Steve Brooks - One Good Year
## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ##
CAPO: 5th Fret
INTRO: C F C F C F C F
N.C. C F
It's a New Year's Day
C
Just like the day before
~ Am F
Same old sky of grey
G
Empty bottles on the floor
Am G F
Another year gone by
C G
And I'm thinking, once again__
C G
How can I take this losing hand
F G F
And somehow win__?
CHORUS 1:
C F
Give me one good year
C
To get my feet back on the ground
F G
I've been chasing grace
Am F G F
But grace ain't so easily found
CHORUS 2:
C
One bad hand can devil a man
F C
Chase him and carry him down
F G
I've got to get out of here
C F C F
Give me one good year
N.C. C F
I'm burning oil
C
Engine's running rough
~ Am F
Driving job to job
G
But it's never enough
Am G F
Can't find the will
C G
To just up and get away__
C G
Some kind of chain's dragging me down
F G F
Making me stay__
CHORUS 1:
C F
Oh, give me one good year
C
To get my feet back on the ground
F G
I've been chasing grace
Am F G F
But grace ain't so easily found
CHORUS 2:
C
One bad hand can devil a man
F C
Chase him and carry him down
F G
I've got to get out of here
C
Give me one good year
BRIDGE:
F G
It's a bitter wind
Am
In your face every day
Em
It's the little sins
C
That wear your soul away
F
If you start giving in
G Am
Then where do the promises all go?
Em
Will your darkest hour
G
Write a blank check on your soul___?
INSTRUMENTAL: C F C ~ Am F G Am F C G C G F G F
CHORUS 1:
C F
Give me one good year
C
To get my feet back on the ground
F G
I've been chasing grace
Am F G F
But grace ain't so easily found
CHORUS 2:
C
One bad hand can devil a man
F C
A good one can turn him around
F G
I've got to get out of here
Am F
Give me one good year
G
I've got to get out of here
N.C. C F C F
Give me one good year
C
Give me one good year