Good Time Charlies Got The Blues

Tom: G

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues               By: Danny O'Keefe (1972)O'Keefe


INTRO:

   G                                 G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|---0--------------|---0--------------|---0--------------|---0--------------|
D|---0---2--0-----0-|---0---2--0-----0-|---0---2--0-----0-|---0---2--0------0|
A|-------------0H2--|-------------0H2--|-------------0H2--|-------------0H2--|
E|-3---3---3--------|-3---3---3--------|-3---3---3--------|-3---3---3--------|

2nd Guitar

e|------------3\2---|------------------|-----------3/2----|------------------|
B|---------------3--|---------------3--|---------------3--|---------------3--|
G|------------------|-----------4\5----|------------------|----------4\5-----|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

  G                                   C
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|---1--------------|---1--------------|
G|---0--------------|---0--------------|---0---2--0-----0-|---0---2--0-----0-|
D|---0---2--0-----0-|---0---2--0-----0-|-------------0H2--|-------------0H2--|
A|-------------0H2--|-------------0H2--|-3---3---3--------|-3---3---3--------|
E|-3---3---3--------|-3---3---3--------|------------------|------------------|

2nd guitar

e|---------3/2-3/2--|------------------|--------8/7-8/7---|------------------|
B|----------------3-|------------------|----------------8-|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
                                            There's not a soul I know around

  D7
e|-----2---0---2----|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|-----1-1---1---1--|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|---2------------2-|----0-------------|---0--------------|------------------|
D|-0----------------|-0H2-2P0-------0--|-------2--0-------|------------------|
A|------------------|---------2-0H2----|-------------0H2--|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|-3---3---3--------|-3----------------|

2nd guitar

e|------------------|------------------|---3p2-3p2-3-3p2--|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|----------3-----3-|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
Find the sunshine, leave the rain
They said this town'll waste your time
I guess they're right, it's wasting mine


Refrain:

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


SOLO:

                     G                                    C
e|-3H5-3-3H5-3------|------------------|3-----3-----------|------------------|
B|------------5P3---|3H5-----------4/5-|--4/5---5P3--1H3--|1-----------------|
G|----------------5-|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

                     D7                                    G
e|------------------|------------------|5H7-5-------3-----|------------------|
B|-1/3-3--5-5/7--7-5|-5/7--------------|-----7P5-3H5-5P3-3|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|--------5-------4-|------------------|
D|-2/4-4--5-5/7--7-5|-5/7--------------|------------------|-5----------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

You know my heart keeps telling me
You're not a kid at thirty-three
You play around you lose your wife
You play too long you lose your life

I've got my pills to ease the pain
Can't find a thing to ease the rain
I'd love to try and settle down
But everybody's leaving town

P = Pull off
H = Hammer on
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down

G  = 320003
C  = x32010
D7 = xx0212
Cm = X35543

Tabbed by Feenix6 (Sep 2004) *

Kind of a finger pickin' blues shuffle.
I beat the G bass note softer on the
second and third count to keep the beat.