For The Good Times

For The Good Times, written by Kris Kristofferson, has been sung by many great artists, including Ray Price, who had a number one hit with it. Though the chords are easy to play, we will demonstrate a few techniques to add to the music to make For The Good Times sound even better. We will play it in the key of F. Others chords that we will cover in the lesson are Fmaj7, Gm, C7, Bb, and Bbm. We’ll show you how to combine sequences of chords to add a smoothness to the performance. Strumming the chords for For The Good Times is easy to learn, especially since the technique departs slightly from the common method.