Key of E
Tuning: eadgbe


Intro: E(hammer)


(Verse1)
               A (x02220@1)                  EMy (022100@1)best friend Junior, he lives two trailers down
         B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1)        EHis (022100@1)wife MaryLou she runs the Caberet in town
           A (x02220@1)                         E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) C#5They've (x133xx@4)got two kids, and they don't look like him
       B (x2444x@1)                   A (x02220@1)               B (x2444x@1)    A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)He's a tractor tech, he's a redneck, now he's gettin drunk again


(Chorus)
                    E(hammer)                    AI'm (x02220@1)talkin bout the good times, drinkin down the bad
         E (022100@1)                B (x2444x@1)                  ATryin (x02220@1)to remember all those crazy nights that we had
 B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)           ANow (x02220@1)I'm empty, I'm not sad
                E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)
Talkin bout the good times, drinkin down the bad


(Verse2)
              A (x02220@1)                     EMiss (022100@1)Sara Ann Bakersmith, she was my girlfriend
           B (x2444x@1)             A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)    EI (022100@1)took her top off for the first time at the drive-in
               A (x02220@1)                   E (022100@1)    B (x2444x@1) C#5You (x133xx@4)know those had to be the coolest things I'd seen
        B (x2444x@1)                  A (x02220@1)                          B (x2444x@1)    A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)   
She was passed around like a bottle of crown, but she was always sweet to me


(Chorus)
                    E(hammer)                    AI'm (x02220@1)talkin bout the good times, drinkin down the bad
         E (022100@1)                B (x2444x@1)                  ATryin (x02220@1)to remember all those crazy nights that we had
 B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)           ANow (x02220@1)I'm empty, I'm not sad
                E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)
Talkin bout the good times, drinkin down the bad


(Verse3)
              A (x02220@1)                        ENow (022100@1)Junior's Junior's kid, you know they call him "The Duece"
        B (x2444x@1)                A (x02220@1)   B (x2444x@1)    EAnd (022100@1)his grandma she drinks vodka in her orange juice
          A (x02220@1)                   E (022100@1)    B (x2444x@1)     C#5She (x133xx@4)sells pot to kids, and she just got out of jail
       B (x2444x@1)             A (x02220@1)                   B (x2444x@1)     A (x02220@1)       EJunior (022100@1)had to sell his new John-boat just to help to raise the bail.


(Chorus)
                    E(hammer)                    AI'm (x02220@1)talkin bout the good times, drinkin down the bad
         E (022100@1)                B (x2444x@1)                  ATryin (x02220@1)to remember all those crazy nights that we had
 B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)           ANow (x02220@1)I'm empty, I'm not sad
                E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)
Talkin bout the good times, drinkin down the bad


(Verse4)
              A (x02220@1)                      ENow (022100@1)my name's Carl Wayne, I've had two DUI's
      B (x2444x@1)            A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1)     EThree (022100@1)years ago they took my license I don't drive
            A (x02220@1)                           E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1) C#5These (x133xx@4)boots can get me there, I live just down the street
     B (x2444x@1)                 A (x02220@1)               B (x2444x@1)       A (x02220@1) EIt's (022100@1)last call, it's too far to crawl, now help me to my feet


(Chorus)
                    E(hammer)                    AI'm (x02220@1)talkin bout the good times, drinkin down the bad
         E (022100@1)                B (x2444x@1)                  ATryin (x02220@1)to remember all those crazy nights that we had
 B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)           ANow (x02220@1)I'm empty, I'm not sad
                E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)
Talkin bout the good times, drinkin down the bad


(Outro)
                     E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)                 EJust (022100@1)talkin bout the good times, drinkin down the bad
                E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)  AB ETalkin (022100@1)bout the good times