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          Wouldn’t It Be Good – Nik Kershaw
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Written by: Nik Kershaw
From: “Human Racing” (1984)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

If you want to know what these chords sound like:
https://soundcloud.com/maguri/wouldnt-it-be-good-nick-kershaw-acoustic-demo

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Capo: 3rd fret
Play: D
Key: F

For original chords, transpose this tab +3

[Intro] basic 
          Dmaj
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------xx0-0-
B|------xx2-2-
G|------xx2-2-
D|------xx0-0-
A|------------
E|------------

changes/riff for intro and chorus
9 [ G5 ]
4 +
----|
--3-|
--0-|
--0-|
----|
--3-|
  G5      Em9 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|--------2-2-
B(3)------3-3-
G(0)------0-0-
D(0)----------
A|--------2-2-
E(3)------0-0-

  A          D
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
--0-|--------0
--2-|--------2
--2-|--------2
--2-|--------0
--0-|---------
----|---------

maj9 G5       
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-0-----|------
-2---3-|------
-2---0-|------
-0---0-|------
-------|------
-----3-|------

  Em9   A     
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
--2-2---0-|---
--3-3---2-|---
--0-0---2-|---
--------2-|---
--2-2---0-|---
--0-0-----|---

     Dmaj9 G5
 2 + 3 + 4 +
-----0-0-----|
-----2-2---3-|
-----2-2---0-|
-----0-0---0-|
-------------|
-----------3-|

1. (to turnaro
  G5      Em9 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|--------2-2-
B(3)------3-3-
G(0)------0-0-
D(0)----------
A|--------2-2-
E(3)------0-0-

und)
  A          F
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
--0-|--------3
--2-|--------2
--2-|--------3
--2-|--------2
--0-|---------
----|--------2

#7-9 Bm       
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-3---2-|------
-2---3-|------
-3---4-|------
-2---4-|------
-----2-|------
-------|------

              
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

   [ Dmaj9 G5 ]
 2 + 3 + 4 +
-----0-0-----|
-----2-2---3-|
-----2-2---0-|
-----0-0---0-|
-------------|
-----------3-|

2. (to verse)
  G5      Em9 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|--------2-2-
B(3)------3-3-
G(0)------0-0-
D(0)----------
A|--------2-2-
E(3)------0-0-

  A          F
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
--0-|--------3
--2-|--------2
--2-|--------3
--2-|--------2
--0-|---------
----|--------2

#7-9 Bm       
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-3---2-|------
-2---3-|------
-3---4-|------
-2---4-|------
-----2-|------
-------|------

              
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

   [ C#5  G#5 ]
 2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
-------------|
---xx6-6-----|
---xx6-6---6-|
---xx4-4---6-|
-----------4-|

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CHORDS

[Chorus]      
        E-A-D-
Dmaj9   x-x-0-
G5      3-x-0-
Em9     0-2-x-
F#7-9   2-x-2-
C#5     x-4-6-

              
G-B-e         
2-2-0 (= A/D) 
0-3-x         
0-3-2         
3-2-3         
6-x-x         

   |Verse]
             E
   Ab5       4
   Ab5*      4
   E(add9)   0
   Bsus2     x
   Bb5       x

-A-D-G-B-e
-6-6-x-x-x
-6-6-x-7-x = Ab5(add7)
-2-2-1-0-2
-2-4-4-2-2
-1-3-3-x-1

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 [Intro]

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[Verse 1]

 I got it bad,

 you don't kno

w how bad I go

t it

 You got it ea

sy, you don't 

know when you 

got it good

 It's getting 

harder, just k

eeping life an

d soul togethe

r
          
 I'm sick of f

             
ighting, even 

          
though I know 

I shouldn't

[Bridge]
         
 The cold is b

           
iting thru eac

            
h and every ne


rve and fibre
           
 My broken spi

            
rit is frozen 

       
to the core
         
  I don't wann

            [ 
a be here no m

          ]
ore
                          (Wouldn’t it be good ...)

[Chorus]
         
Wouldn't it be

         
 good to be in

  
 your shoes
       
Even if it was

           
 for just one 


day
         
And wouldn't i

            
t be good, if 

          
we could wish 

      
ourselves away

         
Wouldn't it be

         
 good to be on

 
 your side
         
The grass is a

            
lways greener 

  
over there
         
Wouldn't it be

         
 good, if we c

             
ould live with

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out a care

[Verse]

 You must be j

oking, you don

't know a thin

g about it

 You've got no

 problem, I'd 

stay right the

re if I were y

ou

 I got it hard

er, you couldn

't dream how h

ard I got it
          
 Stay out of m

             
y shoes, if yo

              
u know what's 


good for you

[Bridge]
         
 The heat is s

            
tifling, burni

             
ng me up from 


the inside
           
 The sweat is 

            
coming thru ea

             
ch and every p


ore

 I don't wanna

 be here no mo

re
[  ]
 I don't wanna

 be here no mo

re
[  ]
 I don't wanna

 be here no mo

re

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    (synth pad

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[Chorus] instrumental
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[Chorus]
         
Wouldn't it be

         
 good to be in

  
 your shoes
       
Even if it was

           
 for just one 


day
         
And wouldn't i

            
t be good, if 

          
we could wish 

      
ourselves away

 (oh, oh, oh)

         
Wouldn't it be

         
 good to be on

 
 your side
         
The grass is a

            
lways greener 

  
over there
         
Wouldn't it be

         
 good, if we c

             
ould live with

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out a care

[Outro] instrumental chorus + verse lyrics
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 I got it bad,

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 you don't kno

w how bad I go

t it
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 You got it ea

 |
sy, you don't 

know when you 

got it good
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 It's getting 

# |  | 
harder, just k

  |
eeping life an

d soul togethe

r

(fade out over last three lines)