#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Tabbed by: Sam Tennent Perfectly Good Guitar _ John Hiatt INTRO Am Em G D C Em Am Em D G D C D Em D Em Em G Well he threw one down form the top of the stairs Am C D beautiful women were staning everywhere Em G they all got wet when he smahed that thing Am D G but off in the dark you could hear somebody sing Am Em oh it breaks my heart to see those stars G C D G smashing a perfectly good guitar Am Em i don;t know who they think they are D G C D smashing a perfectly good guitar Em D Em Em D Em it started back in 1963 his momma wounlt buy him that new red harmony he settled fgor a sunburt with a crack but he's still trying to break his momma's back. chorus Solo Guitar - Same Chords as intro. he loved that guitar just like a girlfriend but ever good thing comes to an end now he just sits in his room all day whistling every note he used to play there out to be a law with no bail smash a guitar and you go to jail with no chance for early parole you don;t get out till you get some soul chorus late at night the end of the road he wished he still had the old guitar to hold he'd rock it like a baby in his arms never let it come ot any harm chorus
About the artist behind Perfectly Good Guitar Chords:
Hiatt was working as a songwriter for Tree International, a record company in Nashville when his song "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" was covered by Three Dog Night. The song became a top forty hit, earning Hiatt a recording contract with Epic Records. Since then he has released eighteen studio albums and two live albums. His songs have been covered by a variety of artists in multiple genres, including Bob Dylan, Willy DeVille, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Jesse Brand, Joan Baez, Paula Abdul, Buddy Guy, the Desert Rose Band, Jimmy Buffett, Mandy Moore, Iggy Pop, Emmylou Harris, Kathy Chiavola, Rodney Crowell, Nick Lowe, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Rosanne Cash.
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