Intro
F#
[Chorus]
B D#m F# B
They say there’s good grief But how can you tell it from the bad?
B D#m F# A#m B
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in your past
[Verse 1]
B D#m
I got snow in my pockets Went down again head first
F# B
Laced drill bits to my pointe shoes Pirouette through the hardwood to pay-dirt
B D#m F#
Night falls, day breaks; time Has a funny kind of violence and I’m
A#m B
Tryna keep in mind It can’t leave you the way it finds you
B D#m F#
Good grief: I’ve heard people say it What a phrase, what a state to be in
A# B
But I don’t know where they go to get get that feeling Good grief
B D#m F# A#m B
And my knees stay clean, not much for praying I do my own stunts and my own saving
B
But there’s something amiss something I been missing maybe, maybe
[Chorus]
B D#m F# B
They say there’s good grief But how can you tell it from the bad?
B D#m F# A#m B
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in your past
B D#m F# B
They say there’s good grief But how can you tell it from the bad?
B D#m F# A#m B
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in your past
[Verse 2]
B D#m
This time my best wasn’t good enough, well, fuck, usually it is
F# B
And the air got a little rough, took out the fuselage, the engine, and both wings
B D#m F#
But I’m willing to work for this, just show me where to dig
A#m B
And I’m ready to hurt for this, I know exactly what this is—Good grief
[Bridge]
D#m C#sus B5
I want that good grief, the one that heals me, that leaves me clarified by fire when I’m burned clean
D#m C#sus B5
Tempered by light and heat, ah, by the dead of morning I’ll be better for it and then fortified I’ll rise
D#m C#sus
Bust the hydrant, let it spray champagne, wings are broken but I feel no pain
B5
It’s real today, I know this feeling, let it rain
[Chorus]
B D#m F# B
They say there’s good grief But how can you tell it from the bad?
B D#m F# A#m B
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in your past
B D#m F# B
They say there’s good grief But how can you tell it from the bad?
B D#m F# A#m B
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in your past
[Bridge 2]
B5 C#sus
And secrets don’t like to be kept, all mine jumped over the fence
D#m A#m/D# A#m/D# G#m D#m
I guess I should be upset, but I’m in my nightgown on the lawn, thinking, better that they’re gone
D#m C#sus A#m B
I’ve been afraid of this so long, it’s a relief when it goes wrong
[Instrumental]
B
B F# D#m A#m B
'Cause I’m here now, and asking - melt me down, recast me burn me clean
F# D#m
Like glass from sandy ground
B F# D#m A#m B
'Cause I’m here now, and asking - melt me down, recast me burn me clean
F# D#m
Like glass from sandy ground
[Chorus]
B D#m F# B
They say there’s good grief - But how can you tell it from the bad?
B D#m F# D#m F# A#m B
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in, the one that’s in your past
B D#m F# B
They say there’s good grief - But how can you tell it from the bad?
B D#m F# D#m F# A#m B
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in, the one that’s in your past
B D#m F# B
They say there’s good grief - But how can you tell it from the bad?
B D#m F# D#m F# A#m B
Maybe it’s only in the fact, good grief’s the one that’s in, the one that’s in your past