Good Man

good man - - josh ritter "animal years" recording : standard tuning; live shows : usually capo ii i tabbed this version from numerous youtube live videos , which clearly show ritter’s use of simple , high - necked chords that let the open E & B strings ring ( contrary to other submittals for this song ) . easier alternative chords for a fuller sound can be found at the bottom of the page . enjoy! E B A E | 0 0 0 B | 0 0 0 G | 9 9 xd | 9 9 7 A | 11 9 7 E | 0 11 9 Solo Intro : E , B - A - B , B . E - B - A , A , E . band’s Intro : E , G#m - A - B . E - B * - A , A , E . ( in band Intro , G#m = 466400 , A = 577600 , B = 799800 ) Verse : E B these chords are old but we shake hands A B ’cause i believe that they’re the good guys we can use all the help we can , so many minor chords outside i fell in love with the sound , oh i love to sing along with you we got tunes we kicked around , we got a bucket that the tunes come through Chorus : E B - A - B babe we both had dry spells , hard times in bad E - B - A A lands i’m a good man for ya , i’m a good man E - B - A , A E B last night there was a horse in the road A B i was twisting in the hairpin my hands held on my mind let go and back to you my heart went skipping i found the inside of the road thought about the first time that i met you all those glances that we stole sometimes if you want them then you’ve got to Chorus/instrumental E B they shot a western south of here A B they had him cornered in a canyon and even his horse had disappeared they said it got run down by a bad , bad man you’re not a good shot but i’m worse and there’s so much where we ain’t been yet so swing up on this little horse the only thing we’ll hit is sunset Chorus/ instrumental repeat Chorus , repeat "i’m a good man" several times end E alternate ( easier ) progressions i came up with : E = 022100 or 079900 , B = 024400 or 069900 * , A = 042200 ( * this alt . B fingering is played only after using the high - fretted e; use 024400 after every a chord ) . regardless of which way you play , your index finger does a lot of string mashing!