John Hiatt – Perfectly Good Guitar (Guitar)

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Tabbed by: d2g INTRO - Feeeeeedbaaaaccckkkk-- Hey---! Am Em G C D Em Am Em D G C D Em D Em D Em [Verse 1]
        Em                      G
Well he threw one down from the top of the stairs

Am                   C             D
Beautiful women were standing everywhere

     Em                  G
They all got wet when he smashed that thing 

     Am                       D             G
But off in the dark you could hear somebody sing
[Chorus]
      Am                 Em
Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars

G          C         D        Em
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

  Am                  Em         D
I don't know who they think they are

G          C         D        Em
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
Em D Em Em D Em [Verse 2]
    Em             G
It started back in 1963

    Am                          C            D
His momma wouldn't buy him that new red harmony

   Em             G
He settled for a sunburst with a crack

    Am                   D                 G
But he's still trying to break his momma's back
[Chorus]
      Am                 Em
Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars

G          C         D       Em
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

  Am                  Em         D
I don't know who they think they are

G          C         D        Em
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
Em D Em Em D Em [Verse 3]
   Em                     G
He loved that guitar just like a girlfriend

    Am               C           D
But every good thing comes to an end

    Em                  G
Now he just sits in his room all day

 Am             D            G
Whistling every note he ever played
[Solo] Am Em G C D Em Am Em D G C D Em D Em Em D Em [Verse 4]
      Em                G
There ought to be a law with no bail

Am                     C     D
Smash a guitar and you go to jail

Em                 G
With no chance for early parole

    Am                      D        G
You don't get out until you get some soul
[Chorus]
      Am                 Em
Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars

G          C         D       Em
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

  Am                  Em         D
I don't know who they think they are

G          C         D        Em
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
Em D Em Em D Em [Verse 5]
Em                G
Late at night the end of the road

   Am                       C             D
He wishes he still had that old guitar to hold

     Em             G
He'd rock it like a baby in his arms

Am           D           G
Never let it come to any harm
[Chorus]
      Am                 Em
Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars

G          C         D       Em
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

  Am                  Em         D        
I don't know who they think they are

G          C         D                      Em
Smashing a perfectly good --  good  --  guitar
Em D Em Em D Em Em D Em Em D Em