GOODNESS GRACIOUS Kevin Gilbert RIFF: C#m E F#/D# E ------------------------------------------------7--------6--------- B ------------------------------------------------9--------7--------- G ------------------------------------------------9--------6--------- D -(6)---------------6--(6)-----------------6-----9--------x--------- A --4---7---4-4--7-4-7---4---7---4-----7--4-7-----7--------6--------- E ---------------------------------7-4------------0------------------ CHORD FORMS: E 0 7 9 9 9 7 F#/D#: x 6 x 6 7 6 F#: x 9 11 11 11 9 Amaj7/E: 0 0 7 9 9 9 VERSE 1: C#m Goodness Gracious, is there nothing left to say? E F#/D# When the ones that get to keep looking are the ones that look away F# Amaj7 Amaj7 F# C#m It's pabulum for the sleepers in the cult of brighter days VERSE 2: Goodness Gracious, at the mercy of the crooks We're broke and stroking vegetables and there's way too many cooks In every pot a pink slip, In every mouth a hook VERSE 3: Goodness Gracious, I'm not listening anymore Cause the spooks are in the White House and they've justified a war So wake me when they notify we're gonna fight some more CHORUS: G# C#m Goodness Gracious, not many people care F# D# Concern is getting scarcer, true compassion really rare G# F# I can see it on our faces, I can feel it in the air F# D# G# C#m Goodness Gracious me VERSE 4: C#m Goodness Gracious, my generation's lost E F#/D# They burned down all our bridges before we had a chance to cross F# Amaj7 Amaj7 F# C#m Is it the winter of our discontent or just an early frost? VERSE 5: Goodness Gracious, of apathy I sing The baby boomers had it all and wasted everything Now recess is almost over and they won't get off the swing CHORUS: G# C#m Goodness Gracious, we came in at the end F# D# No sex that isn't dangerous, no money left to spend G# F# We're the cleanup crew for parties we were too young to attend F# D# G# C#m Goodness Gracious me VERSE 6: Goodness Gracious, my grandma used to say The world's a scary place now, things were different in her day What horrors will be commonplace when my hair starts to grey?