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High Time

Artist Name
Grateful Dead
Album
Workingman's Dead
Release
1970
   D           C#m
You told me goodbye,
Ab         Absus4   A     F#    (SN  F#  G#   A)
 How was I-I-       to know
A           A* G#*  F#*  E      *SN
 You didn't mean   good  bye,

(SN  B  C#  D)

D               A           Asus4 A
 You meant please don't let  me   go

      B        E             B A
I was having a high time,
A          E           D A
Living the good li-    ife,
A    G#*    F#*  E         G     A   Asus4   A
We-  ell    I    know

The wheels are muddy,
Got a ton of hay,
Now listen here, Baby,
'cause I mean what I say.

I'm having a hard time,
Living the good life,
A    G#*   F#*   E         G
We-  ell    I    know

F                        E
I was losing time, I had nothing to do,
B                  C#m   F#m    E
No one to fight, I came   to    you.
F                  E
Wheels broke down, leader won't draw,
    B                   C#m  F#m   E     Esus4   D   A
The line is busted, the last one I saw.

Tomorrow come trouble,
Tomorrow come pain,
Now don't think too hard Baby,
'cause you know what I'm saying.

I could show you a high time,
Living the good life,
Don't be that way.

Nothing's for certain,
It could always go wrong,
Come in when it's raining
Go on out when it's gone

We could have us a high time,
Living the good life,
Well I know.

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                High Time -- Grateful Dead (Hunter, Garcia)
 
    D           C#m  Ab           Gb 
You told me goodbye, how was I to know
 
A                   E  D              A 
You didn't mean goodbye, you meant please don't let me go.
 
      B        E      B A            E  D  A           E 
I was having a high time, living the good life, well I know.
 
 
The wheels are muddy, got a ton of hay.
Now listen here baby, 'cause I mean what I say.
I'm having a high time, living the good life, well I know.
 
F                        E 
I was losing time, I had nothing to do,
 
B                  C#m  F#m  E 
No one to fight, I came to you.
 
F                      E 
Wheels broke down, the leader won't draw,
 
    B                   C#m     F#m E   Esus4  D  A 
The line is busted, the last one I saw.
 
 
Tomorrow come trouble, tomorrow come pain,
Now don't think too hard, baby, 'cause you know what I'm saying.
I could show you a high time, living the good life, don't be that way.
 
Nothing's for certain, it could always go wrong,
Come in when it's raining, go on out when it's gone.
We could have us a high time, living the good life, well I know.