Good Man chords by Josh Ritter

Good Man -- Josh Ritter

"Animal Years" recording: standard tuning; Live shows: usually Capo II

I tabbed this version from numerous YouTube live videos, which clearly show
Ritter's use of simple, high-necked chords that let the open e & B strings
ring (contrary to other submittals for this song). Easier alternative chords
for a fuller sound can be found at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!

  A
e| 0   0    0
B| 0   0    0
G| 9   9    x
D| 9   9    7
A| 11   9    7
E| 0   11   9

Solo intro: E.
Band's Intro: E.
(In band intro, G#m=466400, A=577600, B=799800)

Verse:
B
These chords are old but we shake hands
B
'Cause I believe that they're the good guys
We can use all the help we can,
So many minor chords outside
I fell in love with the sound,
Oh I love to sing along with you
We got tunes we kicked around,
We got a bucket that the tunes come through
Chorus:
B
Babe we both had dry spells, hard times in bad
A
Lands I'm a good man for ya, I'm a good man

A

B
Last night there was a horse in the road
B
I was twisting in the hairpin
My hands held on my mind let go
And back to you my heart went skipping
I found the inside of the road
Thought about the first time that I met you
All those glances that we stole
Sometimes if you want them then you've got to

Chorus/instrumental

B
They shot a Western south of here
B
They had him cornered in a canyon
And even his horse had disappeared
They said it got run down by a bad, bad man
You're not a good shot but I'm worse
And there's so much where we ain't been yet
So swing up on this little horse
The only thing we'll hit is sunset

Chorus/ instrumental

Repeat chorus, repeat "I'm a good man" several times

End E

Alternate (easier) progressions I came up with:
E=022100 or 079900, B=024400 or 069900*, A=042200
(* this alt. B fingering is played only after using the high-fretted E; use
024400 after every A chord). Regardless of which way you play, your index
finger does a lot of string mashing!