Best For The Best

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


E                             A5 
I realized that Illinois was more
              E
 than I could stand
E                            
They say working's best 'cause 
             A5         E
poverty is hell on a man
       A5          A/G#           
Now I ride a lazy river through 
   A/F#       F#sus2add9*
the Mississippi fan
           E                       
And if the best is for the best 
       A5          E
then the best can be damned

*2

E                          A5    
I spent a few years on the Queen 
   E
of Spain
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           E                    
She was a leaky little boat that 
      A5       E
went up in flames
           A5             A/G# 
When the boiler blew some people 
           A/F#   F#sus2add9*
started naming names
            E                    
But if the best is for the best I 
            A5         E
guess the best is to blame


    E                      A5 
I spent a few more as the Cairo 
    E
Crown
    E                        
A heavyweight wrestler in the 
  A5      E
Midwest towns
            A5           A/G#     
But I was lonesome for a girl who 
      A/F#   F#sus2add9*
could pin me down
              E                  
They say the best is for the best 
             A5            E
but that's not what I've found

*2, repeat intro

        E                          
Now I listen to my sweetheart and I
   A5           E
 listen to my thirst
   E                           
I don't spend time listening to 
        A5       E
other people's words
  A5               A/G#       
Sometimes they're right most 
A/F#      F#sus2add9*
times the reverse
              E                  
They say the best is for the best 
           A5             E
when the best is for the worse


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

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

Chords:

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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.
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B-------0-----0--------0---0------
G-----------2---------------------
D-----4---4----------6---6--------
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E---2--------------4------------2-

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