Good While It Lasted chords by Jason Isbell

• Difficulty: Intermediate

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