Chord/Tab song: Best for the Best

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[E]Once I knew a girl in the [A5]hard hard [E]times
[E]She made me a shirt out of [A5]fives and [E]dimes
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9
Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind
And if the b[E]est is for the best then the b[A5]est is u[E]nkind

[E]I realized that Illinois was m[A5]ore than I could [E]stand
[E]They say working's best 'cause poverty is [A5]hell on a m[E]an
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9
Now I ride a lazy river through the Mississippi fan
And if the [E]best is for the best then the b[A5]est can be d[E]amned

2

[E]I spent a few years on the [A5]Queen of [E]Spain
She was a l[E]eaky little boat that went [A5]up in fla[E]mes
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9
When the boiler blew some people started naming names
But if the b[E]est is for the best I guess the b[A5]est is to b[E]lame

I sp[E]ent a few more as the C[A5]airo Cr[E]own
A he[E]avyweight wrestler in the M[A5]idwest t[E]owns
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9
But I was lonesome for a girl who could pin me down
They say the b[E]est is for the best but that's n[A5]ot what I've f[E]ound

2, repeat intro

Now I li[E]sten to my sweetheart and I li[A5]sten to my th[E]irst
I d[E]on't spend time listening to other p[A5]eople's w[E]ords
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9
Sometimes they're right most times the reverse
They say the b[E]est is for the best when the b[A5]est is for the [E]worse

[E]Once I knew a girl in the [A5]hard hard [E]times
[E]She made me a shirt out of [A5]fives and [E]dimes
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9
Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind
And if the b[E]est is for the best then the b[A5]est is u[E]nkind

[E]Once I knew a girl in the [A5]hard hard [E]times
[E]Once I knew a girl in the [A5]hard hard [E]times

Chords:

A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9 (?) :)


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Run "" follows the descending bassline of the 3rd line of each stanza
(it's also part of the intro picking)


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Run 2 is an interlude between the 1st and 2nd and between the 3rd and
4th stanzas.


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