Artist/Band: Schneider Bob Tabs
Song: I'm Good Now Tab
I�m Good Now
Bob Schneider
Bob is a legend around the Austin music scene,
and he�s not super country, as his music leans more toward Jack
Johnson type rock, but he�s awesome and his country
influence becomes very apparent in songs like this one. I'm posting
because I looked everywhere for this song (lyrics or tabs) when I
heard it at a solo acoustic show of his, and couldnt find it.
So I occasionally cover this song and I think some of y'all may
like it too. He sounds kind of like Robert Earl Keen to me on
Intro and first verse lick
e----x----------------------x---- (repeat as necessary)
B----x----------------------x----
G----0----------------------0----
D----2------------0---------2----
A----2---2---4-------2------2----
E--0---------------------0-------
Verse 1:
Em(lick above)
There was a time in West Virginia
When the cops showed up when the shop blowed up
Man we didn�t know what was gonna happen.
Em(same lick)
Messed the whole place up and tried to kill my dad
Took all the money I had and what was really bad
Was I couldn�t do nothing to stop �em.
Bridges:
C D
Had to move to Mexico to get away
Em
You reap the seeds you sew, or so they say,
C
I spent most of my nights at a place called the Rainbow Bar.
G D C G
Drinking cervezas all night long singing Mexican love songs,
C G D
Getting all the words all wrong not givin a damn.
G D C G
Hoping that my luck might change, feeling crazy and acting strange,
C G D
Never worried bout the danger I was in.
Em C G D
Cause I�ve had a mighty bad run of luck since you left this town,
Em C G D
Sometimes you hit the brakes but you cant slow down,
Em C G D
I know what I want on my damn tombstone when they put me in the ground,
Em(let ring)
Tell �em to write it big and tall or not at all.
Chorus:
G D Em C
Just put I�m good now�
G D Em C
I�m good now�.
G D Em C
I�m good now�
G D Em C
I�m good now.
(Everything is the same as previous verse, bridges and chorus, except
the lick is different, so I just bass strum that E minor and it sounds good)
Well as the story goes, things only got worse, I fell in love with a nurse,
She smuggled drugs in her purse, she worked for Doctor Gonzales.
It turns out the doc was a mighty mean man, he couldn�t understand,
That things can get out of hand, I guess hes gonna find out though.
He tried to stop her one night, she pulled out a knife,
There was a struggle and there at the end he fell,
As she ran home, he was on the floor dying.
Wondering bout the things he�d done, wondering bout his life and fun he�d had,
Choices that he made and roads he�d taken,
And he thought about his kids, and all the crazy things he did,
Wondered if anything at all really matters,
Cause when your life is almost over and there�s no hope to be found,
And you�re dying and your blood is spilling out over the ground.
And the last words that he said though he could hardly make a sound,
And he spoke each word in Spanish, cause he couldn�t speak no English,
He said I�m good now�
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