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May 28, 2013

Good Time Charlie Got the Blues by Danny O'Keefe

One of the first songs I ever learned to play.

Tab: in word document format

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Good Time Charlie Got the Blues
By:   Danny O'Keefe

[intro:]   4 X G

[verse:1]
       G               G
Everybody's gone away
                                     Cmaj7   C
I believe this time the're going to stay
                           D7
There not a soul I know around
                    G
Everybody leaving town

[verse:2]
  G                                             G
Some caught a freight, some took a plane
                              Cmaj7   C
Find the sunshine, leave the rain
                                    D7
They say this town will waste your time
                                    G       G {let ring}
I guess the're right, it's wasting mine

[chorus:]

Some gotta win
	     Cmaj7  D7
Some gotta lose
  			         G
Good time Charlie's got the blues

[solo: guitar]  {over verse chords}

[verse:2]
 
You my heart keeps telling me
                        Cmaj7   C
You're not a kid at thirty-three
                               D7
You play around you lose your wife
                                 G
You play too long you lose your life

[verse:2]
G
I've got my pills to ease the pain
                               Cmaj7   C
Can't find a thing to ease the rain
                            D7
I'd love to try and settle down
                          G    G  {let ring}
But everybody's leaving town

[chorus:]

Some gotta win
	     Cmaj7  D7
Some gotta lose
  			         G        
Good time Charlie's got the blues

[coda:]   4 X G 


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