Main Riff/Intro: Verses:
E|--5---5----|--5---7----|--5---5----|--5---5--| |--1----5--|
B|--6---6----|--6---8----|--6---6----|--6---6--| |--1----6--|
G|.-7---5----|--7---7---.|--7---5----|--7---7--| |--3----7--|
D|.-7---0----|--7---0---.|--7---0----|--7---7--| |--3----7--|
A|--5---x----|--5---x----|--5---x----|--5---x--| |--1----5--|
E|--x---x----|--x---x----|--x---x----|--x---x--| |----------|
Dm F/D Dm G/D Dm F/D Dm A Bb Dm
[Verse 1]
Bb Dm
Help me mama, for I have grinned
Bb Dm
Save me daddy from where I'm goin'
Bb Dm
Call out to me from the ages beyond
[Chorus 1]
Bb
Help me remember how to be good
Bb Dm F/D Dm G/D Dm F/D Dm A
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
Bb
How to remember how to be good
Bb Dm F/D Dm G/D Dm F/D Dm A
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
[Verse 2]
Bb Dm
Help me granddaddy to see the swans
Bb Dm
Strike me granny with your golden pump
Bb Dm
Teach me now what I could never learn before
[Chorus 2]
Bb
How to remember how to be good
Bb Dm F/D Dm G/D Dm F/D Dm A
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
Bb
How to remember how to be good
Bb Dm F/D Dm G/D Dm F/D Dm A
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
[Verse 3]
Bb Dm
Teach me Great Uncle to hear the talk
Bb Dm
Show me Aunt Avis with your ageless chalk
Bb Dm
Scratch it out for me on my cloudy retina
[Chorus 3]
Bb
How to remember how to be good
Bb Dm F/D Dm G/D Dm F/D Dm A
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
Bb
How to remember how to be good
Bb Dm F/D Dm G/D Dm F/D Dm A
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
Bb
How to remember how to be good
Bb Dm F/D Dm G/D Dm F/D Dm A
How to continue when I feel I really shouldn't
