Charlie The Methadone Man
Fastball
All The Pain Money Can Buy

Created by: Sean Rutherford (seanr1983@gmail.com)
I saw nobody had ever tabbed this song and I wanted to learn how to play it so here you go.
Capo on 3 so an A chord shape will sound like C

Intro\Verse Chords:

Here's how the timing works and the Chord structure
 
 1+2+3+4+ A  Bb    A  Bb    G  D
|--------|--------|--------|3--2--22|
|--------|--------|--------|0--3--33|
|2--3-030|2--3-030|2--3-030|0--2--22|
|2--3-030|2--3-030|2--3-030|0--0--00|
|0--0-000|0--0-000|0--0-000|2-------|
|--------|--------|--------|3-------|

Just a reminder: Capo on 3, An A chord shape will actually be C

A   Bb   A  Bb          A      Bb     G   D
Living..... to get his freak on....., ooh ee

A   Bb   A  Bb          A      Bb     G   D
Sporting... his leopard skin thong.., ooh ee

B           D         A
Charlie the methadone man

B            D           A
plays Sunday nights in a rock n' roll band

B                  D
Charlie the metronome, the methadone 

A   Bb   A  Bb  
man......................

A   Bb   A  Bb          A      Bb     G   D
Patience.., the name of the game...., ooh ee

A   Bb   A  Bb          A      Bb     G   D
Waiting.... on Doctor Kinkaid......., ooh ee

B           D         A
Charlie the methadone man

B             D              A
fills out the papers just as fast as he can

B                  D
Charlie the methadone, the methadone

A   Bb   A  Bb  
man......................

F#            G     D
  When you're all alone
 
F#        G      D
  and you got no where to go

F#       G       D
 Better take it slow, 

F#     G       D
oh you get so tired of where you

    A   Bb   A  Bb  
are.....................

A   Bb   A  Bb          A      Bb     G   D
Kicking.... his lonely lit brain...., ooh ee

A   Bb   A  Bb            A      Bb     G   D
Drinking... to try and stay sane......, ooh ee

B           D         A
Charlie the methadone man

B             D              A
chases his tail just as fast as he can

B                  D
Charlie the methadone, the methadone

A   Bb   A  Bb 
man.............oh

B                  D
Charlie the methadone, methadone

A       F#
man........

F       D
Waitin'.....

A       F#         
Waitin'.....

F       G
Waitin'..........

A   Bb   A  Bb  A  Bb  A
(Starts at the end of the last waitin')

This is not meant to be 100% precise, so listen to the song, its one on fastball's 
best and fun to play.
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