CAPO: 2nd Fret 



Intro: G  D  C    G  D  Am  C  (2x) 

          G     Em      C        G 
There's a party down at Kale's 
       D          Am     C 
Vinnie Charles is out of jail again 
    G    D       C 
His ex's will be there 
G            D        Am            C           G  D  Am  C 
His daughter Nida has bought him an easy-chair 


   G            D            C 
He kicked the cocaine in the can 
   G            D      Am            C 
An eight-ball a day is not cheap for any man 
    G                   D             C 
His street clothes have all shrunk in size 
    G           D              Am         C 
But most of the weight that he gained was in his eyes 
G           D              Am         C             G  D  Am  C 
Most of the weight that he gained was in his eyes 


    G         D        C 
Did nine of a possible twelve 
   G             D          Am        C 
He still says he didn't know what the package held 
   G             D           Am  C 
He still says he didn't know 
       G      D     C 
Just a favour for a friend 
G          D          Am           C 
Big buddy, Cara, left him to swing in the wind 
G          D          Am           C            G  D  Am  C 
Big buddy, Cara, left him to swing in the wind 


Bridge: 
   Em          D       C 
He made it through Mexico 
    Em          D     C         D 
The car threw a rod below San Diego 
  Em            D       C 
A copper pulled over to help 
    Em            D          C            D      G     C   G  D  Am  C 
But poor Vinnie's poker face could not control itself 


       G        D         C 
He was always a likeable guy 
G            D        Am      C 
Women passed under him, as if he could fly 
    G            D        Am      C            G  D  Am  C 
The women passed under him, as if he could fly 


G          D          C 
Three more years on parole 
G              D             Am          C 
Time will tell how much, the time inside took it's toll 
G              D             Am          C               G  D  Am  C 
Time will tell how much, the time inside took it's toll 


         G          D      C 
"There's two things I know well", he says 
     G           D        Am         C 
"The ways that I hurt and all of the ways to hell" 
     G           D        Am         C              G  D  Am  G(C)  Em 
"The ways that I hurt and all of the ways to hell" 


FINALE: 
       D       C        Em 
Vinnie Charles is free 
       D          C     D         Em 
Vinnie Charles is out of the pen 
       D       C                Em 
Vinnie Charles is free for now 
         D        C                Em 
Mightier than the sword (and then) 
       D       C        Em 
Vinnie Charles is free 
       D       C         
Vinnie Charles is free 


OUTRO: G  D  C   G  D  Am  C    
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