The Good News

Bloc Party

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: (0:00) 
Em 
 
 
Verse (0:05) 
 
Em 
Spent my commission on 
G 
Another diversion and I 
A 
Don't got no meaning 
G 
No purpose left at all 
Em 
My pastor tells me that my 
G 
My light is dimming and I 
A 
Been too long drifting 
G 
In an ocean 
     Em 
It's OK 
               G 
You just need faith 
                  A 
Been looking for answers 
               G 
In the wrong place 
Em 
But how do I tell him that the 
G 
There's something missing and I 
A 
Don't got no substance since you've gone 
 
 
Pre-Chorus (0:44) 
 
C               A 
Every day I go down to the water 
      Em                           G 
And I pray since you left me that way 
    C                    A 
Oh Lord, I'm trying to keep my mind 
        Em 
On the good news that's in my heart 
 
 
E  G        A 
   For the good, good news 
          G 
For the good, good news 
 
E  G        A 
   For the good, good news 
          G 
For the good, good news 
 
E  G        A 
   For the good, good news 
          G 
For the good, good news 
 
E  G  A 
      Since my baby left, my light refuses to shine 
                                                    E 
Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise 
 
 
 
Verse (1:56) 
 
    Em 
Now I can make the eye 
     G 
To anyone that I desire 
           A 
Throwing down one for the lost boys 
        G 
At the very edge of town 
    Em 
Now I can spin a lie 
             G 
That burns me up all through the night 
                A 
Cause I've got no one home to answer to 
     G 
This time 
Em                  G 
Every day is in repeat 
              A                 G 
Like a carrier bag stuck in a tree 
    Em                             G 
I used to find my answers in the gospels of St John 
            A 
But now I find them at the bottom of this shot glass 
 
 
Pre-Chorus (2:36) 
 
C               A 
Every day I go down to the water 
      Em                            G 
And I pray since you left me that way 
    C                    A 
Oh Lord, I'm trying to keep my mind 
        Em 
On the good news that's in my heart 
 
 
 
E  G        A 
   For the good, good news 
          G 
For the good, good news 
 
E  G        A 
   For the good, good news 
          G 
For the good, good news 
 
E  G        A 
   For the good, good news 
          G 
For the good, good news 
 
E  G        A 
   For the good, good news 
          G 
For the good, good news 
 
E  G  A 
      Since my baby left, my light refuses to shine 
                                                    E 
Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise 
 
 
 
Outro (3:39) 
 
E

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Chord set

Em · G · A · C · E

Practice tip

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