Chords for Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe GUITAR LESSON
Tempo:
177.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
D
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[F]
[G#m]
[G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G] [C]
[G#m]
[G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G] [C]
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G
Em
D
E
C
G
Em
D
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_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ Hi, this is Gaylord again, and this time I [N] thought I'd show you how to do Danny O'Keefe's
song back from _ 1972, Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues.
Great song.
I had a request to do this song.
I don't normally do requests because I've got so many of the songs that I'm playing
in my band that I'm trying to get out here for you guys.
It's hard to _ _ do other ones, but, man, I may do this one in the band.
This is great.
This is a [G] good song.
Listen, instead of playing the chords on this, [E] what you want to do is hit the notes so that
you're doing, _ just picking notes on there and _ filling it in.
So here's [G] the notes that you're trying to hit, _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ or at least that's what I'm hearing,
okay?
[G] So what you're doing is you're on the sixth string, third [E] fret, and use [F#] your ring finger
to come up to the fourth string, fourth fret, _ [E] _ second on four, [D] _ open four, _ [B] hammer on five,
open two, and then [Bm] hit your fourth string.
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ You start that riff again.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ The only fingers I'm using, I'm using my _ _ middle finger to hit that bass [F#] note, and I'm using
my _ pinky to hit [B] that fourth fret, [Em] and then I come down with my index on the second fret
on four, and [D] I use it on the hammer too.
When I go [B] five, two, on the fifth string, open [D] two, _ and then [G] four.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] And what I'm doing to give it some [Em] full sound in there [G] is I'm playing the second and third _ strings, okay? _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Now what that is, I'm not sure what the name is.
I think it's a _ [Em] C _ _ _ major or something.
I'm not sure, but anyway, I'm not a chord guy.
[C] It's a C [Em] chord without the index finger, _ okay?
So maybe a C major seventh probably. _
But a C chord without _ the index finger, and your notes [A] there, you're doing the same kind
of riff, [B] but it's on a _ open [A] two, _ _ _ two on [G] three, _ open three, and then that little run, or the
_ [Em] _
hammer on four.
[D] Oh, two, _ [Em] _
_ [G] and open three.
[C] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ You kind of get up to a D7 there, okay?
And [Am] it's going to be important it's a [D] D7, not a D, because you want to position those
fingers, _ [E] your index finger one on [Am] two, _ and your middle finger two on three, because you're
going to do a little slide.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] And all I'm doing there, _ [Bm] _ _ going up two frets, [C] sliding back down, and taking my middle [D] finger off.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And that little hammer on four _ to an open [F] three.
[D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ And then [Em] start that riff [G] again. _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh man, I missed that.
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ I hope that helps you.
I'm trying to think ahead, and I hit, missed my notes for you.
Hey, also, there's [D] that little _ break in there, _ _ _ _ the little break riff.
_ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] All I'm doing there, _ [Em] _ _ _ _ open _ first, _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ that's a second string, [E] third fret, [D] _ [B] _ _ _
open second, [A] _ _ _
second
_ [G] on third, _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
that's that little hammer, and then [E] he goes, _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ I'm on the second string, fifth
fret and third _ fret.
[D] _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F#] And then you go back into that riff, but you're going to start on the second note of that,
so you're actually starting _ fourth [B] fret on the fourth string.
Didn't explain that [E] well, but. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hey, I hope you like that.
That's a great tune.
May the Lord bless you, and stay close to Jesus, man.
See ya.
Bye-bye. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ Hi, this is Gaylord again, and this time I [N] thought I'd show you how to do Danny O'Keefe's
song back from _ 1972, Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues.
Great song.
I had a request to do this song.
I don't normally do requests because I've got so many of the songs that I'm playing
in my band that I'm trying to get out here for you guys.
It's hard to _ _ do other ones, but, man, I may do this one in the band.
This is great.
This is a [G] good song.
Listen, instead of playing the chords on this, [E] what you want to do is hit the notes so that
you're doing, _ just picking notes on there and _ filling it in.
So here's [G] the notes that you're trying to hit, _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ or at least that's what I'm hearing,
okay?
[G] So what you're doing is you're on the sixth string, third [E] fret, and use [F#] your ring finger
to come up to the fourth string, fourth fret, _ [E] _ second on four, [D] _ open four, _ [B] hammer on five,
open two, and then [Bm] hit your fourth string.
[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ You start that riff again.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ The only fingers I'm using, I'm using my _ _ middle finger to hit that bass [F#] note, and I'm using
my _ pinky to hit [B] that fourth fret, [Em] and then I come down with my index on the second fret
on four, and [D] I use it on the hammer too.
When I go [B] five, two, on the fifth string, open [D] two, _ and then [G] four.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] And what I'm doing to give it some [Em] full sound in there [G] is I'm playing the second and third _ strings, okay? _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Now what that is, I'm not sure what the name is.
I think it's a _ [Em] C _ _ _ major or something.
I'm not sure, but anyway, I'm not a chord guy.
[C] It's a C [Em] chord without the index finger, _ okay?
So maybe a C major seventh probably. _
But a C chord without _ the index finger, and your notes [A] there, you're doing the same kind
of riff, [B] but it's on a _ open [A] two, _ _ _ two on [G] three, _ open three, and then that little run, or the
_ [Em] _
hammer on four.
[D] Oh, two, _ [Em] _
_ [G] and open three.
[C] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ You kind of get up to a D7 there, okay?
And [Am] it's going to be important it's a [D] D7, not a D, because you want to position those
fingers, _ [E] your index finger one on [Am] two, _ and your middle finger two on three, because you're
going to do a little slide.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] And all I'm doing there, _ [Bm] _ _ going up two frets, [C] sliding back down, and taking my middle [D] finger off.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And that little hammer on four _ to an open [F] three.
[D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ And then [Em] start that riff [G] again. _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh man, I missed that.
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ I hope that helps you.
I'm trying to think ahead, and I hit, missed my notes for you.
Hey, also, there's [D] that little _ break in there, _ _ _ _ the little break riff.
_ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] All I'm doing there, _ [Em] _ _ _ _ open _ first, _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ that's a second string, [E] third fret, [D] _ [B] _ _ _
open second, [A] _ _ _
second
_ [G] on third, _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
that's that little hammer, and then [E] he goes, _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ I'm on the second string, fifth
fret and third _ fret.
[D] _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F#] And then you go back into that riff, but you're going to start on the second note of that,
so you're actually starting _ fourth [B] fret on the fourth string.
Didn't explain that [E] well, but. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hey, I hope you like that.
That's a great tune.
May the Lord bless you, and stay close to Jesus, man.
See ya.
Bye-bye. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _