The Good News

Intro: (0:00) Em Verse (0:05) Em Spent my commission on G Another diversion and I A Don't got no meaning G No purpose left at all Em My pastor tells me that my G My light is dimming and I A Been too long drifting G In an ocean Em It's OK G You just need faith A Been looking for answers G In the wrong place Em But how do I tell him that the G There's something missing and I A Don't got no substance since you've gone Pre-Chorus (0:44) C A Every day I go down to the water Em G And I pray since you left me that way C A Oh Lord, I'm trying to keep my mind Em On the good news that's in my heart [Refrão] E G A For the good, good news G For the good, good news E G A For the good, good news G For the good, good news E G A For the good, good news G For the good, good news E G A Since my baby left, my light refuses to shine E Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise Verse (1:56) Em Now I can make the eye G To anyone that I desire A Throwing down one for the lost boys G At the very edge of town Em Now I can spin a lie G That burns me up all through the night A Cause I've got no one home to answer to G This time Em G Every day is in repeat A G Like a carrier bag stuck in a tree Em G I used to find my answers in the gospels of St John A But now I find them at the bottom of this shot glass Pre-Chorus (2:36) C A Every day I go down to the water Em G And I pray since you left me that way C A Oh Lord, I'm trying to keep my mind Em On the good news that's in my heart [Refrão] E G A For the good, good news G For the good, good news E G A For the good, good news G For the good, good news E G A For the good, good news G For the good, good news E G A For the good, good news G For the good, good news E G A Since my baby left, my light refuses to shine E Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise Outro (3:39) E