"Good Lives" by Eve 6
tabbed by Gage Brown

NOTE:  Since Eve 6 only uses one guitar, the guitar plays the following lead riffs for the entire song.  I have, however, provided the chords along with the lyrics for reference, incase you want to play it acoustic by yourself.

Chords:
C#m:  x46654
E:  x79997
A:  577655
B:  799677


Intro - Clean electric
e ----------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------
G --7-----6-----4-----2----2---4-----2-----0----------
D ----0-----0-----0-----0--0-0---0-----0-----0---4---2
A 0-----0-----0-----0--------------0-----0-----0---0-0
E ---------------------------------------------------- x2

Verse riff A - Palm muted, distorted (There's a plastic toy four door...)
e ---------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------
G 9-8-9-8-9-8---8------------------------
D ------------9--------------------------
A ---------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------

Verse riff B - Distorted (Promise that forever...)
e ---------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------
G 4---4-4---4-4---4----------------------
D --2-----2-----2---4--------------------
A ---------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------

Verse riff C - Distorted, 2nd verse only (Growing up and learning...)
e ---------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------
G 13-13-1311---9-----------------------
D ---------------------------------------
A 11-11-119----7-----------------------
E ---------------------------------------

Chorus - Distorted (Good lives are gold...)
e ---------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------
G 13-13-1311-11-119--------------------
D ---------------------------------------
A 11-11-119--9--9-7--------------------
E ---------------------------------------

Solo - Distorted
e ---------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------
G 6-6-6-8-8-8-9-9-6-6-6-8-8-8-9-9---8-8-8-9-9-9-11-11-8-8-8-9-9-9-11-11
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------
A 4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7---6-6-6-7-7-7-9--9--6-6-6-7-7-7-9--9-
E --------------------------------------------------------------------- x2

e ---------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------
G 13vvv-14v-16---------------------------
D ---------------------------------------
A 11vvv-12v-14v--------------------------
E ---------------------------------------


Bridge - Distorted (I never wanted to be...)
e ---------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------
G 6-6-6-------------4-4-4---2-2-2-2------
D 6-6-6---2-2-2-2---4-4-4---2-2-2-2------
A 4-4-4---2-2-2-2---2-2-2---0-0-0-0------
E --------0-0-0-0------------------------ x2

e ---------------------------------------
B 5--5-5--5--5-5-------------------------
G ---------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------- x3

e ---------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------
G 13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----------------
D ---------------------------------------
A 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----------------
E ---------------------------------------

          C#m                          E
There's a plastic toy four door in the cereal box and

     A                            B
He's licking off the sugar of the breakfast of chumps

C#m                          A
Promise that forever we will never get better at

E                          B    
Growing up and learning to lie

            C#m                         E
There is no floor thirteen, there's not even a second story

        A                    B
You got one to tell and it's sad as hell

C#m                          A
Promise that forever we will never get better at

E                          B
Growing up and learning to lie

C#m                  E
Grad school kid with wall street glib

      A                    B
Got a suit and a tie and a record with winners

C#m                          A
Promise that forever we will never get better at

E                          B
Growing up and learning to lie

A
I'm on my way back home now

E       B         A
   Good lives are gold, like the oldest story

E       B       A
   Will mine be told, while I'm still young and horny?

E    B       A
   I know my role is to be a confusion

E                     B                A
   Set the clock back when I'm growing old


[Repeat intro x1]

     C#m                 E
This kid came over and I let him crash

       A                          B
But he went into my wallet and he grabbed my cash

C#m                          A
Promise that forever we will never get better at

E                          B
Growing up and learning to lie

        C#m                  E
And the good girlfriend, she turned me in

      A                         B
I was lying with my eyes about adulterous sin

C#m                          A
Promise that forever we will never get better at

E                          B
Growing up and learning to lie

A
I'm on my way back home now


[repeat chorus]

C#m        E            B                         A 
   I never wanted to be like you or all the rest

C#m            E                     B                       A
   I've always been the first one to settle for second best

C#m        E
   I never wanted to be

B          A
   I never wanted to be

C#m        B            A
   I never wanted to be like you


[repeat chorus]

E                            A
Promise that forever we will never get better at

C#m                        B
Growing up and learning to lie

[repeat this last part 3 times]

            E
Promise it

[Also, if you want the bassline, it's entirely root notes of the chords.
C#m = 4th fret A-string (actually 2nd fret low B-string; it's recorded on a 5-string, but most people don't have one.)
E = open E-string
A = open A-string
B = 2nd fret A-string]
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