Vinnie Charles Is Free Chords
by John Gorka
Vinnie Charles Is Free by John Gorka is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, D, C, Am, Em and G(C). Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
nd 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
G D C G D Am C G