Good on you, son    (video)

 

    C - Am - F (3x)  - C         +  C - Am - F (3x)  - C         +  Am

 

       Am                                                                              F

1. Flash goes a little hummingbird, a darting, whirring thread,

                   Am

    at the screen door by his lemon tree,

                                                         F

    out here with the quick and the dead.

        Am                                                                F

    Designer blinds above LA frame the perfect view,

    Am     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    it’s gonna be another day of sun and shameless blue.  + Am - F

 

                Am                                                                                    F

2. By his cutting block the time has come for the fruit there by the juicer,

            Am                                                                         F

    he grinds fresh coffee for himself, he’s meeting a producer.

   Am                                                                          F

    LA Times lies on the stone, warming there like bread,

    Am   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    hey, what’s not to like out here with the quick and the dead.

 

     C                         Am

Good on you, son, good on you,

         F                                   G

the Camden Shuffle and the old one-two,

    C                          Am                  F           G

good on you, son, good on you, a-ha, oh, yeah !

    C                         Am

Good on you, son, good on you,

         F                                    E

the Camden Shuffle and the old one-two.         +  Am - F - D - F (4x)

 

     Am                                                                                                  F

3.       You wanna know what happiness is in his eye is a hunter’s gleam,

     Am                                                                                   F

    something to look forward to, this cat’s gonna get the cream.

              Am                                                                              F

    The Skin of a mango is so smooth, it’s smoother than the devil,

    Am     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    cut it, slice it, chop it up to the rhythm of a Cockney rebel.

 

(percussion)       +  Am - F - D - F (8x)      +  Am - F - D - F (4x)

 

      Am                                                                    F

4. Back in Blighty there’s a flat on a grimy sink estate,

     Am                                                                                      F

    that’s why he walked out of that and went to the Golden State.

     Am                                                                                 F

    Left the backie and the beer where he was born and bred,

     Am                                         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    now he’s cutting it out here with the quick and the dead.

 

     C                         Am

Good on you, son, good on you,

         F                                    G

the Camden Shuffle and the old one-two,

    C                          Am                  F           G

good on you, son, good on you, a-ha, oh, yeah !

    C                             Am

What would you have had him do,

         F                                    E

the Camden Shuffle and the old one-two ?       +  Am - F - D - F

 

     C                         Am

Good on you, son, good on you,

         F                                   G

the Camden Shuffle and the old one-two,

    C                          Am                  F           G

good on you, son, good on you, a-ha, oh, yeah !

    C                         Am

Good on you, son, good on you,

         F                                    E

the Camden Shuffle and the old one-two.

 

+  Am - F - D - F (8x)     +  Am - F - D - F (4x)   +  Am

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Mark Knopfler)