Good Time
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Grace Potter
(From the 2023 Album MOTHER ROAD)
[Intro]
D Em G D
[Verse 1]
D
I used to drive to Montreal
C
Look up at the departure wall
G D
And buy me a ticket to anywhere I never been
D
I'd look at my planet from above
C
Meet the pilot, maybe make love
D
Touch down and let that city sweep me off my feet
[Pre-Chorus]
A
Take me back to the good times
G
When I drank up life like I drink my wine
A
Why's there always gotta be a window in between me
Bm C N.C.
And everything and everyone I wanna see?
[Chorus]
D
'Cause we can't go out but we still wanna dance
E G
We can't go out but we still want a chance for love
D
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D
No, we can't go out but I still wanna sing
E G
Can't go out but I still wanna bring back love
A
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm A G E N.C.
There's got to be a way that we can turn this ship around, ah
D
'Cause you can't keep a good time down
[Post-Chorus]
D
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time
C
Can't keep
C
Can't keep a good time
E
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time down
[Verse 2]
D
I know what living's all about
C
I breast-fed a stranger once at an In & Out
G D
I stripped down to my skivvies and danced across the boulevard, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
A
Take me back to the good times
G
When I drank up life like I drink my wine
A
Why's there always gotta be a window in between me
Bm C N.C.
And everything and everyone I wanna see?
[Chorus]
D
'Cause we can't go out but we still wanna dance
E G
We can't go out but we still want a chance for love
D
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D
No, we can't go out but I still wanna sing
E G
Can't go out but I still wanna bring back love
A
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm A G N.C.
There's got to be a way that we can turn this ship around, ah
D
'Cause you can't keep a good time down
[Post-Chorus]
D
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time
C
Can't keep
C
Can't keep a good time
G
Can't keep
G D
Can't keep a good time down
D
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time
C
Can't keep
C
Can't keep a good time
G
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time down
[Bridge]
D
In my dance-hall dreams
C
I'm a benevolent queen
G D
Riding on a white horse across a dance floor
D
I've got flowers in my hair
C
And there's sugar in the air
G C
I wanna live my whole life like it's the last night at Studio54, oh-oh-oh
[Pre-Chorus]
A
Baby, take me back to the good times
G
When I drank up life like I drink my wine
A
Why's there always gotta be a window in between me
Bm C N.C.
And everything and everyone I wanna see?
[Chorus]
D
'Cause we can't go out but we still wanna dance
E G
We can't go out but we still want a chance for love
D
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D
No, we can't go out but I still wanna sing
E G
Can't go out but I still wanna bring back love
A
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm A G N.C.
There's got to be a way that we can turn this ship around, ah
N.C.
'Cause you can't keep, you can't keep
N.C.
Can't keep, can't keep
N.C.
Can't keep a good, good
D
You can't keep a good time down
[Post-Chorus]
D
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time
C
Can't keep
C
Can't keep a good time
G
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time down
D
You can try but you can't keep it down, no
C
You can try, but it's gonna come around, y'all
G
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time down
D
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time
C
Can't keep
C
Can't keep a good time
G
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time down
D
Can't keep
D
Can't keep a good time
C
Can't keep
C
Can't keep a good time (Ah, hey)
G
Can't keep (Man, there's cops outside)
D
Can't keep a good time down
N.C.
Somebody get the door, shit
N.C.
Can't keep
N.C.
Way to ruin a party
[Outro]
N.C.
Hello, uh, good evening ma'am
N.C.
Sorry to disturb your party, but
N.C.
We have a report of a missing child, likely a runaway in this vicinity
N.C.
Have you seen this little girl?
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