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Good News Chords

Music by: Randy Newman
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[Intro 1]
[C][E][Am][F][F#dim][C][F][C][Am][D][G]
[C][Am][F][F#dim][C][Gsus4][C][F]
[C][Am][F][F#dim][C][Am][D][G]
[C][Am][F][F#dim][Gsus4][C][Gsus4]
[C][F][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Once upon a time there was a vulture and a hog
[F]Livin' in a house upon a [C]hill
Had this little boy who lived
with them
And they worked him like a dog
[Am]With any l[D]uck,
they'd have him up there [G]still
'Long came [C]a magic
man with a magic bag
Full of [F]nasty little green things
in [F#dim]a funky old rag
He said, [C]"Boy you may not [Abdim]know it but this
here's [Am]salvation you [F]see."
[F#dim]Son, you're going down[Am] in hist[D]ory[G]
[F][C][F][C][F]

[Verse 2]
[C]Good news is
[E]blowin' in your win[Am]dow[C]
[F]Good news is kno[F#dim]ckin' on you[C]r door[G]
[C]Good news is comin'[E] round the[Am] corner[C]
[F]Good news is [F#dim]rollin' 'round your flo[G]or

[Verse 3]
[C]Where can all my [Gm]troub[C]les be?[Gm][C]
[F]Must be good new[F#dim]s chasin' me
[C]Good eno[E]ugh to set eve[Am]rybody fre[F]e
[F#dim]Good news[C], good news[G],
good [C]news
(Good news)

[Verse 4]
There were [C]bugs in the garden
Didn't have a clue
That [F]everyday their life was on the line
[C]They wanted to get outta
there
But they didn't know what to do
Their [D]little brains is workin' [G]overtime
[C]That all changed one sunny day
[F]That little boy dropped by [F#dim]to say
If we [C]all work togeth[Abdim]er,
[E]we mak[Am]e out oka[F]y
[F#dim]Good news[Gsus4] , good n[C]ews,[Gsus4]
[G]good [C]news[E]

[Verse 5]
Gotta [Am]roll down a mountain
[F]Flew over [C]the sea
[F]Facin' death and [G]danger on their [C]way
[Am]But together they had made it
And they're [F]where they wanna [C]be
They [D]love each other more
and more each day
They care about each [C]other
Good news [E]is sweepin' cross the coun

[Verse 6]
[Am]
[C]try
[F]Good news is [F#dim]spreadin' all aro[C]und[G]
[C]Good news is hit[E]tin' in the[Am] city
[F#dim]Good news has sprung up in the town[G]

[Verse 7]
[C]The things that used to hurt before
[F]They don't hur[F#dim]t 'em anymore[F][C]
'Cause they [E]know there's
[Am]somethin' good [C]in [F]store
Good [Gsus4]news (Good news[C])
[G]Good news (Good news)
Good [C]news (Good [F]news[C])
Good news [G](Good [C]news)
Good news ([Am]Good news)
[F]Good news
[F#dim]Good news[C]

[Verse 8]
[C]Good news[Am][D][G][C][Am][F]
[F#dim][Gsus4][C][Gsus4][C]
Comin' down the chim[F]ney
Good [C]news
Knockin' on my door
Good news
Leavin' through the window
Good news
Can't take no [Bb]more
Good [C]news
Spreadin' o'er the country
Good news
For the young and old
Good news
Goin' [F]round [F#dim]the world, now
Good news
[Am]Too [Bb]hot t[C]o hold b[F]ack[C]
[Repeats]

[Verse 9]
Good [C]news [F](Good new[C]s)[F][C]
[Bb]Good news[C][F][C][F][C][F][C]
[Am](Goo[Bb]d news)[C][G]
[C]Good new[Am]s (Go[C]od news)[F][D]
Good [F]news [Gm](Good news[C])
[F]Good news[F#dim] ([C]
[F]Good news)
[C]Good news
Good news
Good news!
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