For The Good Times by Al Green, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

For The Good Times

Biography:

Reverend Albert Green (born April 13 1946 in Forrest City, Arkansas) is an American Grammy award winning soul and gospel singer who enjoyed great popularity in the 70s with hit singles such as "Let's Stay Together", Tired of Being Alone", and "You Oughta Be With Me". Green has boasted a voice capable of both fluid high streams of sugar and deep south growls and rasps. He has sold over 20 million records worldwide, and he was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995

Read more on Last.fm

Other songs:

Share this tab

Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

If it’s wrong, fix it.. but this is how I play it, with a few self touches. Enjoy.

[Intro]
G Am Em D
Bm B

[Verse 1]
Am D G
Don't look so sad, I know it's over
Am D G
But life goes on and this world keeps on turning, yeah
C D G
Let's just be glad we had this time to spend together
C Am D
There is no need to watch the bridges that we're burning

[Chorus]
G D
Lay your head (lay your head) upon my pillow, sweet baby
D G Am D
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine
G C
Hear the whisper of the raindrops rolling softly
Cm D
Against my window, yeah, oh, late at night
D E
Make believe you love me one more time
G Am D
For the good times
G
For the good times

[Verse 2]
Am
D G
I'll get along, and I'm sure you'll find another

But baby please remember
Am D
I'll be here (I'll be here), I'm gonna stay right here
G
If you should find you ever need me, yeah
C D G
Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever and ever and ever and ever
C Am D
There'll be time enough for severance when you leave me, yeah
G Am D
For the good times, yeah
G Am
For the good times

[Chorus]
D G D
Lay your head (lay your head) upon my pillow

Oh, just this one time, girl, one time
D G Am D
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine, yeah, oh baby
G
Won't you hear the whisper, hear the whisper
C Cm
Of the raindrops, of the raindrops, rolling softly, softly against my window
D
All you gotta do is make believe
D
All you gotta do is make believe you love me one more time
G Am D
For the good times, yeah baby
G Am
For the good times

And here's what you oughta do is
D G D
Lay your head upon my pillow
D G
I just wanna hold your warm and tender body close to mine