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Goodbye Booze 
Charlie Poole


This is my arrangement of this old country song recorded by Charlie Poole in 1926. 
The original was played on banjo. You can strum the chords but it sounds better 
using a picking pattern with a lively country feel. The original recording can be 
found on YouTube along with a number of covers.

The chords in brackets are optional and should be played as beats 3 and 4 before 
returning to the major chord for the next bar. I have only formatted this on the 
chorus but the same pattern should be played throughout. The optional chords are 
tabbed at the bottom of the page but they are really quite simple modifications to 
the major chord.

The lower case letters represent a walk up from G to C and should be played on the 
bass strings i.e. g = 6th string 3rd fret, a = 5th string open, b = "5th string 
2nd fret. They should be played as beats 2,3 and 4 of the preceding G chord.



Chorus:
           C (CaddG) C      G (Gsus4) G
Oh goodbye booze,   forever more 
           D7(D7sus4) D7           G (Gsus4) G
My boozin' days      will soon be o'er
G  A    B    C                        G (Gsus4) G
I had a good time, but we couldn't agree
                D7(D7sus4) D7           G (Gsus4) G
So you see what booze      has done for me


 G        A   B  C                       G
Well she tore my clothes, she swelled my head 
           D7                  G 
So goodbye booze I'm goin' to bed 
             C                        G 
I had a good time, but we couldn't agree 
                D7                  G 
So you see what booze has done for me 

Chorus
                    C                  G

Well she slammed my head, she broke my heart 
           D7                   G 
So goodbye booze, it's time we part 
             C                       G 
I had a good time, but we couldn't agree 
                D7                  G 
So you see what booze has done for me 

Chorus
                   C                  G
Well she whispered low, how sweet it sounds 
                       D7                     G 
Won't you take another ride, on the merry-go-round 
                C                       G 
Oh I had a good time, but we couldn't agree 
                D7                  G 
So you see what booze has done for me 

Chorus



   CaddG  Gsus4 D7sus4

E----3------3-----3--------------------|
B----1------1-----1--------------------|
G----0------0-----2--------------------|
D----2------x-----0--------------------|
A----3------0-----x--------------------|
E----0------x-----x--------------------|