Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Good Son: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "The Good Son" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn The Good Son Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "The Good Son" smoothly on your guitar.
Chorus: G One more man gone One more man gone Am One more man One more man gone One more man gone One more man One more man gone One more man gone One more man is gone Em The good son walks into the field He is a tiller, he has a tiller's hands But deep down in his heart now He's laid down his queer plans Against his brother and against his family Yet he worships his brother And he worships his mother But it's his father, he says, is an unfair man Am The good son Em The good son Am The good son The good son has sat and often wept Beneath a malign star by which the good son's kept And the night-time in which he's wrapped Speaks of good now, and it speaks of evil And he calls to his mother And he calls to his father But they are deaf in the shadows Of his brother's truancy The good son The good son The good son The good son And he curses his mother And he curses his father And he curses his virtue like an unclean thing The good son The good son The good son Chorus: G One more man gone One more man gone Am One more man, yeah One more man gone (is gone) One more man gone (is gone) One more man (is gone) One more man gone (is gone) One more man gone (one more man is gone) One more man One more man gone One more man gone One more man is gone One more man gone One more man gone One more man is gone, yeah, yeah One more man gone One more man gone One more man gone The good son (one more man gone) The good son (one more man gone) The good son now is gone (one more man) The good son (one more man gone) The good son (one more man gone) The good son now is gone (one more man) One more man gone One more man gone (one more man) The good son The good son The good son The good son | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsAm  Em  G  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Good Son" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Good Son" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.