Big John Khatt And The Highland Blues Band - Good Time Charlies Got The Blues

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues:Big John Khatt

And The Highland Blues Band.

Recorded live in Metz, France(with permission)in 1973.



INTRO: G Am7 (x3)                                              



#1.

G                 Am7  D                                   

Everybody's gone away..said they're 

          G

moving to LA.

G                            Am7

There ain't a soul, I know, around..

D                   G    Am7 G

everybody's leaving town.



#2.

G                                  Am7

Some caught a freight, some took a plane..

D                              G

lie in the sunshine, leave the rain.

G                                Am7

They say this town'll waste your time..

D                                   G

I guess they're right, it's wasting mine.



CHORUS:

G          Am7             C                   

Some gotta win..some gotta lose.

D7                          G   Am7 G                               

Good time Charlie's got the blues.

D7                          G    Am7 G

Good time Charlie's got the blues.





(INTERLUDE:) G Am7 D G



#3.

G                               Am7

You know my heart keeps telling me..

D                          G

you're not a kid at thirty-three.

G                         Am7

Play around you lose your wife..

D                               G

you play too long you lose your life.





CHORUS:

G          Am7             C                   

Some gotta win..some gotta lose.

D7                          G   Am7 G                               

Good time Charlie's got the blues.

D7                          G    Am7 G

Good time Charlie's got the blues.





(INTERLUDE:) G Am7 D G



#4.

G                             Am7

I've got my pills to ease the pain..

D                               G   Am7 G

ain't found nothing to ease the rain.

G                          Am7

Someday I'd like to settle down..

D                       G

but everybody's leaving town.



CHORUS:

G          Am7             C                   

Some gotta win..some gotta lose.

D7                          G   Am7 G                               

Good time Charlie's got the blues.

D7                          G    Am7 G

Good time Charlie's got the blues.



OUTRO:

D7                          G    Am7 G

Good time Charlie's got the blues.....(x3)(Fade.)





A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.