What Good Am I? (Dylan) From: "Oh Mercy" (1989) Intro A E A E A E e|----------0-----|--------------0-|------------0--|--0-----------| B|----------------|--------2-0-2-0-|---------------|--------------| G|--------2---2-1-|--------2-2-2---|-----------2-2-|1-------------| D|--------2---2-2-|----------------|-----------2---|2-------------| A|--------0-------|--------0-------|-----------0---|--------------| E|----------------|0---------------|0--------------|0-------------| Lick E A E e|------------0--|-(0)----------| B|---------------|--------------| G|-----------2-2-|1-------------| D|-----------2---|2-------------| A|-----------0---|--------------| E|0--------------|0-------------| Intro: | - A | E A | E A | E | E A E A E What good am I if I'm like all the rest (lick) E A E A E If I just turn away, when I see how you're dressed (lick) C#m G#m If I shut myself off so I can't hear you cry A E A E A E What good am I? (lick) E A E A E What good am I if I know and don't do (lick) E A E A E If I see and don't say, if I look right through you (lick) C#m G#m If I turn a deaf ear to the thunderin' sky A E A E A E What good am I? (lick) E A E A E What good am I while you softly weep (lick) E A E A E And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep (lick) C#m G#m And I freeze in the moment like the rest who don't try A E A E A E What good am I? (lick) C#m What good am I then to others and me C#m G#m If I've had every chance and yet still fail to see C#m If my hands are tied must I not wonder within C#m G#m F#m Who tied them and why and where must I have been? E A E A E What good am I if I say foolish things (lick) E A E A E And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings (lick) C#m G#m And I just turn my back while you silently die A E A E A E What good am I? (lick) Coda/Solo | E | [2/4] A |[4/4] E A| E | | E | [2/4] A |[4/4] E A| E | | C#m |[2/4] C#m |[4/4] G#m | G#m | | A E | [2/4] A | E A | E A | E A | E A | E A | E (lick) (lick) lick) (lick) (lick)