Good Time Charlies Got The Blues

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Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Danny O'Keefe
From: “Good Times” (1973)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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RIFF
G C D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------|
B|-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------|
G|0----------------| |------2---0----0-| |-----4---2-----2-|
D|--4---2---0----0-| |------------0h2--| |0-----------2h4--|
A|------------0h2--| |3----------------| |-----------------|
E|3----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0
C6 x-3-2-2-1-0
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[Intro]
G
| | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
G
Everybody's gone away
C
Said they're movin to L.A
C D
There's not a soul I know around
D G G
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Everybody's leavin' town (break)
[Verse 2]
G
Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
C
Found the sunshine, leave the rain
D
They said this town will waste their time
D G G
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I guess they're right, it's wasting mine (break)
[Chorus]
Cmaj7C6
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Some gotta win, some gotta lose
D G
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Good time Charlie's got the blues
D G G
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Good time Charlie's got the blues (break)
[Solo]
D G
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(break)
[Verse 3]
G
You know my heart keeps tellin' me
C
You're not a kid at thirty-three
D
Play around, you'll lose your wife
D G G
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You play it too long you'll lose your life mine (break)
[Chorus]
Cmaj7C6
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Some gotta win, some gotta lose
D G
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Good time Charlie's got the blues
D G
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Good time Charlie's got the blues
D G G
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Good time Charlie's got the blues (break)
[Solo]
G C
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D G
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(break)
[Chorus]
Cmaj7C6
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Some gotta win, some gotta lose
D G
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Good time Charlie's got the blues
D G
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Good time Charlie's got the blues
D G D
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Good time Charlie's got the blues
[Outro] (fade out)
G C
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D G
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       Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Danny O'Keefe
From: “Good Times” (1973)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Intro]
| G | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Solo]
|  G  |  %  |  C  |  %  |
[Chorus]
[Outro] (fade out)
|  G  |  %  |  C  |  %  |
|  D  |  %  |  G  |  %  |

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