Good Hearted Man — Tift Merritt
Chords and lyrics for Good Hearted Man by Tift Merritt (key of C).
Verse 1
Tift Merritt - Good Hearted Man
[C] [Bm] [Am] [G] [F] [G] [C]
[C]Swore that I was living [F]free[C]
Oh, you couldn't [Em]talk to me
And the [Am]pride that kept me[F]
Didn't want no [G]company
Early morning [C]subway [F]train[C]
Feeling lost[Em] and running late
Well, he [Am]held the car[F]
He gave his seat to [G]me [Am][G][Em7]
Chorus 1
And I [C]can't find [G]nothing [Am]feels so [C]fine as loving[F]
A good [G]hearted [C]man
Oh, he can soothe me, [Em]free me,[Am] oh, I'm gonna [C]marry that[F]
Good [G]hearted [C]man
I told him that he'd better go [F][C]
'Cause I was crazy and [Em]impossible
That my [Am]love was broken[F]
My dreams had run off[G] wild
Patient as[C] the easy [F]rain[C]
Oh, he never [Em]turned away
Calling, [Am]"Hey, sweet woman[F]
You know you're not a [G][Am]child"[G][Em7]
Chorus 1
And I [C]can't find [G]nothing [Am]feels so [C]fine as loving[F]
A good [G]hearted [C]man
Oh, he can soothe me, [Em]free me,[Am] oh, I'm gonna [C]marry that[F]
Good [G]hearted [C]man [G]
Bridge
Good hearted man, now the[Am] night makes sense
Because your[Dm] tenderness, it's [G]sheltering me
So I'm trading in that[C] hot-head [F]kid[C]
For a woman I [Em]can give to him
And it ain't [Am]easy, but I'm gonna[F]
Do the best I[G] can,[Am] oh that [Em7]good hearted [G]man, you know that
Chorus
[C]Just ain't [G]nothing [Am]feels so [C]fine as loving[F]
A good [G]hearted [C]man
Oh, he can [C]soothe me, [G]free me, [Am]oh, I'm gonna [C]marry that[F]
Good [G]hearted [C]man
Oh, and I'm [C]grateful,[G] grateful,[Am] got to say [C]"Thank you" to a[F]
Good [G]hearted [C][Am][Em7]man[C][G][F][G]
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