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Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues | acoustic

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An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" by Danny O'Keefe.

It was originally recorded in 1971 for his debut album, but was re-recorded with a slower tempo and released as a single from his 2nd album, O'keefe. It reached number 9 on the billboard charts.

This song wasn't on my radar until I had a request for it. It's another one of those tunes that I'd forgotten about but it's really a great song and has been covered by a lot of people including Elvis and Dwight Yoakam.

My version is a mix of the original recording and a live solo version from 2012.

The guitar part in the original version is quite simple, but live he plays it with a modified Travis pick and adds some embellishments which I go over in detail in the video. It's a bit tricky at first, but with a bit of practice you should be able to get it down fairly quickly.

I really love this song. When the organ plays that Cmaj7 in the chorus on "some gotta lose" and it falls out of time for a bit, it's pure magic! One of the strongest hooks ever recorded IMHO.

Anyways, I had a great time working on this one so I hope that you get something from the lesson and that you enjoy playing this great song. Cheers
Andy
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