Love's Been Good To Me

Words & Music by Rod McKuen
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1969 (#75)

Refrain:

C              Dm7   G7      Dm7   G7   C
I have been a rover, I have walked a - lone;

C                Dm7     G7      Dm7  G7   C
Hiked a hundred highways, never found a home.

C     CM7 CM7/6  G7  Am   Am7     F     Em      Dm7   G7 
Still in    all I'm happy -- the reason is, you see,

C           C7     F      Bb9   C          G7  Fdim C
Once in a while along the way, love's been good to  me.


C            Dm7    G7        Dm7      G7      C    C/B
There was a girl in Denver before the summer storm;

Am  A9   Am  Am7   Em     Am       F         G7
Oh, her eyes were tender, oh, her arms were warm.

 G  Am7  G/B   C     C/B     Asus4  Am    F    Fm      Bb9
And she could smile away the thun - der, kiss away the rain --

C       C7         F    Bb9      C          G7      C 
Even though she's gone away, you won't hear me complain


Repeat Refrain:

C            Dm7    G7        Dm7        G7      C    C/B
There was a girl in Portland. before the winter chill;

Am  A9     Am Am7   Em     Am       F    G7
We used to go a-courtin' along October hill.

G  Am7  G/B   C     C/B     Asus4  Am     F    Fm      Bb9
And she could laugh away the dark clouds, cry away the snow --

   C          C7    F    Bb9      C       G7    C
It seems like only yesterday as down the road I go.


Repeat Refrain:


I recently posted this chart in one of the guitar tablature newsgroups, in response to a request I found there. Boy, did it bring back memories. Rod McKuen almost single-handedly invented the concept of "sensitive guy" back in the latter 60s, and had a lucrative, though somewhat brief, career as a poet. He recorded this one, too -- unfortunately, his voice did it no favors.


 
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