How Good It Can Be (The 88) Guitar Chords

Mellow song from the first album.

[intro]
Cm     Ab     Eb     Bb
 Cm     Ab     Eb     Bb     F


[verse]
 Cm Ab   Eb   Bb
With the cops on your lips it’s a holy routine
 Cm Ab Eb Bb
If you’d stop all your trips you could see what I mean
      Cm Ab Eb   Bb
I forgot not to slip bout your under eighteen

[prechorus]
F     F   Gm
You had it in your hands, had it in your hands
Ab     Ab  A
You had it in your hands, had it in your hands
Bb
Your hands

[chorus]
Eb                       Eb/D
     Leave it up to me
Cm                        G
     It’s a known disease
Ab                            Eb
     Keep it in your fleece
Ab Eb
Don’t worry about the customs police, don’t
Ab     Fm Bb
I’ll tell you just how good it could be this lazy summer

[verse]
Cm Ab Eb Bb
But you got no relief from the pain in your head
 Cm      Ab    Eb      Bb
and it’s hollow and greased and it says that you’re dead
Cm      Ab Eb Bb
But you make fun and tease and the things that you said

[prechorus]
F F   Gm
They always stab your back, always stab your back
Ab Ab  A
They always stab your back, always stab your back
  Bb
Your back

[chorus]
Eb                       Eb/D
     Leave it up to me
Cm                        G
     It’s a known disease
Ab                            Eb
     Keep it in your fleece
Ab Eb
Don’t worry about the customs police, don’t
Ab     Fm Bb
I’ll tell you just how good it could be this lazy summer

[solo]
              Cm          Ab           Eb         Bb
e------------11----------------------11--13--15--13-------------|
B---13---13------13--11--13--11--13-----------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|

              Cm          Ab           Eb         Bb
e------------11----------------------11--13--15--13-------------|
B---13---13------13--11--13--11--13-----------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|

              Cm          Ab           Eb         Bb
e------------11----------------------11--13--15--13-------------|
B---13---13------13--11--13--11--13-----------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|

[prechorus]
F F   Gm
They always stab your back, always stab your back
Ab Ab  A
They always stab your back, always stab your back
  Bb
Your back

played with the above:
   F Ab    Bb
e---13--15------13--15------13--15------------------------------|
B-----------13----------13----------15--------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|

[chorus]
Eb                       Eb/D
     Leave it up to me
Cm                        G
     It’s a known disease
Ab                            Eb
     Keep it in your fleece
Ab Eb
Don’t worry about the customs police, don’t
Ab     Fm Bb
I’ll tell you just how good it could be this lazy summer

[final chorus]
Eb                       Eb/D
     Leave it up to me
Cm                        G
     It’s a known disease
Ab                            Eb
     Keep it in your fleece
Ab Eb
Don’t worry about the customs police, don’t
Ab Eb
I’ll tell you just how good it could be
Fm
     And I’ve been holding out for love
Bb
ever since I had a heart

[fade out]
Eb   Eb/D   Cm   G   Ab   Eb   Ab   Eb