Good For Nothing

[G] I've been good, and I've been [C] good for nothing

I had it [G] bad for something seems [D]like a long time ago

[G] And the dirt beneath my nails is not from [C] some field of flowers

[G] Sown by the April showers and what they may or [C] may not bring

[G] I always get lucky [C] in the [G] spring

I [D] have been [G] good for nothing



[C] Loose lips are bound to sink ships

And many times I've watched [G] my own self drown

[C] Clinging fast to my lucidity

Like a life raft that's al[D]ways sinking down



[C] One big drink and then another

Pull my head down far [G] beneath the waves

[D] Where I'm living like a mermaid decked in stolen jewels

From the drowning men [G] I've saved



I've been good, and I've been good for nothing

I had it bad for something seems like a long time ago

And the dirt beneath my nails is not from some field of flowers

Sown by the April showers and what they may or may not bring

I always get lucky in the spring

I have been good for nothing



[Solo over chords from chorus]

Black crows break and scatter wide

The buckshot blast soaring out of sight

Clouds of heat and dust that rise up from the ground

On a slow and gasping flight



I'm bound to think about my brother

When August sucks the colors from the air

And Kudzu vines make tangled monsters

Of the trees where we first learned to play fair



[Same chords as chorus]

Forgive and forget are words that never slid across my tongue

Revenge like a fleeting Christmas morning I knew when I was young

Put the toys back in their boxes

Let me tear the ribbons off them just once more

Inside my little box of bones a ray of light shines

Where I'm slowly keeping score



I've been good, and I've been good for nothing

I had it bad for something seems like a long time ago

And the dirt beneath my nails is not

From some field of flowers

Sung by the April showers and what they may or may not bring

I always get lucky in the spring

I have been good for nothing

I have been good for nothing