Tom Waits — A Good Man Is Hard To Find Chords
I love this song. It's fairly simple. The most obvious way to play it is by putting a
on the 1st fret and playing D, A, A7, D, D, D7, Em, E, E7, etc. But I lost my capo.. so
the barre version.
It also has a wonderful dooo—dooo—dooo doodoodoo thing going on between verses and in
beginning.. as in:
E|——————6—————6—————6————————|
B|——————8—————8—————8————————|
G|——————8—————8—————8————————|
D|———————————————————————————|
A|———6—————5———————————————5—|
E|———————————————8—————6—8———|
Verse 1
D# Bb
I always play Russian Roulette in my head
Bb7 D#
Seventeen black and twenty—nine red
D# D#7
How far from the gutter
Fm
How far from the pew
F F7 Bb Bb7
I'll always remember to forget about you
Chorus
D# C
A good man is hard to find
Fm Bb
Only strangers sleep in my bed
D# C7
My favorite words are good—bye
Fm Bb D#
And my favorite color is red
Verse 2
A long dead soldier looks out
From the frame
No one remembers his war; no one
Remembers his name
Verse 3
Go out to the meadow;
Scare off all the crows
It does nothing but rain here,
And nothing will grow
Chorus
A good man is hard to find
Only strangers sleep in my bed
My favorite words are good—bye
And my favorite color is
Fm Bb
my favorite color is
Fm Bb D#
my favorite color is red