John Gorka – Vinnie Charles Is Free (Guitar)

          G     Em      C        G
There's a party down at Kale's

       D          Am     C
Vinnie Charles is out of jail again

    G    D       C
His ex's will be there

G            D        Am            C           G  D  Am  C
His daughter Nida has bought him an easy-chair

   G            D            C
He kicked the cocaine in the can

   G            D      Am            C
An eight-ball a day is not cheap for any man

    G                   D             C
His street clothes have all shrunk in size

    G           D              Am         C
But most of the weight that he gained was in his eyes

G           D              Am         C             G  D  Am  C
Most of the weight that he gained was in his eyes

    G         D        C
Did nine of a possible twelve

   G             D          Am        C
He still says he didn't know what the package held

   G             D           Am  C
He still says he didn't know

       G      D     C
Just a favour for a friend

G          D          Am           C
Big buddy, Cara, left him to swing in the wind

G          D          Am           C            G  D  Am  C
Big buddy, Cara, left him to swing in the wind

   Em          D       C
He made it through Mexico

    Em          D     C         D
The car threw a rod below San Diego

  Em            D       C
A copper pulled over to help

    Em            D          C            D      G     C   G  D  Am  C
But poor Vinnie's poker face could not control itself

       G        D         C
He was always a likeable guy

G            D        Am      C
Women passed under him, as if he could fly

    G            D        Am      C            G  D  Am  C
The women passed under him, as if he could fly

G          D          C
Three more years on parole

G              D             Am          C
Time will tell how much, the time inside took it's toll

G              D             Am          C               G  D  Am  C
Time will tell how much, the time inside took it's toll

         G          D      C
"There's two things I know well", he says

     G           D        Am         C
"The ways that I hurt and all of the ways to hell"

     G           D        Am         C              G  D  Am  G(C)  Em
"The ways that I hurt and all of the ways to hell"

       D       C        Em
Vinnie Charles is free

       D          C     D         Em
Vinnie Charles is out of the pen

       D       C                Em
Vinnie Charles is free for now

         D        C                Em
Mightier than the sword (and then)

       D       C        Em
Vinnie Charles is free

       D       C        
Vinnie Charles is free