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Handsome Ned - Never Had It So Good

Chord diagram for D
Chord diagram for A
Chord diagram for E
      [Main Riff]
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-2-4-2-4-------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-2-4-2-4-----|
E|---------0-0-0-0-----|

[Intro]

Main Riff x3

[Verse]
[Main Riff]
I used to be good, I got nowhere. I don't understand.
Take you to a movie show, I just wanna hold your hand.
Walk you right up to your door square as can be.
You're a sweet talkin' daddy she said but you're just not for me

[Bridge]

D                          A
Diamond ring, don't mean a thing.
      D                 A
Sweet talking, take you walkin'.
          D           A
Brang you roses, case closes.
                         E                          A
Took me quite a while to figure out what had to be done

[Main Riff x1]

[Instrumental]

 A D E A x4

[Verse]

[Main Riff]
Now I never treat a woman too good and change my style.
They like to stick with gamblers and drunks and cheaters and lies.

[Bridge]
D                           A
Diamond rings, don't mean a thing.
      D                 A
Sweet talking, take you walkin'.
          D           A
Brang you roses, case closes.
                                  E                          A
'Till the day I turned around and showed her a cast iron arm.

[Chorus]
        D               A           D            A           D            A           D
I never had it so good, uh uh never had so good, uh uh never had so good, uh uh never had so good.
        E             A
'Till I learned to be bad.
        D               A           D            A           D            A           D
I never had it so good, uh uh never had so good, uh uh never had so good, uh uh never had so good.
        E             A
'Till I learned to be bad.

 Main Riff x10 or solo in the A minor pentatonic scale
e|---------------------5-8-|
B|-----------------5-8-----|
G|-------------5-7---------|
D|---------5-7-------------|
A|-----5-7-----------------|
E|-5-8---------------------|

[Verse]

[Main Riff]
The ladies that like hanging in juke joints are never satisfied.
Show 'em the size of your heart, they'll take you for a ride.
So Never ever treat 'em too good, you know you won't stand a chance.
Between getting beat up, slapped down there's no time for romance.

[Chorus]
        D               A           D            A           D            A           D
I never had it so good, uh uh never had so good, uh uh never had so good, uh uh never had so good.
        E             A
'Till I learned to be bad.
        D               A           D            A           D            A           D
I never had it so good, uh uh never had so good, uh uh never had so good, uh uh never had so good.
        E             A
'Till I learned to be bad.
        D               A           D            A           D            A           D
I never had it so good, uh uh never had so good, uh uh never had so good, uh uh never had so good.
        E
'Till I learned to be bad.

[Outro]

 [Main Riff] x3
 Hey hey to be bad, oh to be bad, heyy!
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|---------2-|
D|-2-4-2-4-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------|
    

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