Chords for Irma Thomas - Good Things Don't Come Easy (1967)

_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Good things don't [D] come easy, baby.
[A] You got to reach out a long, [E] long way for the value.
Good things don't [D] come easy, baby.
[A] _ I got to make you [E] see.
It's not the quantity, oh [A] no. _
_ [E] It's the quality.
Did _ _ _ _ you know _ [A] I've been saving it for a long, [E] long time?
_ Mm-hmm.
_ _ Fighting temptation, [A] _ _
waiting [E] here for love divine. _ _
I guess I passed the light up [C#m] along the way.
But [E] I can remember the day I [C#m] heard my sweet mama say,
she [E] said, daughter, don't [A] you play yourself cheap.
[B] Because a cheating man ain't worth a good night's sleep.
And I can still hear her saying, say it to me.
Baby, my babe, [E] it's not the quantity, [A] oh no.
_ [E] It's the quality.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ I'm telling you, man, [B] _ [E] _
[A] you got to be a worker.
You got to [E] have a plan.
[A] Mm-hmm.
_ And if [E] you like that, take my hand and lead me.
_ _ _ _ _ I'm no imitation.
Get that out of your mind. _
First edition, [A] _ wonderful [E] kind.
I'm a country girl.
But baby, I'm fine.
I've been well cared for.
And I'm genuine.
_ Good things [D] don't come easy, baby.
You [A] got to reach out a long, [E] long way.
Without your good things, it [D] don't come easy, baby.
_ [A] _
I got to make [E] you see _ it's not the quantity, [A] oh no.
_ [E] It's the quality.
_ _ _ _ It's not the quantity, [A] oh no.
_ [E] It's the quality.
_ _ _ _ _ Good things don't [D] come easy, baby.
You [A] got to reach out a long, [E] long way.
Without your good things, it don't [D] come easy, baby.
[A] You got to reach out a long, long [E] way.
Without your good things, it [D] don't come easy, baby.
[A] You got to reach out a long way.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _