Good Thing

Intro Chords:
D  G  D  G

D                                                               G
Rachel was a sweetheart with greek letters around her neck on a chain
D                                                           G
She wasn't really my type, she was beautiful, and I'm kinda vain
             Bm            Bm/A            G
Her mind was closed like a liquor store on Sunday
               Bm             Bm/A       G
She's tryin to make her ex boyfriend mad
                D               A
It's kinda of a rebound, that's OK
      D                        G
She's married with a kid on the way
        D                          A
And I'm glad I didn't stand in the way
          D
Of a good thing

D                                                    G
Shelby was a stripper and a damn good mechanic and a friend
D                                                           G
She used to pick me up in her 64 and take me places I'd never been
          Bm           Bm/A            G
She drank vodka on the rocks in a tall glass
           Bm          Bm/A         G
Chased with cocaine and her teenage girlfriends
                D          A
I couldn't face her, that's OK
            D                         G
But now she's living with a girl named Renee
             D                   A
Last I heard she was techin' in 'Frisco
                 D
She's got a good thing

D                                                     G
Alice was a bartender at a place I used to play for a while
D                                                           G
Some of the girls didn't like she'd get 20 dollar tips with a smile

          Bm           Bm/A             G
I used to talk to her, try to get in her head
    Bm         Bm/A          G
We'd just end up drunk in my bed
                D       A
I never knew her, that's OK
      D                        G
She's in Vegas making 5 bills a day
         D                                A
She said I wasn't too much fun when I was sober
                         D
And now she's got a good thing

D                                              G
So here's to the lady who's name it hurts me to say
D                                 G
She's the proverbial one that got away
    Bm          Bm/A              G
She said life is all a young girl has
       Bm            Bm/A                 G
And I can't find my  mine while living in yours
                D         A
I don't blame her, that's OK
      D                                   G
She's married with a kid and a kid on the way
        D                          A
And I'm glad I didn't stand in the way
          D
Of a good thing

• A
• Bm
• Bm/A
• D
• G