Big Star – The Ballad Of El Goodo (Guitar)

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Tape has been sped up a little, so actual key of the record is somewhere between C and C# Intro line 1 C G/B Am G F G C (Csus4) [Verse 1]

C            F                 Dm     G
Years ago, my heart was set to live, oh

Em                 Am          Dm            Ab
And I've been trying hard against unbelievable odds

C                  F                 Dm    G
It gets so hard in times like now to hold on

    Em                      Am    Dm              Ab
But guns they wait to be stuck by, at my side is God

[Chorus 1]

            C    G/B Am    Em    F    G   C
And there ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

C    G/B Am    Em    F    G   C
Ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

[Verse 2]

C            F                 Dm     G
There's people around who tell you that they know

Em                 Am          Dm            Ab
And places where they send you and it's easy to go

C                      F                   Dm            G
They'll zip you up and dress you down and stand you in a row

     Em                      Am    Dm              Ab
But you know you don't have to, you can just say, "No"

[Chorus 2]

          C    G/B Am    Em    F    G   C
And there ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

C    G/B Am    Em    F    G   C
Ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

          C    G/B Am    Em    F    G   C
And there ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

C    G/B Am    Em    F    G   C
Ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

[Bridge]

Dm                          F
    I've been built up and trusted,

Dm                 F
    Broke down and busted

Dm             Em           Fm         Gm         Am
But they'll get theirs and we'll get ours if we can

      C    Am
Just hold on,

 F   C
hold on

C    Am
Hold on,

F   C
hold on

[Verse 3]

C            F                 Dm     G
Years ago, my heart was set to live, oh

Em                 Am            Dm        Ab
And I've been trying hard against strong odds

C                  F                 Dm   G
It gets so hard in times like now to hold on

           Em                 Am
Well, I'll fall if I don't fight

Dm                 Ab
And at my side is God

[Chorus 3]

           C    G/B Am    Em    F    G   C
And there ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

C    G/B Am    Em    F    G   C
Ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

           C    G/B Am    Em    F    G   C
And there ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

C    G/B Am    Em    F    G   C
Ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round

[Outro]

      C    Am
Just hold on,

 F   C
hold on

C    Am
Hold on,

F   C
hold on