(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!)
