(This is designed to be played on an acoustic guitar with capo way up on the 8th.)
(Capo on 8th gives a couple of advantages.)
(First your guitar would produce cute glockenspiel-like sound)
(that would counter well with the relatively low vocal register of the song.)
(Secondly, playing in D would provide opportunities to utilize open strings)
(for bass runs and double stops to embellish the playing.)
(If your vocal range is high enough, I suggest you play with no capo.)
(Chord voicing and arpeggio patterns at the bottom.)
[Intro]
D D/C# D/B A
D D/C# D/B A
[Verse]
D D/C# D/B
Be good is her name and I sing
A D D/C# D/B A
My lion's song and brush my mane
D D/C# D/B
She would if she could
A G F#m A/B B
So she pulled my lion's tail and cause me pain
[Chorus]
A G#m7-5 Gmmaj7
She said lions are made for cages
F#m7 Fdim7
Just to look at in delight
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7
You dare not let'em walk around
F#m7 Asus2
'cause they might just bite
D D/C#
Does she know what she does
D/B A D
When she dances around my cage and says her name
D/C# D/B A
Be good be good
[Verse]
D D/C#
Be good is her name
D/B A D
I trim my lion's claws and I...
D/C# D/B A
And I cut my mane
D D/C# D/B
And I would if I could
A G F#m A/B B
But that woman treats me the same
[Chorus]
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7 F#m7
She said lions are made for cages
Fdim7
Just to look at in delight
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7
You dare not let'em walk around
F#m7 Asus2
'cause they might just bite
D D/C# D/B
Does she know what she does
A D D/C# D/B A
When she dances round my cage
[Interlude]
D D/C# D/B A
D D/C# D/B A
D D/C# D/B
A G F#m A/B B
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7 F#m7 Fdim7
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7 F#m7 Asus2
D D/C# D/B A
D D/C# D/B A
[Verse]
D D/C# D/B
Be good is her name
A D D/C#
I sing my lion's song
D/B A
Brush my mane
D
And she would
D/C# D/B
If she could
A G F#m
So she pulled my lion's tail
A/B B
And cause me pain
[Chorus]
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7 F#m7
She said lions are made for cages
Fdim7
Just to look at delight
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7
You dare not let'em walk around
F#m7 Asus2
'cause they might just bite
D D/C#
Does she know what she does
D/B A D D/C# D/B A
When she dances around my cage?
D D/C#
Be good is her name
D/B A D D/C# D/B A
I trim my lion's claw and I... And I cut my mane
D D/C# D/B
And I would if I could
A G F#m A/B B
But beee good treats me the same.
[Chorus]
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7 F#m7
She said lions are made for cages
Fdim7
Just to look at delight
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7
You dare not let'em walk around
F#m7 Asus2
'cause they might just bite
D D/C#
Does she know what she does
D/B A D D/C# D/B
When she dances around my cage?
A D D/C# D/B
She dances around my cage
A D D/C# D/B A
Does she know?
D D/C# D/B A
Does she know?
D D/C# D/B A
Be good. Be good. Be good. Be good.
D D/C# D/B
Hmmmm.
A D
Ah
(End of song)
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(The intro/verse theme is simple. Play it with the shuffle feel.)
(In this theme, the last A bar is more like a A-Bm-C#m run.)
(You can either play like a bass run:)
D D/C# D/B A
e|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|------------|
B|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|------------|
G|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|------------|
D|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|------------|
A|-------------|-4-----------|-2-----------|-0---2---4--|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
(or you can employ ascending double stops:)
D D/C# D/B A Bm C#m
e|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|------------|
B|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-2---3---5--|
G|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|------------|
D|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|------------|
A|-------------|-4-----------|-2-----------|-0---2---4--|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
(And here are two voicing suggestions for the tricky chords in the chorus.)
[voicing 1]
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7 F#m7 Fdim7
e|-----|-----|-----|-----|
B|--3--|--3--|--2--|--0--|
G|--4--|--3--|--2--|--1--|
D|--4--|--4--|--2--|--3--|
A|--x--|--x--|--4--|--x--|
E|--4--|--3--|--2--|--1--|
[voicing 2]
G#m7-5 Gmmaj7 F#m7 Fdim7
e|--7--|--6--|--5--|--4--|
B|--7--|--7--|--5--|--3--|
G|--7--|--7--|--6--|--4--|
D|--6--|--5--|--4--|--3--|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
(When playing with capo on the 8th, the voicing 2 is almost unnecessary.)
(There's nothing wrong with repeating the voicing 1. Just think of 2 as a contingency plan)
(in case of easily bored crowd.)
(There are more than one way to play the B bar right before getting into the chorus.)
(You can just play B throughout, but if you treat it like a B A transition, you could get)
(an interesting segue into the chorus. Here are some suggestions.)
e|-------------| |-----0---2---|
B|-4---2---0---| |-4-----------|
G|-------------| |-------------|
D|-------------| or |-------------| etc.
A|-2---1---0---| |-2---2---2---|
E|-------------| |-------------|
(Enjoy!)
