"Good Lives" by Eve 6
tabbed by Gage Brown
Submitted by Andrew Crump
NOTE: Since Eve 6 only uses one guitar, the guitar plays the following lead riffs for
entire song. I have, however, provided the chords along with the lyrics for reference,
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 13-13-13\\11---\\9------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------|
A 11-11-11\\9----\\7------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------|
Chorus - Distorted (Good lives are gold...)
e ------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------|
G 13-13-13\\11-11-11\\9---------------------|
D ------------------------------------------|
A 11-11-11\\9--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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/eve_6/good_lives_tab.html ]
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,
most people don't have one.)
E = open E-string
A = open A-string
B = 2nd fret A-string]
