Hangin' On to the Good Times -- Craig Fuller, Paul Barrere, Bill Payne, FFred Tackett Intro: F Bb/F F/A Bb Csus4 F/A Bb F/A Bb Csus4 C7sus4 F C/F Bb/F F F/A Bb C Dm Hey old friend, it's been such a long time C F F/A Bb C F C F Since I saw your smilin' face pressed against my window pane C F C It was the middle of the night F C F F/A Bb And we were racin' the light of the mornin' C Bb C All those new thoughts dawnin' Bb C Dm7 C About the wrong and the right F C F C We spent our money so fine F C F F/A The girls were standing in line Bb C Every other night Bb C Was always the same Gm7 F/Bb C/Bb C F C Bb Paradise with- out any shame F/Bb Gm/C Bb/C Bb F Bb We'd stay up all night F/Bb Gm/C Bb/C Bb F Bb Tryin' to find just the right rhymes F/Bb Gm/C Bb/C Bb F Gm7 And we were fightin' the good fight F/G Gm/Bb Bb Dm7 C F Hangin' on to the good times (repeat chords throughout song) Jaunita she's a little bit older now Spotcheck Billy looks just the same Three card monte on the boulevard With mirrors on his shoes And I just have to laugh When I recall the time down in New Orleans Don't ya know Rained us out of an indoor show We spent our money so fine The girls were standin' in line Down in the quarters at lucky Pierre's A time of our life without any cares We'd stay up all night Tryin' to find just the right rhymes And we were fightin' the good fight Hangin' on to the good times Yes old friend we had some times And later on the moon declined To shine its light so benevolently It's grace withheld from our company and though we went our own ways We couldn't escape from where we came So we find ourselves back at the table again Tellin' stories of survivors and friends We'd stay up all night Tryin' to find just the right rhymes And we were fightin' the good fight Hangin' on to the good times
