Kenny Chesney - The Good Stuff

By axehappy - axehappy at countrytabs.com


G      =   320033                           D/F#      =   2x0232

Em     =   022000                           G/B       =   x2000x

C      =   x32010                           C(add9)   =   x3203x

Am     =   x02210                           A(add9)   =   x02200

D      =   xx0232                           G7        =   320001


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G   D/F#   Em   G/B   C
INTRO


      G                      D/F#
Well, me and my lady had our first big fight,
     Em                          G/B
So I drove around 'til I saw the neon lights
     C(add9)            G/B                     Am       A(add9) Am
Of a corner bar, and it just seemed right, so I pulled up.
      G                   D/F#
Not a soul around but the old barkeep,
Em                          G/B
Down at the end and looking half asleep.
    C(add9)                G/B       
But he walked up and said "What'll it be"? 
            Am           G
I said "The good stuff".
   C                           D
He didn't reach around for the whiskey,
   C                D
He didn't pour me a beer.
    C                    D
His blue eyes kinda went misty,
         Em                        D/F#
He said "You can't find that here.


                G                    D/F#
'Cause it's the first long kiss on a second date,
Em                           G7
Momma's all worried when you get home late.
    C                            G/B
And droppin' the ring in the spaghetti plate,
            Am        G/B        C     D        
'Cause your hands are shakin' so much.
             G                           D/F#
And it's the way that she looks with the rice in her hair,
Em                       G7
Eatin' burnt suppers the whole first year,
    C                     G/B                 Am  G/B  C
And askin' for seconds to keep her from tearin' up.
     D               G         D/F#   C(add9)
Yeah man, that's the good stuff".


             G                     D/F#   
He grabbed a carton of milk and he poured a glass,
Em                            G/B
  And I smiled and said "I'll have some of that".
   C(add9)                    G/B              Am
We sat there and talked as an hour passed like old friends.
      G                              D/F#
Saw a black and white picture and he caught my stare,
         Em               G/B
It was a pretty girl with boufant hair,
        C(add9)            G/B                      Am       G/B
He said "That's my Bonnie, taken about a year after we wed."
           C                       D
He said "I spent five years in the bottle, 
         C                    D
When the cancer took her from me.
    C               D
But I've been sober three years now,
           Am        G/B               C     D
'Cause the one thing stronger than the whiskey,


        G                       D/F#
Was the sight of her holdin' my baby girl.
    Em                  G7
The way she adored that string of pearls
  C                         G/B 
I gave her the day that our youngest boy Earl 
A           G/B         C    D
Married his high school love.
           G                  D/F#
And it's a new t-shirt sayin' I'm a Grandpa,
Em                       G7
Bein' right there as our time got small,
    C                         G/B            Am      G/B  C
And holdin' her hand when the Good Lord called her up.
     D               G       D/F#  C   
Yeah man, that's the good stuff".



G   D/F#   C(add9)   
INSTRUMENTAL


             D       D/F#        G
He said when you get home she'll start to cry,
         D         D/F#          G
When she says "I'm sorry", say: "So am I".
           D/F#     Em     G/B      C(add9)
And look into those eyes so deep in love...
             D
And drink it up.
                  G        D/F#   C(add9)
'Cause that's the good stuff.
           G        D/F#   C(add9)
That's the good stuff.


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I've just tabbed the picking in the intro here, as it stays pretty much
the same kind of thing for the rest of the song.

  
               G        D/F#   Em      G/B   C     

E----------------3--------2------0--------------------------|
B--1/3-1p0-------3-3------3-------0-0----0------------------|
G--2/4-2p0-----------0------0---0--0----0-0--0---0------0---|
D----------2p0--0---0----0-0---2-------0-----0h2-0---0h2----|
A-------------------------------------------------3---------|
E--------------3--------2-----------------------------------|