Tift Merritt - Good Hearted Man
INTRO: C Bm Am G F G C
C F C
Swore that I was living free
Em
Oh, you couldn't talk to me
Am F
And the pride that kept me
G
Didn't want no company
C F C
Early morning subway train
Em
Feeling lost and running late
Am F
Well, he held the car
G Am Em7 G
He gave his seat to me
CHORUS 1:
C G Am C F
And I can't find nothing feels so fine as loving
G C
A good hearted man
Em Am C F
Oh, he can soothe me, free me, oh, I'm gonna marry that
G C
Good hearted man
F C
I told him that he'd better go
Em
'Cause I was crazy and impossible
Am F
That my love was broken
G
My dreams had run off wild
C F C
Patient as the easy rain
Em
Oh, he never turned away
Am F
Calling, "Hey, sweet woman
G Am Em7 G
You know you're not a child"
CHORUS 1:
C G Am C F
And I can't find nothing feels so fine as loving
G C
A good hearted man
Em Am C F
Oh, he can soothe me, free me, oh, I'm gonna marry that
G C G
Good hearted man
BRIDGE:
Am
Good hearted man, now the night makes sense
Dm G
Because your tenderness, it's sheltering me
C F C
So I'm trading in that hot-head kid
Em
For a woman I can give to him
Am F
And it ain't easy, but I'm gonna
G Am Em7 G
Do the best I can, oh that good hearted man, you know that
CHORUS:
C G Am C F
Just ain't nothing feels so fine as loving
G C
A good hearted man
C G Am C F
Oh, he can soothe me, free me, oh, I'm gonna marry that
G C
Good hearted man
C G Am C F
Oh, and I'm grateful, grateful, got to say "Thank you" to a
G C Am Em7 G F G C
Good hearted man