A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Tom Waits

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Tom Waits

Intro:

D D D D

Verse 1:

D D A A

I always play Russian Roulette in my head:

A7 A7 D D

Seventeen black and twenty-nine red

D D7 Em Em

How far from the gutter, how far from the pew;

E E7 A A7

I'll always remember to forget about you

Chorus:

D D C C

A good man is hard to find

Em Em A A

Only strangers sleep in my bed

D D B7 B7

My favorite words are good-bye

Em A D D

And my favorite color is red

Solo: (Verse + Chorus)

D / D / A / A

A7 / A7 / D / D

D / D7 / Em / Em

E / E7 / A / A7

D / D / C / C

Em / Em / A / A

D / D/ B7 / B7

Em / A / D / D

Chorus:

D D C C

A good man is hard to find

Em Em A A

Only strangers sleep in my bed

D D B7 B7

My favorite words are good-bye

Em A D D

And my favorite color is red

Verse 2:

D D A A

A long dead soldier looks out from the frame

A7 A7 D D

No one remembers his war; no one remembers his name

D D7 Em Em

Go out to the meadow: scare off all the crows

E E7 A A7

It does nothing but rain here, and nothing will grow

Repeat Chorus:

D D C C

A good man is hard to find

Em Em A A

Only strangers sleep in my bed

D D B7 B7

My favorite words are good-bye

Em A

And my favorite color . . .

Em A

My favorite color . . .

Em A D D

My favorite color is red

source: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/tom_waits/a_good_man_is_hard_to_find_crd.htm

modified AJB & DAB