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Goofus

Carpenters

RockAdvanced for beginners18 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××○
Am7×○○○
CdimDiagram coming soon
G○○○
E7○○○○
A7×○○○
Em7○○○○○
A×○○
D7××○
F#Diagram coming soon
G#m7Diagram coming soon
C#Diagram coming soon
F
Gm7Diagram coming soon
C×○○
E○○○
B7Diagram coming soon
FdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              D     Am7        D         Am7     Cdim 
I was born on a farm out in I - o - way 
 
   G       Am7          G            Am7     Cdim 
A flamin' youth, I was bound I would fly a - way 
 
   D        Am7         D        Cdim   Am7    G     E7  Am7  Cdim 
I packed my grip and I grabbed my sax  - o - phone. 
 
 
 D           Am7           D         Am7     Cdim 
Can't read a note, but I play an y - thing by ear 
 
   G       Am7          G            Am7     Cdim 
I made up tunes on the sounds that I used to hear 
 
     E7                  A7   Em7      A 
When I'd start to play, folks used to say, 
 
  D7      Am7       D7/9       Cdim G 
"Sounds a lit - tle 'Goof - us' to me." 
 
 
Bridge: 
 
G           Am7         D  Am7 G 
Corn - fed chords ap - peal to me -- 
 
F#     G#m7      C#   G#m7  F# 
I like rus - tic har - mo - ny. 
 
F       Gm7       C    Gm7  F 
Hold a note and change the key --  
 
E7            A7 
Hey, that's "Goof - us" 
 
G        Am7        D  Am7   G 
Not ac - cor - ding to the rules 
 
F#     G#m7      C#   G#m7  F# 
That you learn in mu - sic schools, 
 
F       Gm7         C    Gm7   F 
But the folks just dance like fools -- 
 
 E        B7       A7 
They sure go for "Goof - us." 
 
 
D     Am7          D              Am7     Cdim 
Got a job, but I just could - n't keep it long 
 
     G         Am7          G           Am7       Cdim 
The lead - er said that I played all the mu - sic wrong 
 
   D        Am7           D       Cdim Am7 G   E7  Am7  Cdim 
So I stepped out with an out - fit of  my own. 
 
 
 D        Am7         D         Am7          Cdim 
Got to - geth - er a new kind of or - ches - tree, 
 
    G       Am7             G               Am7       Cdim 
And we all played just the same "Goof - us" har - mo - ny, 
 
    E7              A7 Em7     A 
And I must ad - mit we made a hit -- 
 
  D         Am7       D      Cdim G 
"Goof - us" has been luck - y for me 
 
Coda: 
 
  D         Am7       D      Cdim G 
"Goof - us" has been luck - y for me 
 
  D         Am7       D       Am7  Fdim  D7  D+ Cdim G   
"Goof - us" has been luck - y                   for  me

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Chord set

D · Am7 · Cdim · G · E7 · A7 · Em7 · A · D7 · F# · G#m7 · C# · F · Gm7 · C · E · B7 · Fdim

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.