Wouldnt It Be Good by Nik Kershaw, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Wouldnt It Be Good

Biography:

Nik Kershaw (born Nicholas David Kershaw, 1 March 1958, in Bristol) is an English singer-songwriter. A former jazz-funk guitarist, he was a 1980s teen idol; his 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984-5 beat all other solo artists at the time. He appeared at Live Aid in 1985, and has penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK number one single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, "The One and Only".

Kershaw played guitar and sang in a number of underground bands from about 1976 before deciding on a career as a songwriter.

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This is the Version NK Plays live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLwfjcKanFQ
I play some variations in the Verses, he only plays Bm and sometimes an Em, I think

[Intro]
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C Am Bb Gm C Am Dm Em Bm

[Verse]
Bm
I got it bad
Bm/A Bm Em
You don't know how bad I got it
Bm
You got it easy
Bm/A Bm F#7sus4 Bm A
You don't know when you've got it good
Bm
It's getting harder
Bm/A Bm Em
Just keeping life and soul together
Bm
I'm sick of fighting
Cadd9 G
Even though I know I should

[Bridge]
Gadd2
The cold is biting
F#m C#m
Through each and every nerve and fiber
C#m
My broken spirit
C#m B
Is frozen to the core
Dsus2
I don't want to be here no more

[Chorus]
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C
Even if it was for just one day?
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C Am Dm
Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away?

C Csus4 C Bb Gm C
Wouldn't it be good to be on your side?
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C
The grass is always greener over there
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C Am Dm
Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care?

[Verse]
Bm
You must be joking
Bm/A Bm Em
You don't know a thing about it
B
You've got no problem
Bm/A Bm F#7sus4 Bm A
I'd stay right there if I were you
B
I got it harder
Bm/A Bm Em
You couldn't dream how hard I got it
B
Stay out of my shoes
Cadd9 G
If you know what's good for you

[Bridge]
Gadd2
The heat is stifling
F#m C#m
Burning me up from the inside
C#m
The sweat is coming
C#m Bmaj
Through each and every pore
Dsus2
I don't want to be here no more
Dsus2
I don't want to be here no more
Dsus2
I don't want to be here no more

[Solo]
D5 E7/D F#m
He plays some chords like this

[Chorus]
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C
Even if it was for just one day?
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C Am Dm
Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away? Ooh

C Csus4 C Bb Gm C
Wouldn't it be good to be on your side?
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C
The grass is always greener over there
C Csus4 C Bb Gm C Am Dm
And wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care?