Best for the Best Josh Ritter
E---------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------| G---------------------------------------------| D---2---2/4-4---4/6-6---6------x2-------------| A---------------------------------------------| E-0---0-------0-------0---0-------------------| E----------------------------------0-----------| B--------------------------0-----0-------------| G-------------------1----------2---------------| D---7---7\6-6--4--2------4---4-----------------| A----------------------------------------------| E-0---0-------0--0-----2-----------------------| E----------------------------------------------| B----------------------------0-------0---------| G------------------------1-------1-------------| D----/6-6-4-4-2-----2------2-------2---etc-----| A---------------2/4------------2---------------| E---------------------0------------------------|
[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 (?) :)
E--------------------0-------| B--------------------0-------| G--2---2-----2-------2-------| D--2---2-----2-------4-------| A--0---x-----x-------x-------| E------4-----2-------2-------|
Run "*" follows the descending bassline of the 3rd line of each stanza
(it's also part of the intro picking)
E---------------0--------------------| B-------0-----0----------------------| G-----------2------------------------| D-----4---4--------------------------| A------------------------------------| E---2--------------------------------|
Run *2 is an interlude between the 1st and 2nd and between the 3rd and
4th stanzas.
E----------------------------0-------------------------| B-------0-----0--------0---0--------0-----0--------0---| G-----------2---------------------------2------1-------| back to D-----4---4----------6---6--------4---4----------2-----| E... (etc) A------------------------------------------------------| E---2--------------4------------2------------0---------|
Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.guitartabs.cc. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.
