Elvis Presley – Good Time Charlies Got The Blues (Guitar)

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(If picked on acoustic guitar or played on piano, or both, walk the bass(root) note down during each 4-count measure, except the last chord of the verses, which is played for a quarter note and then breaks.) [Chords] G (G/G G/F# G/E G/D) C (C/C C/B C/A C/G) Am(Am/A Am/G Am/F# Am/E) D (D/D D/C D/B D/A) (Each Chord designation represents a full 4-count measure, and if placed ahead of a lyric instead of over the first letter of a word or syllable, then the chord progression is started before the singing, which will commence on the second count.) [Intro] G G C Am D D G G [Verse 1]
                  G   
Everybody's gone away

G                         C
 Said they're movin to L. A.

Am                          D 
 There's not a soul I know around

D                    G    G
 Everybody's leavin' town
[Verse 2]
                                     G
Some caught a freight, some caught a plane

G                          C    
 Found the sunshine in the rain

Am                                      D
 They said this town's will waste their time

D                                    G    G 
 I guess they're right, it's wasting mine
[Chorus]
                           C
Some gotta win, some gotta lose

D                            G    D7
 Good time Charlie's got the blues

                            G     G
Good time Charlie's got the blues
[Short Instrumental} C D G [Verse 3]
                                G             
You know my heart keeps tellin' me

G                           C
 You're not a kid at thirty-three

Am                            D
 Play around you'll lose your wife

D                                      G   G
 You play it too long you'll lose your life
[Chorus]
                           C  
Some gotta win, some gotta lose

D7                           G      
 Good time Charlie's got the blues

D7                           G
 Good time Charlie's got the blues

D7                           G    G
 Good time Charlie's got the blues
[Verse Instrumental] G G C Am D D G G [Verse 4]
                           G
I got my pills to ease the pain

G                               C
 Can't find a thing to ease the rain

Am                          D 
 I'd love to try and settle down

D                        G   G
 But everybody's leavin' town
[Chorus]
                           C  
Some gotta win, some gotta lose

D7                           G      
 Good time Charlie's got the blues

D7                           G
 Good time Charlie's got the blues

D7                           G    G
 Good time Charlie's got the blues
D7 G