What Good Am I?
(Dylan)
From: "Oh Mercy" (1989)
Intro
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Lick
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E A E A E
What good am I if I'm like all the rest (lick)
E A E A E
If I just turn away, when I see how you're dressed (lick)
C#m G#m
If I shut myself off so I can't hear you cry
A E A E A E
What good am I? (lick)
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E A E A E
What good am I if I know and don't do (lick)
E A E A E
If I see and don't say, if I look right through you (lick)
C#m G#m
If I turn a deaf ear to the thunderin' sky
A E A E A E
What good am I? (lick)
E A E A E
What good am I while you softly weep (lick)
E A E A E
And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep (lick)
C#m G#m
And I freeze in the moment like the rest who don't try
A E A E A E
What good am I? (lick)
C#m
What good am I then to others and me
C#m G#m
If I've had every chance and yet still fail to see
C#m
If my hands are tied must I not wonder within
C#m G#m F#m
Who tied them and why and where must I have been?
E A E A E
What good am I if I say foolish things (lick)
E A E A E
And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings (lick)
C#m G#m
And I just turn my back while you silently die
A E A E A E
What good am I? (lick)
Coda/Solo
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