Good Time Charlies Got The Blues by Danny Okeefe 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) feenix6@att.net Kind of a finger pickin' blues shuffle. I beat the G bass note softer on the second and third count to keep the beat. www.TAB6.com