A Lot Of Good Chords
A Lot Of Good by Waylon Jennings is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bm, A, D#, G#, Cm and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
PART ONE:
Verse 1:
D
As i watched the tail lights disappear
G Bm
Suddenly it got real lonely here
D
I know the words i could have said
To make her turn around
G A D
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
Verse 2:
G
I could have started with i'm sorry
A D
And really meant it from the heart
A G
The rest would have been easy
A
Together in the dark
Verse 3:
D
We could have found that old time feeling
G Bm
That we lost somewhere somehow
G A D
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
PART TWO:(half a tone higher)
Verse 4:
D#
Still thinking about the things i could have said
G# Cm
And looking at her picture by the bed
D#
I realized just what i've lost as i pulled the covers down
G# Bb D#
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
Verse 5:
G#
I could have told her i was sorry
Bb D#
And really meant it from the heart
Bb G#
The rest would have been easy
Bb
Together in the dark
Verse 6:
D#
We could have found that old time feeling
G# Cm
That we lost somewhere somehow
G# Bb D#
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
G# Bb D#
A lot of good it's gonna do me now