• Song:

    Ross Guertin - Time Off For Good Behaviour

  • Artist:

    Misc Your Songs

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SONG: Time Off For Good Behaviour (*Neil Young)
BAND: Ross Guertin
ALBUM: In Time...
TABBED BY: Ross Guertin (ross_guertin@yahoo.ca)
TUNING: EADGBe



INTRO/G* RIFF
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D|-0---0---0-0h2-0h2---0---0---0-0h2-0h2---
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VERSE 1:
GMy (320003@1)brother went to prison
        D (xx0232@1)            G*
He's in Kingston doin' time
       GHe (320003@1)got seven years for sellin'
               C (x32010@1)            G*
What I've been smokin' all my life
GTime (320003@1)off for good behavior
        D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1)      EmBut (022000@1)the boy don't feel too good
CLocked (x32010@1)behind those steel bars
                   DI (xx0232@1)don't know if he should

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A|-2-------2-----------2-------2-----------
E|-3-------3-3---3-----3-------3-3---3----- x2

       GYeah (320003@1)a few years ago they called me
     D (xx0232@1)               GBack (320003@1)home to get a big award
     GThey (320003@1)also called my brother
         C (x32010@1)             G*
But they made him say My Lord
     GThey (320003@1)locked me up in a Hall of Fame
    D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)     EmAnd (022000@1)threw away the keys
    CBut (x32010@1)when they put my brother away
                           DIt (xx0232@1)really did somethin' to me

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D|-0---0---0-0h2-0h2---0---0---0-0h2-0h2---
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E|-3-------3-3---3-----3-------3-3---3-----

CHORUS:
        DNow (xx0232@1)I'm guilty as hell for sayin'
C (x32010@1)                    GBoy (320003@1)you better go back home
DYou (xx0232@1)know you'll get a fair shake there
      C (x32010@1)         GWe're (320003@1)running all alone
        Em (022000@1)                  GWhen (320003@1)he called me up from the border
         D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)    EmWith (022000@1)the Mounties on his tail
  CI (x32010@1)said go back to Canada
                 DWe (xx0232@1)can raise the bail

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E|-3-------3-3---3-----3-------3-3---3----- x2

GNow (320003@1)I get these letters
       D (xx0232@1)           GFrom (320003@1)a cell with no TV
   GHe (320003@1)says he's outside one hour
    C (x32010@1)           GAnd (320003@1)inside twenty three
     GTime (320003@1)off for good behavior
        D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1)      EmBut (022000@1)the boy don't feel too good
CLocked (x32010@1)behind those steel bars
                   DI (xx0232@1)don't know if he should

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e|---3-3-----3---3---3---3-3-----3---3---3-
B|---0-0-0---0h1-0h1-0---0-0-0---0h1-0h1-0-
G|---0-0-0---0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-
D|-0---0---0-0h2-0h2---0---0---0-0h2-0h2---
A|-2-------2-----------2-------2-----------
E|-3-------3-3---3-----3-------3-3---3-----


CHORUS:


GMy (320003@1)brother went to prison
        D (xx0232@1)            G*
He's in Kingston doin' time
       GHe (320003@1)got seven years for sellin'
               C (x32010@1)            GWhat (320003@1)I've been smokin' all my life

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