Yoakam Dwight - Good Time Charlies Got The guitar tab
Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
Written by Danny O'Keefe
Performed by Dwight Yoakum on "Under the Covers" CD
Transcribed by Keith Reding
Personally I like the original version better than Dwight's version. The
chords, however, are from the Dwight CD. I do not know what key it was
done originally. It sounds great if you develop a picking pattern for the
chords since it is a relatively slow song. Here is an the picking patter I
use.
* = 1 beat in 4/4 time. Each space is a 1/16 note. Tempo is about 70 - 80
beats per minute.
G
* * * *
e-----------------|
B-----0-----------|
G-----0-----------| Repeat 1X
D-------0h2-0----0|
A----2--------0h2-|
E-3---------------|
C
* * * *
e------------------|
B-----0------------|
G-----0-0h2-0-----0| Repeat 1X
D---2----------0h2-|
A-3----------------|
E------------------|
D
* * * *
e-----2--0--------|
B-----3-3---3---3-|
G---2----------2--| Repeat 1X
D-0-----------0---|
A-----------------|
E-----------------|
Play the pickin patter for each chord listed below.
NC G
Everybody gone away
C
Said they're moving' to LA
D
There's not a Soul I know around
G
Everybody's leavin' town
G
Some caught a freight some caught a plane
C
find the sunshine leave the rain
D
they say this town will waste your time
G
I guess they're right it wasted mine
Chorus
G (one strum) Am (one strum)
Some got to win, some got to lose
D G
Good Time Charlie's got the blues
D G
Good Time Charlie's got the blues
Verse 3
G
Everybody keeps tellin' me
C
You're not a kid a 33
D
You play around you'll lose your wife
G
You play too long you'll lose your life
Verse 4
G
Got my pills to ease the pain
C
Can't find a thing to stop the rain
D
I'd like tryin' to settle down
G
But everybody's leavin' town.
Repeat Chorus
Keith Reding
St. Louis, MO
reding@mcione.com
