Good Man Down
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Good Man Down
© 2007 Bryan Masters
Em F#m G Am D
G D
A bedtime story like this won't let a man sleep
Am C G D
It’s a tale of loss and redemption and the secrets we keep
G
And the voices we hear all alone
D
when the world's fallen quiet
Am C G
And the distance between where you are right now
D
and the dark and the light
C G
Well you know what to do and you know what for
Am C
When the night is as black as a Bible
G D
and wild as a Broadway whore
C G
Open one more bottle of fire and pass it around
Em G Am D
'Cuz tonight we'll remember
Em F#m G Am D Em F#m G Am D
Another good man down
He had an eye for beauty and an ear for the truth
Chrome plated and ten feet tall and bulletproof
But every day, every coin, every story has two sides you see
We all know that beauty and truth can't always agree
Well you know what to do and you know what for
When the night is as cold as a razor and hard as the jailhouse door
Open one more bottle of fire and pass it around
'Cuz tonight we'll remember
Another good man down
C
You’ll find your reward when they tally the score
G
And you’ve come out one step ahead
D
And the tables have turned and you find that you've earned
G
One more slice of daily bread
C
But man they're slicing it thin so you stick out your chin
G D
And take another swing at the shadows on the wall
Em F#m G Am D Em F#m G Am D
And brother that's everything
So we'll measure the man by the way he faces himself
And stares down the demons of passion and time
and despair and ill health
And we’ll circle the wagons for family
and good work and prayer
At the end of the day that's the proudest victory
the man can declare
Well you know what to do and you know what for
When the night is as loud as a pistol at an
all-night Quick Stop store
Open one more bottle of fire and pass it around
'Cuz tonight we'll remember
Another good man down
Bryan Masters Music/ASCAP
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