What Good Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays493

What Good by Third Day is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, C, D, G, Am7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
Text
16
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  			Verse 1: 
A                              C  D         C                       A  
 Rich young man you think you can  make it through the world on the things  
           C      D 
you've got   yeah 
A                              C   D           C                        A 
Well i tell you i know its true yeah you can't get to heaven on the things  
            C      D 
you've bought yeah 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 1: 
              D                     C          G 
they're gonna leave you they're gonna fade away 
 
 
Chorus: 
A          C       D    
 What good is a man  
G               D           C   G        A 
to gain the whole world and to forfeit his soul? 
A          C       D    
 What good is a man  
G               D           C   G        A 
to gain the whole world and to forfeit his soul? 
                                                                 
 
Verse 2: 
A                 C           D         
Poor old soul, he got more 
         C                   A  
Than the kings of a thousand countries 
A                 C           D         
What he owns ain't silver or gold 
         C                   A  
This boy is bound for glory 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 2: 
              D                     C          G 
He's going to leave us He's going to fly away 
 
 
(Chorus) 
 
 
Interlude: 
Am7  D7                    Am7 
     i said it aint no good     
    D7                     Am7 
     to gain the whole world  

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante