Song: A Good Idea At The Time
Artist: Ok Go
Album: Oh No


Tuning: Standard


Intro: 
A    A
A    D  A
A    D  A


Verse 1:
A                     D              A
True about my taste; true about my wealth.
A
The thing about St. Petersburg:
       D             A             D A              A C  D
I was never there myself, so come on. Yeah, come on.
    A                                     D             A
Anastasia might have cried all night, I couldn't say myself,
        D  A               A C  D
So come on, yeah, come on.


Pre-Chorus:
  Bm                 F
I appreciate your courtesy,
      A              F#
Your well-learned politesse,
    Bm                F             A
But you got yourself into your own mess.


Chorus:
              Bm               F
You know the demon's in the design:
         G              D  A
A good idea at the time.
        A   C      D                 D  A
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
              A   C      D                 A    D  A
Yeah, seemed like a good idea at the time.


Verse 2: (Same as Verse 1)
    A                     D             A
Now how it all went down, only Pilate knows.
 A                          D                   A
All I ever asked of him is when the bars would close.
        D A               A C D
So come on, yeah, come on.


Pre-Chorus:
  Bm                 F
I appreciate your courtesy,
      A              F#
Your well-learned politesse,
    Bm                F             A
But you got yourself into your own mess.


Chorus:
              Bm               F
You know the demon's in the design:
         G              D  A
A good idea at the time.
              A   C      D                 D  A
Yeah, seemed like a good idea at the time.
            A   C      D                 F 
Oh, seemed like a good idea at the time.
       E              F
Ha, yeah, oh, at the time
E
Now what you gonna do about it?

C  Am   Am C D
C  Am   Am C Am
C  Am   Am C D
C       E

A       D A

Verse 3: (Same as Verse 1)
           A                         D             A
Now, it's true about my wealth, and true about my taste,
     A                 
But you don't need no help from me,
        D               A
You'll lay yourself to waste.
So come on.
Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Chorus

...

                             D
Oh, seemed like a good idea,
                 F                   A    E
Seemed like a good idea at the time.


Repeat chords of chorus