Oct182023

Mark Ambor – Good To Be Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsE A C#m B

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[Intro]
E

[Verse 1]
E
Maybe I'm not some
chosen one
          A
But, damn it, I'm
my father's son
           C#m
And that's something
             B
 I'm pretty proud to be
    E
The colder days have
drawn their guns
    A
The warmer days are
 on the run
      E
And I hate that I'm
                  B
stuck right in between

[Pre-Chorus]
E    B  C#m   B    A
Turn my gray skies blue
E    B     C#m  A
Just tryna be like you

[Chorus]
      C#m              E
Going top down in that old
 Mercedes
A              E
Music loud, go ahead
     B
and hate me
C#m
Spare the nickel,
 E                  A   E B
 I'll just keep the dime
C#m          E
Find ways to cut the fat
A                E       B
Hot coffee and a Trident pack
C#m             E
Damnit, it's so good
      A     E  B
to be alive

[Verse 2]
E
Heroes come to save a mess
    A
You sewed the holes
inside my chest
    C#m
And found a way to soak
            B
 up all the stains
    E
Got all my anger bottled up
A
A drop away to
fill that cup
     C#m
But, any more and
           B
I might go insane

[Pre-Chorus]
        E     B  C#m
Oh, I'll turn my gray
  B    A
skies blue
     E   B C#m B   A
Just tryna be like you

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Chorus]
            C#m
(ooh) Going top down in
      E
 that old Mercedes
A              E
Music loud, go ahead
     B
and hate me
C#m
Spare the nickel,
 E                  A    E B
 I'll just keep the dime
C#m          E
Find ways to cut the fat
A                E       B
Hot coffee and a Trident pack
C#m             E
Damnit, it's so good
       A     E  B
 to be alive

[Instrument]
C#m   E   A   E   B

 C#m E  A
E B  C#m   E   A   E  B

[Outro]
C#m             E
Damnit, it's so good to
   A
 be alive
 E B  C#m  E A E B
C#m  E A E B

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How to play Good To Be: key, chords and progression

These are Good To Be chords by Mark Ambor on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Good To Be by Mark Ambor, think in E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). It takes 4 chords: E, A, C#m and B.

Listen for E – A – E – B (I – IV – I – V in E major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, G, Bm, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.