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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES
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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: February 26, 2003
Album:
Written by:
C = 332010
Cmaj7 = 332000 See just remove that index finger from your C chord
ARE THE GOOD TIME REALLY OVER FOR GOOD Merle Haggard
Intro: C
C F
I wish a buck was still silver It was back when the country was strong
G7 C
Back before Elvis Before the Vietnam war came a-long
C
Before the Beatles and Yesterday
F
When a man could still work and still would
G7
The best of the free life be-hind us now
C
And are the good times really over for good
CHORUS: chord in(C7) gets play second time through chorus
C (C7) F
Are we rollin downhill like a snowball headed for hell
G7 C
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell
C Cmaj7 F
Wished a Ford and a Chevy would still last ten years like they should
G7
Is the best of the free life he-hind us now
C
Are the good times really over for good
C F
I wish coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be
G7 C
It was back before Nixon Lied to us all on T. V.
C F
Be-fore microwave ovens When a girl could still cook and still would
G7
The best of the free life be-hind us now
C
Are the good times really over for good
to chorus using (C7) then to ending chorus
ENDING CHORUS:
C C7 F
Stop rollin downhill like a snowball headed for hell
G7 C
Stand up for the flag and let's all ring the liberty bell
C Cmaj7 F
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy that still will ten years like they should
G7
The best of the free life is still yet to come
C
The good times ain't over for good
This song is improvised and I encourage you to improvise it.
Here's some licks and riffs in this song.
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