If you can't be good, be good at it Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Alr[C]ight,
now [Cm]let this be [Cdim]a lesson t[Cm]o yo[C]u

[Verse 2]
[C]Mama never raised any smart mouth kid
She told us once and that was it
She said, [G]son sit down,
[Gm]son [G]that's enough
Mama really loved us but she sure was tough
[C]Could never get away with
call[G]in' her bluff

[Verse 3]
You been [C]runnin' all night,
chasin' those skirts
You ought to be ashamed,
late again for work
[G]Boy, don't you know you're
on the wrong track
And [Gm]throwin' [G]it away,
you never get it back
[C]Hard lovin' mamas don't cut you [G]no slack
[F]But

[Verse 4]
my old man was a little bit more
inclined to under[C]stand
'Cause [F]daddies know,
when to hang on and when to let [C]go
He said, "Bein' ad[G]dicted
to love's a real bad habit
If you [Cm]can't be good, [C]son,
be good [D]at [C]it"

[Verse 5]
[C]
Now mama's still on me 'bout
wrong and right
Hopin' one day I might see the light
My [G]heart's been broke, I make mistakes
I still try to give 'em as much as I [C]take
Now old habits [G]are hard to break

[Verse 6]
But [F]my old man was a little bit
more [Dm]in cl[F]ined to understand
[C]'Cause dad[F]dies know,
now when to hang on and when to [C]let go
He said, "Bein' ad[G]dicted
to love's a real bad habit
If you [Cm]can't be good, [C]son, be good [G]at it
[C]If [G]you can't be good,
be [D]good [C]at it"

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 7]
But [F]my old man was a little bit more
inclined to un[Cm]der [C]stand
'Cause [F]daddies know,
when to hang on and when to let [C]go[Cm]
[C]He said, "Now bein' ad[G]dicted
to love's a real bad habit
If [C]you can't be good, son, be good at it
If [G]you can't be good, be good [C]at it"

[Verse 8]
Well, if [G]you can't be good, be good [C]at it
Take that to your old man, [F]son[C]
Don't worry about bein' good,
[F]I'l[C]l show you ho[F]w[C][C]

[Outro 1]
it's done
[C]