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			GOOD EXCUSE-JOHN BUTLER TRIO
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Tabbed by:brian mcfarlane
Email:pete_buzz_2431@hotmail.com

Tuning:STANDARD

This song is one of the best songs for guitar players up and coming.
This song absulutley sounds awsome on my 12 string.

HERE IS A LINK TO THE VIDEO CLIP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL6VeE0Iyho

Always play A and G as a bare chord because that is the way that the man him self JOHN 
playes it.

INTRO:

e|------------------------------------------------|  x16
B|------5---5----3---3----------------------------|
G|------6---6----4---4----------------------------|
D|---7----7----5---5------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
WHEN PLAYING THIS SECTION PLUCK THE STRINGS DON'T STRUM

VERSE:
    A#    G#    A#   G#
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|--5-----3-/---5----3--------------------------|
G|--6-----4-/---6----4--------------------------|
D|--7-----5-/---7----5--------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|


PRE CHORUS:
     OH WONT YOU JUST WAKE UP    FEEL THE HUMMIN
    A        G          A           G
e|--5--------3----------5------------3---------------------------|
B|--5--------3----------5------------3---------------------------|
G|---6--------4-----------6-----------4--------------------------|
D|-----7--------5----------7-------------5-----------------------|
A|-----7--------5----------7-------------5-----------------------|
E|--5--------3----------5------------3---------------------------|


CHORUS:
GO TAKE A STEP OUT SIDE SEE WHATS SHAKING IN THE REAL WORLD
      A                                                   G
e|----5---------------------------------------------------5---|
B|----5---------------------------------------------------5---|
G|-----6---------------------------------------------------6--|
D|------7---------------------------------------------------7-|
A|------7---------------------------------------------------7-|
E|----5---------------------------------------------------5---|

LYRICS:
VERSE:1
 A#    G#        A#          G#
All around i see rainning
 A#      G#      A#           G#
things dont seem to go my way
 A#       G#      A#          G#
got a dark cloud thats hanging
 A#       G#      A#          G#
and it seems to follow me

PRE-CHORUS:
 A   G             A      G
oh wont you just wake up feel the hummin
 A      G                    A    G
this crule world is giving you better start running
 A     G        A      G
catch up with your life ah catch on up
 A         G                A            G
befor the hole thing is through
 A        G               A
have you wonce have you twice
 G                      A
have you ever gone see die
                 G                      A                    G
really good boy you good god go an make a lover better look around
 A       G            A           G               A
you are just a nother white boy thinking your so hard
            G            A                        G
go take a step out side see whats shakin in the real world

CHORUS:
 A
go take a look out side see whats shakin in the real world
 G
go take a step out side see whats shakin in the real world

VERSE:2  A#,G# x4
 A#      G#            A#           G#
but you dont know how my heart amends
 A#                            G#
i really got a good excuse to complane
 A#                              G#
my parents got the voice cant yelled the pain
 A#        G#           A#         G#
and know theres is only cheap regrets
 A#            G#             A#
i geuse thats just the way it be
 G#                         A#
isnt the world o how i say mean
 A#      G#         A#          G#
oh and now you are realing realy bugging
 A#       G#            A#         G#          A#
yes you are bugging me can you just shut right up
 G#       A#        G#      A#
your coat is overflowing overflowing
 A#      G#       A#         G#
and you think t is a deed
 A#            G#              A#            G#
you dont even know what side you are bouchin for
 A#            G#              A#            G#
boy would you turn your game boy off
 A#            G#              A#            G#
stop pretendin its you aggainst the world
 A#      G#       A#
i am sick and i am tired
 G#              A#            G#              A#    
      G#
of hearing you always say i realy got a good excuse to complain
A#            G#              A#            G#
my parents got the voice cant yelled the pain

CHORUS:

 A
go take a look out side see whats shakin in the real world
 G
go take a step out side see whats shakin in the real world
 A
go take a look out side see whats shakin in the real world
 G
go take a step out side see whats shakin in the real world


SORRY I CANT BRING YOU THE SOLO AT THIS STAGE BUT I WILL GET IT.


CHORUS:

 A
go take a look out side see whats shakin in the real world
 G
go take a step out side see whats shakin in the real world
 A
go take a look out side see whats shakin in the real world
 G
go take a step out side see whats shakin in the real world