The Good Stuff
Kenny Chesney
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[Intro]G D C G C G C[Verse]G DWell me and my lady had our first big fight,C GSo I drove around till I saw the neon lights,C G C G CAt a corner bar, and it just seemed right, so I pulled up,G DNot a soul around but the ol' barkeep,C GDown at the end lookin half asleep,C G C G CBut he walked up and said what'll it be? I said the Good Stuff,C D C DHe didn't reach around for the whiskey, He didn't pour me a beer,C DHis blue eyes kinda went misty,CSaid you can't find that here,[Verse]G DCause it's the first long kiss on a second dateC GMamma's all worried when you get home lateC GAnd droppin the ring in the spaghetti plate,C G C DCause your hands are shaking so muchG DIt's the way she looks with rice in her hairC GEatin burnt suppers the whole first yearC G C G CAnd askin for seconds, to keep her from tearin up,D G D C G CYeah man that's the Good Stuff[Verse]G DHe grabbed a carton of milk and poured a glassC GI smiled and said I'll have some of thatC G C G CWe sat there and talked as an hour passed like ol' friendsG DSaw a black and white picture and it caught my stareC GWas a pretty girl with bouffant hairC G C G CHe said that's my Bonnie, takin bout a year after we wedC D C DHe said spent five years in the bottle when the cancer took her from meC DI've been sober for three years now,C G C DCause the one thing stronger than the whiskey was the[Verse]G DThe sight of her holdn my baby girlC GThe way she adored that string of pearlsC GI gave her the day that our youngest boy EarlC G C DMarried his high school loveG DAnd it's a new T-shirt sayin I'm a Grand PaC GBeing right there as our time got smallC G C G CAnd holding her hand, when the good lord called her upD G D C G CYeah man that's the Good Stuff[Instrumental]G D C G C[Verse]D GHe said when you get home she'll start to cryD GWhen she says I'm sorry, say so am IG D C D CAnd look into those eyes so deep in loveDAnd drink it upG D C G CCause that's the Good StuffG D C G CThat's the Good Stuff