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If you can't be good, be good at it easy guitar chords by
Neal Mccoy
Neal Mccoy

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Verse 1
G
C

Alright,
Cm
Cdim
Cm
C

now let this be a lesson to you
Verse 2
C

Mama never raised any smart mouth kid

She told us once and that was it
G

She said, son sit down,
Gm
G

son that's enough

Mama really loved us but she sure was tough
C

Could never get away with
G

callin' her bluff
Verse 3
C

You been runnin' all night,

chasin' those skirts

You ought to be ashamed,

late again for work
G

Boy, don't you know you're

on the wrong track
Gm
G

And throwin' it away,

you never get it back
C
G

Hard lovin' mamas don't cut you no slack
F
But
Verse 4

my old man was a little bit more
C

inclined to understand
F

'Cause daddies know,
C

when to hang on and when to let go
G

He said, "Bein' addicted

to love's a real bad habit
Cm
C

If you can't be good, son,
D
C

be good at it"
Verse 5
C


Now mama's still on me 'bout

wrong and right

Hopin' one day I might see the light
G

My heart's been broke, I make mistakes
C

I still try to give 'em as much as I take
G

Now old habits are hard to break
Verse 6
F

But my old man was a little bit
Dm
F

more in clined to understand
C
F

'Cause daddies know,
C

now when to hang on and when to let go
G

He said, "Bein' addicted

to love's a real bad habit
Cm
C
G

If you can't be good, son, be good at it
C
G

If you can't be good,
D
C

be good at it"
Interlude 1
C
F
Dm
F
G
C
Cm
C


Verse 7
F

But my old man was a little bit more
Cm
C

inclined to under stand
F

'Cause daddies know,
C
Cm

when to hang on and when to let go
C
G

He said, "Now bein' addicted

to love's a real bad habit
C

If you can't be good, son, be good at it
G
C

If you can't be good, be good at it"
Verse 8
G
C

Well, if you can't be good, be good at it
F
C

Take that to your old man, son

Don't worry about bein' good,
F
C
F
C
C

I'll show you how
Outro 1

it's done
C

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Chords
  • G

  • C

  • Cm

    3
  • Cdim

    3
  • Gm

    3
  • F

  • D

  • Dm

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