Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
INTRO single tone:
D MajorD
Chorus:
G+G 
B minorBm D MajorD G+G
They say there’s good grief But how can you tell it from the bad?
G+G B minorBm D MajorD 
F# minorF#m G+G
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in your past
Verse 1:
G+G B minorBm
I got snow in my pockets Went down again head first
D MajorD G+G
Laced drill bits to my pointe shoes Pirouette through the hardwood to pay-dirt
G+G B minorBm D MajorD
Night falls, day breaks; time Has a funny kind of violence and I’m
F# minorF#m G+G
Tryna keep in mind It can’t leave you the way it finds you
G+G B minorBm D MajorD
Good grief: I’ve heard people say it What a phrase, what a state to be in
F#F# G+G
But I don’t know where they go to get get that feeling Good grief
G+G B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
And my knees stay clean, not much for praying I do my own stunts and my own saving
G+G
But there’s something amiss something I been missing maybe, maybe
Chorus:
G+G B minorBm D MajorD G+G
They say there’s good grief But how can you tell it from the bad?
G+G B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in your past
G+G B minorBm D MajorD G+G
They say there’s good grief But how can you tell it from the bad?
G+G B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in your past
Verse 2:
G+G B minorBm
This time my best wasn’t good enough, well, fuck, usually it is
D MajorD G+G
And the air got a little rough, took out the fuselage, the engine, and both wings
G+G B minorBm D MajorD
But I’m willing to work for this, just show me where to dig
F# minorF#m G+G
And I’m ready to hurt for this, I know exactly what this is—Good grief
Bridge:
B minorBm 
AsusAsus 
G5G5
I want that good grief, the one that heals me, that leaves me clarified by fire when I’m burned clean
B minorBm AsusAsus G5G5
Tempered by light and heat, ah, by the dead of morning I’ll be better for it and then fortified I’ll rise
B minorBm AsusAsus
Bust the hydrant, let it spray champagne, wings are broken but I feel no pain
G5G5
It’s real today, I know this feeling, let it rain
Chorus:
G+G B minorBm D MajorD G+G
They say there’s good grief But how can you tell it from the bad?
G+G B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in your past
G+G B minorBm D MajorD G+G
They say there’s good grief But how can you tell it from the bad?
G+G B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in your past
Bridge 2:
G5G5 AsusAsus
And secrets don’t like to be kept, all mine jumped over the fence
B minorBm F#m/B F#m/B 
E minorEm B minorBm
I guess I should be upset, but I’m in my nightgown on the lawn, thinking, better that they’re gone
B minorBm AsusAsus F# minorF#m G+G
I’ve been afraid of this so long, it’s a relief when it goes wrong
Instrumental:
G+G
G+G D MajorD B minorBm F# minorF#m G+G
'Cause I’m here now, and asking - melt me down, recast me burn me clean
D MajorD B minorBm
Like glass from sandy ground
G+G D MajorD B minorBm F# minorF#m G+G
'Cause I’m here now, and asking - melt me down, recast me burn me clean
D MajorD B minorBm
Like glass from sandy ground
Chorus:
G+G B minorBm D MajorD G+G
They say there’s good grief - But how can you tell it from the bad?
G+G B minorBm D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in, the one that’s in your past
G+G B minorBm D MajorD G+G
They say there’s good grief - But how can you tell it from the bad?
G+G B minorBm D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in, the one that’s in your past
G+G B minorBm D MajorD G+G
They say there’s good grief - But how can you tell it from the bad?
G+G B minorBm D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in, the one that’s in your past
