A Little Good News
Words & Music by Tommy Rocco, Rory Bourke & Charlie Black PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. and Chappell & Co.
Originally performed by Anne Murray 1983
Transcribed By Bob Colladay as performed by BR549 "This is BR549" Sony Lucky Dog 6-28-2001 BR5-49 www.br549.com Κ [G]I rolled out this morning
Kids had the [C] mornin' news show [D] on
[G]Bryant Gumbel was talkin' 'bout the fighting in [Em] Jerusalem
[C]Some senator was squawkin' 'bout the bad econ[G]omy
It's gonna get [Em] worse you see, we need a change in [Am7] policy [D7] Κ [G]There's a local paper rolled [C] up in a rubber band [D]
[G]One more sad story's one more than I [Em] can stand
[C] Just once how I'd like to see the head [G] line say
"Not much to [Em] print today, can't find nothin' [Cmaj7] bad to say", [D7] because Κ ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ [G] Nobody robbed a liquor store on the [C] lower part of [D] town
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ [G] Nobody OD'ed, nobody burned a [C] single buildin' [D] down
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ [G] Nobody fired a shot in anger, no[C]body had to die in [Am7] vain
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ We [G] sure could use a [D7] little good news to [G] day Κ [G]I'll come home this evenin'
[G]I'll bet that the [C] news will be the same [D]
[G]Somebody takes a hostage, somebody [Em] steals a plane [D]
[C] How I wanna hear the anchor man talk about a [C] county fair
And how we cleaned [Em] up the air, how everybody [Cmaj7] learned to care [D7]
Whoa, tell me Κ ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ [G] Nobody was assassinated in the [C] whole good world [D] today
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ [G] And in the streets of Ireland, all the children [C] had to do was [D] play
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ [G] And everybody loves everybody in the [C] good old USA [Am7]
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ We [G] sure could use a [D7] little good news to [G] day Κ ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ [G] Nobody robbed a liquor store on the [C] lower part of [D] town
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ [G] Nobody OD'ed, nobody burned a [C] single buildin' [D] down
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ [G] Nobody fired a shot in anger, no[C]body had to die in vain [Am7}
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ WeΚ [G] sure could use a [D7] little good news to [G] day Κ ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ [G] And everybody loves everybody in the [C] good old USA [Am7]
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ We [G] sure could use a [D7] little good news to [G] day
