P J Harvey
Good Fortune — ‘Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea’
Written by P J Harvey, published by Universal Island Records Ltd 2000.
Transcribed by Britkitten
First Draft: Any improvements or comments, please e-mail me — I’ve concentrated mostly on the chords here. On this version she plays for a while with quite a clean sound, then adds in some overdrive.
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GOOD FORTUNE
STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA
Intro [A] [G] [A] [G] [A] [G] [A] [G]
Verse
[A] Threw my [G] bad fortune
[A] Off the [G] top of
[A] A tall [G] building
[A] But I’d rather have [G] done it with [C] you [F] [C] [F]
[A] Your [G] boy’s smile
[A] Five in the [G] morning
[A] Looked in [G]-to your eyes
[A] And I was [G] really in [C] love [F] [C] [F]
[A] In [G] Chinatown
[A] Hung [G]-over
[A] You [G] showed me
[A] Just [G] what I could do
[A] Talk [G]-ing about
[A] Time [G] travel
[A] And the [G] meaning
[A] And just [G] what it was [C] worth [F] [C] [F]
Chorus
A Bm Cm Dm
E ——5—————-7—————8—————10————I
B——5—————-7—————8—————10————I
G——6—————-7—————8—————10————I
D——7—————-9—————10—————12————I
A——7—————-9—————10—————12————I
E——5—————-7—————8—————10————I
And I feel like some bird of Paradise
My bad fortune slipping away
And I feel the innocence of a child
[C] Everybody’s got [D] something good to [A] say
Back into Intro
Verse
Things I once thought
Unbelievable
In my life
Have all taken place
When we walked through
Little Italy
I saw my reflection
Come right off your face
I paint pictures
To remember
You’re too beautiful
To put into words
Like a gypsy
You dance in cirxles
All around me
And all over the world
Chorus
Outtro [keep playing A and G, do not resolve with F and C as before]
So I take my
Good fortune
And I fantasize
Of our leaving
Like some modern-day
Gypsy landslide
Like some modern-day Bonnie and Clyde
On the run again
{to fadeЙ}