Download with Lead    If you need a good, solid country classic in your act, this is the one.  “For the Good Times” is not your typical “cling to each other on the dance floor at two in the morning in your local honky-tonk” kind of country tune.  The music itself is a cut above the usual chord progressions of country music, and the lyrics are downright eloquent.

“Don’t look so sad – I know it’s over… but life goes on – and this old world will keep on turning… Let’s just be glad – we had some time to spend together… there’s no need to watch the bridges – that we’re burning”.  And the words just get better and more intense from there.  Beautiful, sad, mournful and forgiving only begin to describe the story Kris Kristofferson penned so many years ago.  “Don’t say a word about tomorrow – or forever… there’ll be time enough for sadness – when you leave me”.  Oh, man… that’s just heartbreaking (and my tongue is NOT firmly planted in my cheek) – I love this song!  And I’m hoping the next generation of singers and performers will reach back in time and grab this one for their own.

This arrangement begins with primarily vocal (harmonica, in this case) and a guitar, then slowly builds from there into a full Monty of instruments at the end.   It’s my favorite way to arrange music – sorta brings out the “drama queen” in me (more drama than queen, mind you).  Sing this one with the feeling it deserves and you won’t have a dry eye in the honky- tonk, I promise.