Chords for The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
Tempo:
118.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A] [D] [A]
[E] [A] [D] [A]
[E] I'm a poor poor [A] boy [D] in the rubble [A]
[E] Some say [A] my manners ain't [D] the [A] best
[E] And some of my [A] friends here, [D] they been in [A] real [E] trouble
And some say I'm [A] no better than [D] the [A] rest [B] But tell your mama and [C]
[B] your somebody
Sometimes [Ebm] good guys don't [E] wear white
[A] [D] Yeah, [A]
[E] every penny, [A] baby, I [D] work hard
[A]
[E] And it's true at [A] night I [D] spend the rest of this [A]
[E] time
But those rich [A] kids and all that [D] lazy money [A]
[E] Can't hold [A] a candle [D] to mine
[A]
So [B] tell your mama and your papa
[C]
[B] Sometimes good guys don't [E] wear [A] white
[D] [A]
[E] [A] [D] [A]
[G] Good guys, bad [C] guys, pretty as hell
[G] But white collar women [C] are the biggest in the desert
[G] And who's to say I'm [C] not a better man
When [B] I always turn up in style
[E] [A] [D] [A]
[E] [A] [D] [A]
[E] A bag with [A] a dirty [D] mind
[A]
[E] All those messed [A] up chicks of [D] the changing [A]
[E] times
White girls [A] and [D] easy living
[A] And [E] it's true [A] the love I [D] give [A] her
So tell [B] your mama and your papa
[C]
[B] Sometimes good [A] guys don't wear [E] white
[A] Ma, I [D] mean to tell you
[A] You better [E] tell your mama and your [A] papa something
[D] [A]
I'll be [E] bled off by [A] myself another [D] chance, yeah
[A] I'm [E] just a kid
[A] You [D] [A]
think [E] those guys in the white [A] collar are better than [D] I am, baby?
[A] Then blink [E] off
[A] [D] [A]
You don't [E] think that's logical, [A] now?
It's that my [D] crew cried, baby
[A] Oh, [E] [A] [D] yeah
[A] [E] [A] [D] [A]
[E] [A] [D] [A]
[E] I'm a poor poor [A] boy [D] in the rubble [A]
[E] Some say [A] my manners ain't [D] the [A] best
[E] And some of my [A] friends here, [D] they been in [A] real [E] trouble
And some say I'm [A] no better than [D] the [A] rest [B] But tell your mama and [C]
[B] your somebody
Sometimes [Ebm] good guys don't [E] wear white
[A] [D] Yeah, [A]
[E] every penny, [A] baby, I [D] work hard
[A]
[E] And it's true at [A] night I [D] spend the rest of this [A]
[E] time
But those rich [A] kids and all that [D] lazy money [A]
[E] Can't hold [A] a candle [D] to mine
[A]
So [B] tell your mama and your papa
[C]
[B] Sometimes good guys don't [E] wear [A] white
[D] [A]
[E] [A] [D] [A]
[G] Good guys, bad [C] guys, pretty as hell
[G] But white collar women [C] are the biggest in the desert
[G] And who's to say I'm [C] not a better man
When [B] I always turn up in style
[E] [A] [D] [A]
[E] [A] [D] [A]
[E] A bag with [A] a dirty [D] mind
[A]
[E] All those messed [A] up chicks of [D] the changing [A]
[E] times
White girls [A] and [D] easy living
[A] And [E] it's true [A] the love I [D] give [A] her
So tell [B] your mama and your papa
[C]
[B] Sometimes good [A] guys don't wear [E] white
[A] Ma, I [D] mean to tell you
[A] You better [E] tell your mama and your [A] papa something
[D] [A]
I'll be [E] bled off by [A] myself another [D] chance, yeah
[A] I'm [E] just a kid
[A] You [D] [A]
think [E] those guys in the white [A] collar are better than [D] I am, baby?
[A] Then blink [E] off
[A] [D] [A]
You don't [E] think that's logical, [A] now?
It's that my [D] crew cried, baby
[A] Oh, [E] [A] [D] yeah
[A] [E] [A] [D] [A]
Key:
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[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A]
[E] I'm a poor poor [A] boy [D] in the rubble [A] _
[E] Some say [A] my manners ain't [D] the [A] best
[E] And some of my [A] friends here, [D] they been in [A] real [E] trouble
And some say I'm [A] no better than [D] the [A] rest [B] But tell your mama and _ _ _ [C] _
[B] your somebody
Sometimes [Ebm] good guys don't [E] wear white
[A] _ [D] Yeah, _ [A] _
[E] every penny, [A] baby, I [D] work hard
[A] _
[E] And it's true at [A] night I [D] spend the rest of this [A]
[E] time
But those rich [A] kids and all that [D] lazy money [A] _
[E] Can't hold [A] a candle [D] to mine
[A]
So [B] tell your mama and your papa
_ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ _ Sometimes good guys don't [E] wear _ [A] white
[D] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] Good guys, bad [C] guys, pretty as hell
[G] But white collar women [C] are the biggest in the desert
[G] And who's to say I'm [C] not a better man
When [B] I always turn up in style _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A]
[E] A bag with [A] a dirty _ [D] mind
[A]
[E] All those messed [A] up chicks of [D] the changing [A]
[E] times
White girls [A] and [D] easy living
[A] And [E] _ it's true [A] the love I [D] give [A] her
So tell [B] your mama and your papa
_ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ Sometimes good [A] guys don't wear [E] white
[A] Ma, I [D] mean to tell you
[A] You better [E] tell your mama and your [A] papa something
[D] _ _ [A]
I'll be [E] bled off by [A] myself another [D] chance, yeah
[A] I'm [E] just a kid
[A] You [D] _ _ [A]
think [E] those guys in the white [A] collar are better than [D] I am, baby?
[A] Then blink [E] off
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A]
You don't [E] think that's logical, [A] now?
It's that my [D] crew cried, baby
[A] Oh, [E] _ _ [A] _ [D] yeah
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [A]
[E] I'm a poor poor [A] boy [D] in the rubble [A] _
[E] Some say [A] my manners ain't [D] the [A] best
[E] And some of my [A] friends here, [D] they been in [A] real [E] trouble
And some say I'm [A] no better than [D] the [A] rest [B] But tell your mama and _ _ _ [C] _
[B] your somebody
Sometimes [Ebm] good guys don't [E] wear white
[A] _ [D] Yeah, _ [A] _
[E] every penny, [A] baby, I [D] work hard
[A] _
[E] And it's true at [A] night I [D] spend the rest of this [A]
[E] time
But those rich [A] kids and all that [D] lazy money [A] _
[E] Can't hold [A] a candle [D] to mine
[A]
So [B] tell your mama and your papa
_ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ _ Sometimes good guys don't [E] wear _ [A] white
[D] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] Good guys, bad [C] guys, pretty as hell
[G] But white collar women [C] are the biggest in the desert
[G] And who's to say I'm [C] not a better man
When [B] I always turn up in style _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A]
[E] A bag with [A] a dirty _ [D] mind
[A]
[E] All those messed [A] up chicks of [D] the changing [A]
[E] times
White girls [A] and [D] easy living
[A] And [E] _ it's true [A] the love I [D] give [A] her
So tell [B] your mama and your papa
_ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ Sometimes good [A] guys don't wear [E] white
[A] Ma, I [D] mean to tell you
[A] You better [E] tell your mama and your [A] papa something
[D] _ _ [A]
I'll be [E] bled off by [A] myself another [D] chance, yeah
[A] I'm [E] just a kid
[A] You [D] _ _ [A]
think [E] those guys in the white [A] collar are better than [D] I am, baby?
[A] Then blink [E] off
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A]
You don't [E] think that's logical, [A] now?
It's that my [D] crew cried, baby
[A] Oh, [E] _ _ [A] _ [D] yeah
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _