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"Vinnie Charles Is Free" by John Gorka  1991

Intro:  G D C  G D C 

          G     D       C   
There's a party down at Kale's,

G      D          Am      C
Vinnie Charles is out of jail again

    G    D       C
His ex's will be there,

G            D        Am            C   
His daughter Nita has bought him an easy chair.


   G            D            C
He kicked the cocaine in the can,

   G           D          Am        C
An eightball 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 
Most of the weight that he gained was in his eyes.

He did nine of a possible twelve,
He still says he didn't know what the package held,
Still says he didn't know,
Just a favor for a friend,
But Big Buddy Cara left him to swing in the wind,
Big Buddy Cara left him to swing in the end.


     Em          D       C
He'd 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,

    G             D          C            D      G        
But poor Vinnie's poker face could not control itself.


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

Three more years on parole,
Time will tell how much the time inside took it's toll,
Time will tell how much the time inside took it's toll.

"There's two things I know well", he says,
"The ways that I hurt and all of the ways to hell"
"The ways that I hurt and all of the ways to hell"

Em     D          C    
Vinnie Charles is free

Em     D          C          D  
Vinnie Charles is out of the pen

Em     D          C    
Vinnie Charles is free for now

Em       D        C 
Mightier than the sword (and then)

Em     D          C
Vinnie Charles is free
Vinnie Charles is free