a good [D] thing.
Gonna mess [A] up a [D] good thing.
[Dm] A good [D] thing, well a good thing, oh [G] yeah, a [C] good [D] thing, baby, a [Am] good [D] thing.
[G]
[D] I'm [G]
[C]
[Dm] [G] [D]
[A] [C] [D]
[C] living way [G] across [D] town.
Just gonna be a brother a little while baby, [G] before they put me down, don't be no [C] fool.
[G] [A] Gonna keep on fooling around now.
[G] [C] Gonna [D] mess up a good thing, [G] gonna [D] mess up a good thing, [G] [Dm] [A] alright.
[D] Let me take some.
Don't you go sneaking across town baby, catch me doing [G] wrong.
[C] [Bm] Don't you know everybody's [D] jealous baby, we got a thing going on.
Don't you [G] be no fool.
Don't you be no fool.
[A] If you keep on fooling around now baby, [C] gonna mess [D] up a good thing.
Gonna mess up a good thing.
[A] [D] A good thing.
Gonna mess it up a good thing.
A good thing.
[G] A good thing.
[C]
[G] [Am] [D] A good [G] thing.
A good thing, yeah, [D] a good thing.
[G]
[D]
[G] In [D] a good thing.
[G]
[Bm] In [D] a good thing.
[G]
[Dm] [G] [Bm] [G]
[Bm] [G]
[Dm] [G] [Dm] [D]
[D] [C] [D] [C]
[D] [A] [D] You've [C] been cheating [Bm] on me [C] now [D] baby, you know I know it's true.
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world gonna love me like I do.
Don't [G] you be no fool, don't you be no fool.
[A] Gonna keep on fooling around now [G] baby.
Gonna [D] mess up a [C] good [D] thing, gonna mess up a good [G] thing, alright.
[A]
[D] Well [Am] I might have cheated [Em] just a little bit [D] baby, [Am] like many [G] others do.
[D] But when I get my little old picture now, [C] I'll look right [Bm] back and [Am] you don't [G] be no [F] [C] fool.
[G] Don't you be no [F] fool.
[C] [Dm] But [A] if you keep on fooling around now [G] baby, gonna mess [D] up a good thing.
Gonna mess up [C] a good [D] thing.
Gonna mess [A] up a [D] good thing.
[Dm] A good [D] thing, well a good thing, oh [G] yeah, a [C] good [D] thing, baby, a [Am] good [D] thing.
[G]
[D] I'm [G]
[C]
[Dm] [G] [D]
[A] [C] [D]
[C] living way [G] across [D] town.
Just gonna be a brother a little while baby, [G] before they put me down, don't be no [C] fool.
[G] [A] Gonna keep on fooling around now.
[G] [C] Gonna [D] mess up a good thing, [G] gonna [D] mess up a good thing, [G] [Dm] [A] alright.
[D] Let me take some.
Don't you go sneaking across town baby, catch me doing [G] wrong.
[C] [Bm] Don't you know everybody's [D] jealous baby, we got a thing going on.
Don't you [G] be no fool.
Don't you be no fool.
[A] If you keep on fooling around now baby, [C] gonna mess [D] up a good thing.
Gonna mess up a good thing.
[A] [D] A good thing.
Gonna mess it up a good thing.
A good thing.
[G] A good thing.
[C]
[G] [Am] [D] A good [G] thing.
A good thing, yeah, [D] a good thing.
[G]
[D]
[G] In [D] a good thing.
[G]
[Bm] In [D] a good thing.
[G]
[Dm] [G] [Bm] [G]
[Bm] [G]
[Dm] [G] [Dm] [D]
Key:
D
G
C
A
Dm
D
G
C
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[D] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ You've [C] been cheating [Bm] on me [C] now [D] baby, you know I know it's true.
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world gonna love me like I do.
Don't [G] you be no fool, don't you be no fool. _
[A] Gonna keep on fooling around now [G] baby.
Gonna [D] mess up a [C] good [D] thing, gonna mess up a good [G] thing, alright.
[A] _
_ [D] _ Well [Am] I might have cheated [Em] just a little bit [D] baby, [Am] like many [G] others do.
[D] But when I get my little old picture now, [C] I'll look right [Bm] back and [Am] you don't [G] be no [F] [C] fool.
[G] Don't you be no [F] fool.
[C] [Dm] But [A] if you keep on fooling around now [G] baby, gonna mess [D] up a good thing.
Gonna mess up [C] a good [D] thing.
Gonna mess [A] up a [D] good thing.
[Dm] A good [D] thing, well a good thing, oh [G] yeah, a [C] good [D] thing, baby, a [Am] good [D] thing.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ I'm _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [C] living way [G] across [D] town.
Just gonna be a brother a little while baby, [G] before they put me down, don't be no [C] fool.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] Gonna keep on fooling around now.
[G] [C] Gonna [D] mess up a good thing, [G] gonna [D] mess up a good thing, [G] _ [Dm] [A] alright.
[D] Let me take some.
Don't you go sneaking across town baby, catch me doing [G] wrong.
[C] [Bm] Don't you know everybody's [D] jealous baby, we got a thing going on.
Don't you [G] be no fool.
Don't you be no fool. _
[A] If you keep on fooling around now baby, [C] gonna mess [D] up a good thing.
Gonna mess up a good thing. _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ A good thing.
Gonna mess it up a good thing.
_ A good thing. _
[G] A good thing.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] A good [G] thing.
A good thing, yeah, _ [D] a good thing.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] In [D] a good thing.
[G] _ _ _
[Bm] In _ _ [D] _ a good _ _ _ _ _ thing. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _
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[D] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ You've [C] been cheating [Bm] on me [C] now [D] baby, you know I know it's true.
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world gonna love me like I do.
Don't [G] you be no fool, don't you be no fool. _
[A] Gonna keep on fooling around now [G] baby.
Gonna [D] mess up a [C] good [D] thing, gonna mess up a good [G] thing, alright.
[A] _
_ [D] _ Well [Am] I might have cheated [Em] just a little bit [D] baby, [Am] like many [G] others do.
[D] But when I get my little old picture now, [C] I'll look right [Bm] back and [Am] you don't [G] be no [F] [C] fool.
[G] Don't you be no [F] fool.
[C] [Dm] But [A] if you keep on fooling around now [G] baby, gonna mess [D] up a good thing.
Gonna mess up [C] a good [D] thing.
Gonna mess [A] up a [D] good thing.
[Dm] A good [D] thing, well a good thing, oh [G] yeah, a [C] good [D] thing, baby, a [Am] good [D] thing.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ I'm _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [C] living way [G] across [D] town.
Just gonna be a brother a little while baby, [G] before they put me down, don't be no [C] fool.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] Gonna keep on fooling around now.
[G] [C] Gonna [D] mess up a good thing, [G] gonna [D] mess up a good thing, [G] _ [Dm] [A] alright.
[D] Let me take some.
Don't you go sneaking across town baby, catch me doing [G] wrong.
[C] [Bm] Don't you know everybody's [D] jealous baby, we got a thing going on.
Don't you [G] be no fool.
Don't you be no fool. _
[A] If you keep on fooling around now baby, [C] gonna mess [D] up a good thing.
Gonna mess up a good thing. _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ A good thing.
Gonna mess it up a good thing.
_ A good thing. _
[G] A good thing.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] A good [G] thing.
A good thing, yeah, _ [D] a good thing.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] In [D] a good thing.
[G] _ _ _
[Bm] In _ _ [D] _ a good _ _ _ _ _ thing. _
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[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
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[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _
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