A Good Time

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A Good Time - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Prime-Prine@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard (CAPO 3rd fret)
Artist: John Prine
Album: Sweet Revenge
Year: 1973
[Verse 1]
D G D
Time was once just a clock to me
D G A
And life was just a book a biography
D G D
Success was something you just had to be
D G A
And I would spend myself unknowingly
[Chorus]
G A D
And you know that I could have me a million more friends
G A
And all Id have to lose is my point of view
D G
But I had no idea what a good time would cost
A D
Till last night when I sat and talked with you.
[Verse 2]
D G D
An apple will spoil if its been abused
D G A
A candle disappears when its been used
D G D
A rainbow may follow up a hurricane
D G A
And I can't leave forever on a train
[Chorus]
G A D
And you know that Id survive if I never spoke again
G A
And all Id have to lose is my vanity
D G
But I had no idea what a good time would cost
A D
Till last night when you sat and talked with me.
[Solo]
D G D
D G A
D G D
D G A
G A D
G A
D G
A D
[Verse 3]
D G D
You can smile for the lack of something else to do
D G A
And no one will laugh and point at you
D G D
If your tears didnt always make me feel so bad
D G A
Would you still cry every time that you felt sad?
[Chorus]
G A D
I thought Id heard and seen enough to get along
G A
Till you said something neither of us knew
D G
And I had no idea what a good time would cost
A D G D A D
Till last night when I sat and talked with you.

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                        A Good Time - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S. 
Email: Prime-Prine@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard (CAPO 3rd fret)
Artist: John Prine      
Album: Sweet Revenge
Year: 1973
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Solo]
D   G   D
D   G   A
D   G   D
D   G   A
G   A   D
G       A
D       G
A       D
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]

A Good Time Chords by John Prine

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