Chords for The Cramps - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
Tempo:
124.6 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[A]
[D] [B] [E] [A]
[A] Well [Em] I'm a poor boy [A] born in a rub, [E] and some say [B] my manners ain't the [F#m] best, [E] and some of
my [A]
friends [D] have been in real [F#] trouble, and some say I'm no better than the rest.
Now tell [B] your mama and your papa, [C] [B]
some [E] good guys don't wear a [A] wife.
[E] Well
[A] [D] everyday [A]
I work [F#] hard, and throughout the night I spend a restless time,
with them rich kids and all that lazy money, [E] and hold a [A] candle to [E] my eyes.
[B] So tell your mama and your papa, sometimes good guys don't wear a [A] wife.
[D] [E]
[A] [G] Well good guys, bad guys, [Em] which is which?
[Gm] The white collar worker or the [C] digger in the [G] ditch?
And who's to say [C] who's the better man?
[B] Well I always talk about my cash.
[A]
[E]
[A] Now there's a bag [A] with a dirty [E] mind, and all these screwed [E] up kids, and all these changing times.
White pills and easy living, [F#m] [E] can't replace a lover I'm dealing.
So [B] tell your mama and your papa, sometimes good guys don't wear a wife.
[A]
That's right, [E] sometimes good guys [A] don't wear a wife.
Sometimes [E] good guys wear [A] a molded t-shirt.
That's [F#] right, they can wear a black leather, they can wear [A] red and white stripes.
My God, [E] they can wear orange and red [D] with a button down the front.
It [A] is them.
[E]
[A] [A]
[B] So tell your mama and your papa, sometimes good guys [E] don't wear a wife.
[A]
[E] [A]
[E]
[B] [N]
[D] [B] [E] [A]
[A] Well [Em] I'm a poor boy [A] born in a rub, [E] and some say [B] my manners ain't the [F#m] best, [E] and some of
my [A]
friends [D] have been in real [F#] trouble, and some say I'm no better than the rest.
Now tell [B] your mama and your papa, [C] [B]
some [E] good guys don't wear a [A] wife.
[E] Well
[A] [D] everyday [A]
I work [F#] hard, and throughout the night I spend a restless time,
with them rich kids and all that lazy money, [E] and hold a [A] candle to [E] my eyes.
[B] So tell your mama and your papa, sometimes good guys don't wear a [A] wife.
[D] [E]
[A] [G] Well good guys, bad guys, [Em] which is which?
[Gm] The white collar worker or the [C] digger in the [G] ditch?
And who's to say [C] who's the better man?
[B] Well I always talk about my cash.
[A]
[E]
[A] Now there's a bag [A] with a dirty [E] mind, and all these screwed [E] up kids, and all these changing times.
White pills and easy living, [F#m] [E] can't replace a lover I'm dealing.
So [B] tell your mama and your papa, sometimes good guys don't wear a wife.
[A]
That's right, [E] sometimes good guys [A] don't wear a wife.
Sometimes [E] good guys wear [A] a molded t-shirt.
That's [F#] right, they can wear a black leather, they can wear [A] red and white stripes.
My God, [E] they can wear orange and red [D] with a button down the front.
It [A] is them.
[E]
[A] [A]
[B] So tell your mama and your papa, sometimes good guys [E] don't wear a wife.
[A]
[E] [A]
[E]
[B] [N]
Key:
A
E
B
D
F#
A
E
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [A] Well [Em] I'm a poor boy [A] born in a rub, _ _ [E] and some say [B] my manners ain't the [F#m] best, [E] and some of
my [A]
friends [D] have been in real [F#] trouble, and some say I'm no better than the rest.
Now tell [B] your mama and your papa, _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
some [E] good guys don't wear a [A] wife.
_ [E] Well _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ everyday _ [A]
I work _ [F#] hard, and throughout the night I spend a restless time,
with them rich kids and all that lazy money, [E] and hold a [A] candle to [E] my eyes.
[B] So tell your mama and your papa, _ _ _ _ _ _ sometimes good guys don't wear a [A] wife.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] Well good guys, bad guys, [Em] which is which?
[Gm] The white collar worker or the [C] digger in the [G] ditch?
And who's to say [C] who's the better man?
[B] Well I always talk about my _ cash.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ Now there's a bag [A] with a dirty [E] _ mind, and all these screwed [E] up kids, and all these changing times.
White pills and easy living, [F#m] _ _ [E] can't replace a lover I'm dealing.
So [B] tell your mama and your papa, _ _ _ _ _ _ sometimes good guys don't wear a wife.
[A] _
That's right, _ [E] sometimes good guys [A] don't wear a wife.
_ Sometimes [E] good guys wear [A] a molded t-shirt.
That's [F#] right, they can wear a black leather, _ they can wear _ [A] red and white stripes.
My God, [E] they can wear orange and red [D] with a button down the front.
It [A] is them.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] So tell your mama and your papa, _ _ _ _ _ _ sometimes good guys [E] don't wear a wife. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [A] Well [Em] I'm a poor boy [A] born in a rub, _ _ [E] and some say [B] my manners ain't the [F#m] best, [E] and some of
my [A]
friends [D] have been in real [F#] trouble, and some say I'm no better than the rest.
Now tell [B] your mama and your papa, _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _
some [E] good guys don't wear a [A] wife.
_ [E] Well _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ everyday _ [A]
I work _ [F#] hard, and throughout the night I spend a restless time,
with them rich kids and all that lazy money, [E] and hold a [A] candle to [E] my eyes.
[B] So tell your mama and your papa, _ _ _ _ _ _ sometimes good guys don't wear a [A] wife.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] Well good guys, bad guys, [Em] which is which?
[Gm] The white collar worker or the [C] digger in the [G] ditch?
And who's to say [C] who's the better man?
[B] Well I always talk about my _ cash.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ Now there's a bag [A] with a dirty [E] _ mind, and all these screwed [E] up kids, and all these changing times.
White pills and easy living, [F#m] _ _ [E] can't replace a lover I'm dealing.
So [B] tell your mama and your papa, _ _ _ _ _ _ sometimes good guys don't wear a wife.
[A] _
That's right, _ [E] sometimes good guys [A] don't wear a wife.
_ Sometimes [E] good guys wear [A] a molded t-shirt.
That's [F#] right, they can wear a black leather, _ they can wear _ [A] red and white stripes.
My God, [E] they can wear orange and red [D] with a button down the front.
It [A] is them.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] So tell your mama and your papa, _ _ _ _ _ _ sometimes good guys [E] don't wear a wife. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _