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