John Prine – A Good Time (Guitar)

Capo 3
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dave S. Email: [email protected] 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.