Chords for When Good Ol' Boys Go Bad
Tempo:
82.35 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
G
B
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[E] [Em] [A]
[E] Old Clarence was a corn-fed [B] Sunday school teacher at [C#m] the cheap hill church of [E] Christ.
A God-fearing fence [B]-clearing hate slinging him, singing [A] backbreaker all of his life.
[E] Him in early one night found [D] his pretty wife in [A] the arms of another [E] man.
[G] Still to pay when [B] a good old boy [E] goes bad.
In a smoke-filled late night club by the river [A] sat a stranger dealing five [E]-part stuff.
He was a big talking fast [D] walking fly-by-nighter [A] there to take the money [B] and run.
[E] They caught the fella cheating [B] so they set him up a meeting [A] with his maker in the promised [B] land.
[G] Nobody sees a thing [D] when a good old boy [B] goes bad.
[E] A good book goes out [G] the window [A] when the gloves go to [E] the floor.
It's give or damn to [G] be a righteous man, [A] don't give a damn [B] no more.
[E] Under that [G] blue collar [A] there's a big old long [E] red pad.
It hides the truth [G] but it bleeds through [A] when a good old boy [E] goes bad.
[Em] [B] [E]
Now old man Taylor [B] was a fourth [C#m] generation crop-growing son [E] of a gun.
One dry summer [A] Uncle Sam come a-running wanting money but there [B] wasn't none.
[E] He put a crop in the holler [D] when night came, he [A] watered by fall, he had to cold [G] hard cash.
When times get hard [E] sometimes a good old boy goes bad.
[B]
[E] A good book goes [G] out the window [A] when the gloves go [E] to the floor.
It's give or damn [G] to be a righteous [A] man, don't give a damn [B] no more.
[E] Under that [A] blue collar there's a big old [C] long red pad.
[E] It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old [G] boy [Em] goes bad.
[E] A good book goes [G] out the window [A] when the gloves go [E] to the floor.
It's give or [G] damn to be a righteous [A] man, don't give a [B] damn no more.
[E] Under [A] that blue collar there's a big old [C] long red pad.
[E] It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old [E] boy goes bad.
It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old boy [Em] goes bad.
[G] [E]
[E] [Em] [A]
[E] Old Clarence was a corn-fed [B] Sunday school teacher at [C#m] the cheap hill church of [E] Christ.
A God-fearing fence [B]-clearing hate slinging him, singing [A] backbreaker all of his life.
[E] Him in early one night found [D] his pretty wife in [A] the arms of another [E] man.
[G] Still to pay when [B] a good old boy [E] goes bad.
In a smoke-filled late night club by the river [A] sat a stranger dealing five [E]-part stuff.
He was a big talking fast [D] walking fly-by-nighter [A] there to take the money [B] and run.
[E] They caught the fella cheating [B] so they set him up a meeting [A] with his maker in the promised [B] land.
[G] Nobody sees a thing [D] when a good old boy [B] goes bad.
[E] A good book goes out [G] the window [A] when the gloves go to [E] the floor.
It's give or damn to [G] be a righteous man, [A] don't give a damn [B] no more.
[E] Under that [G] blue collar [A] there's a big old long [E] red pad.
It hides the truth [G] but it bleeds through [A] when a good old boy [E] goes bad.
[Em] [B] [E]
Now old man Taylor [B] was a fourth [C#m] generation crop-growing son [E] of a gun.
One dry summer [A] Uncle Sam come a-running wanting money but there [B] wasn't none.
[E] He put a crop in the holler [D] when night came, he [A] watered by fall, he had to cold [G] hard cash.
When times get hard [E] sometimes a good old boy goes bad.
[B]
[E] A good book goes [G] out the window [A] when the gloves go [E] to the floor.
It's give or damn [G] to be a righteous [A] man, don't give a damn [B] no more.
[E] Under that [A] blue collar there's a big old [C] long red pad.
[E] It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old [G] boy [Em] goes bad.
[E] A good book goes [G] out the window [A] when the gloves go [E] to the floor.
It's give or [G] damn to be a righteous [A] man, don't give a [B] damn no more.
[E] Under [A] that blue collar there's a big old [C] long red pad.
[E] It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old [E] boy goes bad.
It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old boy [Em] goes bad.
[G] [E]
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[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ Old Clarence was a corn-fed [B] Sunday school teacher at [C#m] the cheap hill church of [E] Christ.
A God-fearing fence [B]-clearing hate slinging him, singing [A] backbreaker all of his life.
[E] Him in early one night found [D] his pretty wife in [A] the arms of another [E] man.
[G] Still to pay when [B] a good old boy [E] goes bad.
In a smoke-filled late night club by the river [A] sat a stranger dealing five [E]-part stuff.
He was a big talking fast [D] walking fly-by-nighter [A] there to take the money [B] and run.
[E] They caught the fella cheating [B] so they set him up a meeting [A] with his maker in the promised [B] land.
[G] Nobody sees a thing [D] when a good old boy [B] goes bad.
[E] A good book goes out [G] the window [A] when the gloves go to [E] the floor.
It's give or damn to [G] be a righteous man, [A] don't give a damn [B] no more.
_ [E] Under that [G] blue collar [A] there's a big old long [E] red pad.
It hides the truth [G] but it bleeds through [A] when a good old boy [E] goes bad.
[Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
Now old man Taylor [B] was a fourth [C#m] generation crop-growing son [E] of a gun.
One dry summer [A] Uncle Sam come a-running wanting money but there [B] wasn't none.
[E] He put a crop in the holler [D] when night came, he [A] watered by fall, he had to cold [G] hard cash.
When times get hard [E] sometimes a good old boy goes bad.
[B] _
[E] A good book goes [G] out the window [A] when the gloves go [E] to the floor.
It's give or damn [G] to be a righteous [A] man, don't give a damn [B] no more.
[E] Under that [A] blue collar there's a big old [C] long red pad.
[E] It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old [G] boy [Em] goes bad.
_ [E] A good book goes [G] out the window [A] when the gloves go [E] to the floor.
It's give or [G] damn to be a righteous [A] man, don't give a [B] damn no more.
[E] Under [A] that blue collar there's a big old [C] long red pad.
[E] It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old [E] boy goes bad.
It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old boy [Em] goes bad.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ Old Clarence was a corn-fed [B] Sunday school teacher at [C#m] the cheap hill church of [E] Christ.
A God-fearing fence [B]-clearing hate slinging him, singing [A] backbreaker all of his life.
[E] Him in early one night found [D] his pretty wife in [A] the arms of another [E] man.
[G] Still to pay when [B] a good old boy [E] goes bad.
In a smoke-filled late night club by the river [A] sat a stranger dealing five [E]-part stuff.
He was a big talking fast [D] walking fly-by-nighter [A] there to take the money [B] and run.
[E] They caught the fella cheating [B] so they set him up a meeting [A] with his maker in the promised [B] land.
[G] Nobody sees a thing [D] when a good old boy [B] goes bad.
[E] A good book goes out [G] the window [A] when the gloves go to [E] the floor.
It's give or damn to [G] be a righteous man, [A] don't give a damn [B] no more.
_ [E] Under that [G] blue collar [A] there's a big old long [E] red pad.
It hides the truth [G] but it bleeds through [A] when a good old boy [E] goes bad.
[Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
Now old man Taylor [B] was a fourth [C#m] generation crop-growing son [E] of a gun.
One dry summer [A] Uncle Sam come a-running wanting money but there [B] wasn't none.
[E] He put a crop in the holler [D] when night came, he [A] watered by fall, he had to cold [G] hard cash.
When times get hard [E] sometimes a good old boy goes bad.
[B] _
[E] A good book goes [G] out the window [A] when the gloves go [E] to the floor.
It's give or damn [G] to be a righteous [A] man, don't give a damn [B] no more.
[E] Under that [A] blue collar there's a big old [C] long red pad.
[E] It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old [G] boy [Em] goes bad.
_ [E] A good book goes [G] out the window [A] when the gloves go [E] to the floor.
It's give or [G] damn to be a righteous [A] man, don't give a [B] damn no more.
[E] Under [A] that blue collar there's a big old [C] long red pad.
[E] It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old [E] boy goes bad.
It hides the [G] truth but it bleeds [A] through when a good old boy [Em] goes bad.
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