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From: Hutch 

Tabbed by: Sam Tennent 
Corrections: Paul Hutchinson 

PERFECTLY GOOD GUITAR - John Hiatt
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Intro:

|Am       |Em      |G   C   |D   Em  |
|Am       |Em   D  |G   C   |D       | 
|Em       |D    Em |        |D   Em  |

        Em                      G
Well he threw one down ...
Am                   C             D
Beautiful women were ....
     Em                  G
They all got wet when he ...
    Am                        D             G
But off in the dark you ...

      Am                 Em
Oh it breaks my ...
G          C         D       Em
Smashing a perfectly ...
    Am                  Em       D
I don't know who they think ...
G          C         D       Em
Smashing a perfectly good guitar...
         |D   Em  |
|Em      |D   Em  |


It started back in ...



He loved that guitar just ....

 - same chords as chorus

There out to be a law ....



Late at night the end of ...

 (Hold the final D on "good" for 4 measures)

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There are at least 4 guitars on the recording (possibly as many as 6). 
However, the 3 main ones are an acoustic (John strumming the chords), the lead 
guitar (Michael) and another electric (an overdub). The lead guitar plays the 
intro and solo as shown below, plays nothing during the verses, and power chords 
during the chorus.

Intro: Begins with feedback, and then..
  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +        +  +  +         +       +    +     + +
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|-----17--15~~~~--|---17--15----------|------------------------|----------------|
|--/16--16------16|-16--16-----\14-12-14b16---b16-r14p12h14-12-|-14-12----------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|------14-/14----|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------|

  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +       +     +     +     +     
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----17--15~~~~--|---17--15----------|-------15----------------|
|--/16--16------16|-16--16-----\14-12-|-14b16---b16---r14-12----|
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------------14-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|

  +     +     +     +       + + + +   +   +   +   +
|-------------------------|---------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|---------|-----------------| repeat last
|-14\12-12\11-11\7--7-----|---------|-----------------| 2 measures
|----------------------9--|---------|-7-7---9---------|
|-------------------------|-7-------|-5-5---7---------|
|-------------------------|-0-------|-------0---------|

Solo:
  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +       +     +     +          +     
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|-----17--15~~~~--|---17--15----------|-------15---------------------|
|--/16----------16|~~~--16-----\14-12-|-14b16---b16-----r14p12-14-12-|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------------|

  +     +     +          +      +    +          +                +
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------12-----|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------15b17|
|-14-12-----------------------|----------------------12-14b16---------------|
|-------14-12-----------------|-----------------14--------------------------|
|-------------14\12-10--------|------10-12--/14-----------------------------|
|------------------------12\--|--/12----------------------------------------|

  +    +       +     +       +   +       +    +       +     +     +     +
|--------15b17------b17-15~|~~~~~12-----------------|-------------------------|
|---15-12------------------|-----15-15b17-r15-13----|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------14-|/14\12-12\11-11\7--7--9--|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
  +  +  +  +
|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|
|/9--9-~~~~~~~|^^^^^^^^^^|
|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|
|-------------|----------|

Overdub Guitar Fill:
  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----/5-4-5-4-2-0-|-0-0---2---------|----/5-4-5-4-2-0-|-0-0---2---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

The fill shown is first played at the end of the first chorus.
During the second chorus, the overdub guitar plays
  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
|-----------------|-----------------|
|----/5-----------|---3-5-----------|
|-----------------|-------4---------| G5   C5   | D5   E5   |
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
|-----------------|-----------------|
|----/5-----------|---3-5-----------|
|-----------------|-------4---------| G5   C5   | D5        |
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
And then the fill again.

The fill appears again at the end of the solo.

During the third chorus, the overdub guitar plays
  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3-----|-----------------|
|----/5-----------|---3-5---------3-|-----3-------3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------4----/4---|---4---5---------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----2-2-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-2-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|

  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3-----|-----3-----------|
|----/5-----------|---3-5---------3-|-----3-------3---|-----3-----------|
|-----------------|-------4----/4---|---4---5---------|-2---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
And then the fill again

During the fourth chorus, the overdub guitar plays much the same as what it did
for the third, except for the fact that the last measure shown is held for a 
further 3 measures, before playing the fill twice.

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