The 88
How Good It Can Be
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Mellow song from the first album.
[intro]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
Cm Ab Eb Bb F
[verse]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
With the cops on your lips it’s a holy routine
Cm Ab Eb Bb
If you’d stop all your trips you could see what I mean
Cm Ab Eb Bb
I forgot not to slip bout your under eighteen
[prechorus]
F F Gm
You had it in your hands, had it in your hands
Ab Ab A
You had it in your hands, had it in your hands
Bb
Your hands
[chorus]
Eb Eb/D
Leave it up to me
Cm G
It’s a known disease
Ab Eb
Keep it in your fleece
Ab Eb
Don’t worry about the customs police, don’t
Ab Fm Bb
I’ll tell you just how good it could be this lazy summer
[verse]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
But you got no relief from the pain in your head
Cm Ab Eb Bb
and it’s hollow and greased and it says that you’re dead
Cm Ab Eb Bb
But you make fun and tease and the things that you said
[prechorus]
F F Gm
They always stab your back, always stab your back
Ab Ab A
They always stab your back, always stab your back
Bb
Your back
[chorus]
Eb Eb/D
Leave it up to me
Cm G
It’s a known disease
Ab Eb
Keep it in your fleece
Ab Eb
Don’t worry about the customs police, don’t
Ab Fm Bb
I’ll tell you just how good it could be this lazy summer
[solo]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
e------------11----------------------11--13--15--13-------------|
B---13---13------13--11--13--11--13-----------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/the-88/81098.html ]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
e------------11----------------------11--13--15--13-------------|
B---13---13------13--11--13--11--13-----------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
Cm Ab Eb Bb
e------------11----------------------11--13--15--13-------------|
B---13---13------13--11--13--11--13-----------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
[prechorus]
F F Gm
They always stab your back, always stab your back
Ab Ab A
They always stab your back, always stab your back
Bb
Your back
played with the above:
F Ab Bb
e---13--15------13--15------13--15------------------------------|
B-----------13----------13----------15--------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
[chorus]
Eb Eb/D
Leave it up to me
Cm G
It’s a known disease
Ab Eb
Keep it in your fleece
Ab Eb
Don’t worry about the customs police, don’t
Ab Fm Bb
I’ll tell you just how good it could be this lazy summer
[final chorus]
Eb Eb/D
Leave it up to me
Cm G
It’s a known disease
Ab Eb
Keep it in your fleece
Ab Eb
Don’t worry about the customs police, don’t
Ab Eb
I’ll tell you just how good it could be
Fm
And I’ve been holding out for love
Bb
ever since I had a heart
[fade out]
Eb Eb/D Cm G Ab Eb Ab Eb