One Good Thing

Anaïs Mitchell

OtherMedium 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.

 
              
verse 1 
C             F 
Turn that TV off now baby 
Am            E 
I'm so low I don't even sing 
C                 F 
Tell me something bout my country 
Am      G          C 
Tell me one good thing 
 
 
verse 2 
C                F 
Cash and Elvis, Cain and Abel 
Am                E 
Down in Memphis trading hands 
C               F 
Big girls dancing on the tables 
Am       G       C 
Dancing for the band 
 
 
verse 3 
C               F 
Put that paper down now baby 
Am            E 
I'm so low I don't even sing 
C                 F 
Tell me something bout my country 
Am       G         C 
Tell me one good thing 
 
 
verse 4 
C                  F 
King and Malcolm, lamb and lion 
Am         E 
Setting Alabama free 
C                F 
Thirty thousand angels flying 
Am       G    C 
From Montgomery 
 
 
Verse 5 
C                    F 
Switch that station off now baby 
Am            E 
I'm so low I don't even sing 
C                 F 
Tell me something bout my country 
Am       G        C 
Tell me one good thing 
Am       G        C 
Tell me one good thing

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Chord set

C · F · Am · E · G

Practice tip

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