How to Play Good Ole Boys Like Me on Guitar?

Don Williams - Good Ole Boys Like Me can be played in the key of G using the G, D, C, Em chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Good Ole Boys Like Me with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Don Williams - Good Ole Boys Like Me Chords

Chord reference G, D, C, Em

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[G]When I was a [D]kid Uncle [C]Remus he [D]put me to [C]bed [D] With a [G]picture of [D]Stonewall [C]Jackson a[D]bove my [C]bed [D] Then [Em]Daddy came in to kiss his [D]little man With [Em]gin on his breath and a [D]Bible in his hand He [C]talked about honor and [D]things I should know Then he’d [C]stagger a little as he [D]went out the door

I can [G]still hear the soft Southern [D]winds in the [Em]live oak [C]trees [D] And those [G]Williams [D]boys they [Em]still mean a [D]lot to [C]me Hank and [D]Tennessee I [C]guess we’re all gonna [D]be what we’re gonna [Em]be [D] So [C]what do you do with [D]good ole boys like [G]me

[G]Nothing [D]makes a [C]sound in the [D]night like the [C]wind does, [D] But [G]you ain’t a[D]fraid if you’re [C]washed in the [D]blood like [C]I was. [D] The [Em]smell of Cape Jasmine through the [D]window screen John [Em]R. and The Wolfman kept me [D]company By the [C]light of the radio [D]by my bed, With [C]Thomas Wolfe whispering [D]in my head.

[G]When I was in [D]school I [C]ran with a [D]kid down the [C]street, [D] And I [G]watched him [D]burn himself [C]up on [D]bourbon and [C]speed,[D] But I [Em]was smarter than that, and [D]I could choose. Learned to [Em]talk like the man on the [D]six o’clock news. When [C]I was eighteen, lord, [D]I hit the road But [C]it really doesn’t matter how [D]far I’d go

Artist Don Williams

Album Portrait

Genres Country

Year 1979

Key G

Don Williams - Good Ole Boys Like Me can be played in the key of G using the G, D, C, Em chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Good Ole Boys Like Me with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.