Tabbed by: d2g Perfectly Good Guitar _ John Hiatt INTRO - Feeeeeedbaaaaccckkkk-- Hey---! Am Em G C D Em Am Em D G C D Em D Em D Em Em G Well he threw one down from the top of the stairs Am C D beautiful women were standing everywhere Em G they all got wet when he smashed that thing Am D G but off in the dark you could hear somebody sing Am Em oh it breaks my heart to see those stars G C D G smashing a perfectly good guitar Am Em i don't know who they think they are D G C Em smashing a perfectly good guitar Em D Em Em D Em Em G it started back in 1963 Am C D his momma wouldn't buy him that new red harmony Em G he settled for a sunburst with a crack Am D G but he's still trying to break his momma's back. chorus Am Em oh it breaks my heart to see those stars G C D Em smashing a perfectly good guitar Am Em D i don't know who they think they are G C D smashing a perfectly good guitar Em D Em Em D Em Em G he loved that guitar just like a girlfriend Am C D but every good thing comes to an end Em G now he just sits in his room all day Am D G whistling every note he used to play Solo Am Em G C D Em Am Em D G C D Em D Em Em D Em Em G there ought to be a law with no bail Am C D smash a guitar and you go to jail Em G with no chance for early parole Am C D G you don't get out until you get some soul chorus Am Em oh it breaks my heart to see those stars G C D Em smashing a perfectly good guitar Am Em D i don't know who they think they are G C D smashing a perfectly good guitar Em D Em Em D Em Em G late at night the end of the road Am C D he wished he still had the old guitar to hold Em G he'd rock it like a baby in his arms Am D G never let it come to any harm chorus Am Em oh it breaks my heart to see those stars G C D Em smashing a perfectly good guitar Am Em D i don't know who they think they are G C D Em smashing a perfectly good -- good -- guitar Em D Em Em D Em Em D Em