My Good Deed
(Played without capo, though it sounds nice with the capo on the fourth fret and chords relative)
G Bm Em
G
I tried to save a girl I truly
I tried to save a girl I truly
Bm
loved and didn’t quite know how to
loved and didn’t quite know how to
Em
help her.
help her.
So now she’s
G
sleeping as her parents up a
sleeping as her parents up a
Bm
bove cry over things that they can’t
bove cry over things that they can’t
Em
tell her.
tell her.
And
Am
when I did my good deed I thought I’d
when I did my good deed I thought I’d
D
feel unbroken
feel unbroken
Em
gladness,
gladness,
but
Am
standing in the street alone I
standing in the street alone I
D
just felt sinking s
just felt sinking s
Em
adness.
adness.
B7
Girl, your
C
dad will not us
dad will not us
G
bless, so hang up
bless, so hang up
Bm
your veil and d
your veil and d
Em
ress.
ress.
Look at
C
me and take one gue
me and take one gue
G
ss where the
ss where the
D
best-intentioned
best-intentioned
D7
love will lead us.
love will lead us.
G
I once felt a feeling fully
I once felt a feeling fully
Bm
through, though I knew I shouldn’t
through, though I knew I shouldn’t
Em
feel it,
feel it,
because to
G
act on it I’d be a person
act on it I’d be a person
Bm
who should be slapped into a
who should be slapped into a
Em
straitjacket.
straitjacket.
So
Am
every time it comes around I
every time it comes around I
D
just let it die
just let it die
Em
inside me.
inside me.
You said,
Am
“I only come around because I
“I only come around because I
D
just need you to hide
just need you to hide
Em
me,”
me,”
B7
so we
C
knelt in those dead
knelt in those dead
G
weeds, sticks and sharp
weeds, sticks and sharp
Bm
rocks cutting into our
rocks cutting into our
Em
knees.
knees.
And I
C
thought that we would
thought that we would
G
freeze, but there was
freeze, but there was
D
just too much warm
just too much warm
D7
blood in our bodies.
blood in our bodies.
G
I’m not going to make you take the
I’m not going to make you take the
Bm
pills, though you should really think
pills, though you should really think
Em
about it.
about it.
G
The fire by which we both were almost
The fire by which we both were almost
Bm
killed glowed so beautiful, don’t
killed glowed so beautiful, don’t
Em
doubt it
doubt it
but
Am
we have to make a choice now;
we have to make a choice now;
D
can we glow without
can we glow without
Em
it?
it?
B7
There’s a
C
space I tried to
space I tried to
G
fill, but I’m
fill, but I’m
Bm
seeing now I never
seeing now I never
Em
will.
will.
You fly
C
around while I stand
around while I stand
G
still, until I
still, until I
D
slowly just get
slowly just get
D7
smaller and smaller.
smaller and smaller.
G
I tried to save a girl I truly
I tried to save a girl I truly
Bm
loved, and I never would
loved, and I never would
Em
desert her.
desert her.
When
G
we both found out that I was dreaming
we both found out that I was dreaming
Bm
of the day I thoroughly could
of the day I thoroughly could
Em
hurt her.
hurt her.
And I
Am
saw myself inside her eyes; this
saw myself inside her eyes; this
D
shrinking would-be
shrinking would-be
Em
savior
savior
Am
resented her for never needing
resented her for never needing
D
me and I couldn’t wait just to
me and I couldn’t wait just to
Em
betray her.
betray her.
B7
So we
C
drove back to her
drove back to her
G
place from the
place from the
Bm
temporary home that we had
temporary home that we had
Em
made,
made,
and I
C
stepped back into the
stepped back into the
G
street,
street,
feeling the
D
fullest moment of my
fullest moment of my
D7
life slowly shrink away
life slowly shrink away
from
G
me.
me.
(play until the end)
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