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Good While It Lasted by Jason Isbell

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Key: G

Intro:

Am7 C G Dsus4 x2

Verse 1:
            Am7         C
You're like sleep, take what I can get
         G               Fsus2             C
But I've gotta make some sense of this, so here the fuck I sit
   Am7            C
At 3 a.m., trying way too hard
   G                 Fsus2          C
To find the words to slow my sweet, addicted heart

Verse 2:
            Am7                C
You're like sleep, I can't get near enough
         G                 Fsus2             C
And I pretend that I don't need you when I'm out doing stuff
        Am7                 C
Went so deep, a lucky young man's dream
         G                 Fsus2        C
And last time I tried this sober, I was seventeen

Chorus:
G                 Dsus4               A7sus4
   And all that I needed was all that I had
            G/B      Cadd9
It was good while it lasted
G                        Dsus4                A7sus4
  You let me kiss you on Broadway in a black Cadillac
            G/B      Cadd9
It was good while it lasted
G                      Dsus4                          A7sus4
   Last night I didn't sleep at all, I found another empty wall
           G/B     Cadd9
And I couldn't get past it
G                          Dsus4                     A7sus4
  And for a minute in the afternoon, I almost didn't think of you
            G/B      Cadd9
It was good while it lasted

Verse 3:
              Am7             C
It's more than real, a plastic universe
      G               Fsus2           C
And I wanna know your secrets, even when it hurts
            Am7                          C
You speak so soft, but there's something dark in there
      G                 Fsus2             C
And I think I'll ask for more than just a love affair
            Am7                       C
You're like sleep, and the nights are adding up
        G                   Fsus2          C
Well, I wish I still smoked cigarettes and acted tough

Chorus:
G                 Dsus4              A7sus4
   And all that I had was all that I needed
            G/B      Cadd9
It was good while it lasted
G                       Dsus4                   A7sus4
   With your head on my shoulder, my soldiers retreated
            G/B      Cadd9
It was good while it lasted
G                          Dsus4                        A7sus4
   A mattress on the palace floor and a light I'd never seen before
            G/B    Cadd9
And I couldn't get past it
G                              Dsus4                             A7sus4
   And for a little while this afternoon, I dreamed that I was in your room
                G/B      Cadd9
And it was good while it lasted

Bridge:
A7sus4       G/B        Cadd9
Baby, let me learn from you
A7sus4        G/B           Cadd9
How'd you get that shade of blue?
A7sus4         G/B            Cadd9
What's it like from where you stand?
A7sus4      G/B         Cadd9
Let me hold your steady hand

Chorus:
G                 Dsus4                A7sus4
   And all that I wanted was all that I had
            G/B      Cadd9
It was good while it lasted
G                   Dsus4                  A7sus4
   Now I feel like a boy who got caught being bad
                G/B      Cadd9
And it was good while it lasted
G                           Dsus4                        A7sus4
    That night you came and stayed with me, painted on my memory
         G/B   Cadd9
I'll never get past it
G                  Dsus4                            A7sus4
   I got to hold a piece of you in the evening on the avenue
           G/B       Cadd9
It was good while it lasted

Outro:
Am7 C G Dsus4 x2