Good thing (1989)    (video)    (midi)

 

    D - F - Am - G (4x)

 

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1.    The one good thing                      in my life

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   has gone away         I don't know why.

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    She's gone away,        I don't know where,

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   somewhere I can't        follow        her.

 

Em                                          A

    The one good thing didn't stay too long,

F#m                                      D

    my back was turned and she was gone.

 

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2. Good thing,               where have you gone ?

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   My good thing               you've been gone too long.

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    People say        I should forget,

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    there's plenty more,        don't get upset.

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    People say        she's doing fine,

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    mutual friends        I see sometime.

 

Em                             A

    That's not what I want to hear,

F#m                            B7

    I want to hear she wants me near.

 

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3. Good thing,               where have you gone ?

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   My good thing               you've been gone too long.

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    Good thing.                         +  D - F - Am - G

 

+  D - F - Am - G (6x)

 

 

 

 

 

3

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3.    Then one day               she came back,

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    I was so happy that I didn't ask.

 

Em                              A

    Morning came in into my room,

F#m                               B7

    caught me dreaming like a fool.

 

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+  Good thing,                    good thing.

 

+  D - F - Am - G (5x with varying bits of lyrics) ....

 

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