{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":738724,"song":"A Good Time","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/738724-a-good-time-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/738724?type=chord","rating":4.77765,"votes":79,"content":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                        A Good Time - John Prine\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTabbed by: Dave S. \r\nEmail: Prime-Prine@hotmail.com\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard (CAPO 3rd fret)\r\n\r\nArtist: John Prine      \r\nAlbum: Sweet Revenge\r\nYear: 1973\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTime was once just a clock to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd life was just a book a biography[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSuccess was something you just had to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I would spend myself unknowingly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you know that I could have me a million more friends [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd all Id have to lose is my point of view[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I had no idea what a good time would cost[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill last night when I sat and talked with you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn apple will spoil if its been abused[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA candle disappears when its been used[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA rainbow may follow up a hurricane [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't leave forever on a train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you know that Id survive if I never spoke again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd all Id have to lose is my vanity[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I had no idea what a good time would cost[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill last night when you sat and talked with me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can smile for the lack of something else to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd no one will laugh and point at you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf your tears didnt always make me feel so bad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]      \r\nWould you still cry every time that you felt sad? [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI thought Id heard and seen enough to get along[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTill you said something neither of us knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I had no idea what a good time would cost[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill last night when I sat and talked with you.[/tab]","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                        A Good Time - John Prine\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTabbed by: Dave S. \nEmail: Prime-Prine@hotmail.com\n\nTuning: Standard (CAPO 3rd fret)\n\nArtist: John Prine      \nAlbum: Sweet Revenge\nYear: 1973\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nD   G   D\nD   G   A\nD   G   D\nD   G   A\nG   A   D\nG       A\nD       G\nA       D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}