Chords for Ray LaMontagne - You Are the Best Thing
Tempo:
54.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
Em
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I like to play
I like to sing.
It's a whole different thing [Em] from being a musician.
[N] Sometimes what happens to me is I'm in the record industry.
Things [F#] are so close, so [F] close, so close, so close.
I have to [F#] change things to record work [G#] rather than to sing.
I [N] [G] just have to be fixed.
[G#] You know what I [N] mean?
You know what I mean?
This is a bass weapon.
It's bending.
Wow.
[G] When I was tough to play, it was a musician.
It was better.
[F] [G] [F] [G]
[B] [G]
[A] [Em]
[Am] [D] [G] It's crazy.
It's like you see a rock [Em] movie.
You make it easy.
You're fleeting.
You don't [C] even have to run.
[E] Cause [G] you are the best thing that ever happened.
[C] You are [Am] this junkie's design.
[G] You're angel on [Am] fire.
But you only live [E] a lie.
Cause [G] you are the best thing that ever [C] happened.
[Am] And it's the woman in you.
It makes me wanna be with you.
For all, [G] for all the way.
Baby, come along baby.
[Em] Yes, and I hope and I pray that you believe me.
When I say this, [Am] love will never fade.
[D] [Em] Cause you are the best [G] thing that ever happened.
[C] It's [Am] this woman in you.
It makes me [Gm] wanna be with you.
For all [G] the way.
For all the way.
[Am] Cause both of [Em] us have no right for you.
[Am] Yes, they come all promising [Em] like the spring.
Just to hold on and on.
[G] Oh, but our hearts are strong.
[C] And our hearts are [G] kind.
If you [Am] slide along just a little bit closer, I'll tell you.
[D] [G] You are the best thing that ever happened.
[Em] You [Am] are this junkies desire.
[E] You're angel on [Am] fire.
Don't you go and [D] make me a liar.
[G] Cause you are the best [Gm] thing that ever [C] happened.
[Am] Yes, and it's the woman in you.
It makes me wanna [F] be with you.
For all the way.
[G] For all the way.
Forever and ever.
[N]
I like to sing.
It's a whole different thing [Em] from being a musician.
[N] Sometimes what happens to me is I'm in the record industry.
Things [F#] are so close, so [F] close, so close, so close.
I have to [F#] change things to record work [G#] rather than to sing.
I [N] [G] just have to be fixed.
[G#] You know what I [N] mean?
You know what I mean?
This is a bass weapon.
It's bending.
Wow.
[G] When I was tough to play, it was a musician.
It was better.
[F] [G] [F] [G]
[B] [G]
[A] [Em]
[Am] [D] [G] It's crazy.
It's like you see a rock [Em] movie.
You make it easy.
You're fleeting.
You don't [C] even have to run.
[E] Cause [G] you are the best thing that ever happened.
[C] You are [Am] this junkie's design.
[G] You're angel on [Am] fire.
But you only live [E] a lie.
Cause [G] you are the best thing that ever [C] happened.
[Am] And it's the woman in you.
It makes me wanna be with you.
For all, [G] for all the way.
Baby, come along baby.
[Em] Yes, and I hope and I pray that you believe me.
When I say this, [Am] love will never fade.
[D] [Em] Cause you are the best [G] thing that ever happened.
[C] It's [Am] this woman in you.
It makes me [Gm] wanna be with you.
For all [G] the way.
For all the way.
[Am] Cause both of [Em] us have no right for you.
[Am] Yes, they come all promising [Em] like the spring.
Just to hold on and on.
[G] Oh, but our hearts are strong.
[C] And our hearts are [G] kind.
If you [Am] slide along just a little bit closer, I'll tell you.
[D] [G] You are the best thing that ever happened.
[Em] You [Am] are this junkies desire.
[E] You're angel on [Am] fire.
Don't you go and [D] make me a liar.
[G] Cause you are the best [Gm] thing that ever [C] happened.
[Am] Yes, and it's the woman in you.
It makes me wanna [F] be with you.
For all the way.
[G] For all the way.
Forever and ever.
[N]
Key:
G
Am
Em
C
F
G
Am
Em
I like to play_
I like to sing.
_ It's a whole different thing [Em] from being a musician.
_ _ [N] Sometimes what happens to me is I'm in the record industry.
Things [F#] are so close, so [F] close, so close, so close.
I have to [F#] change things to record work [G#] rather than to sing.
I [N] _ _ [G] just have to be fixed.
[G#] You know what I [N] mean?
You know what I mean?
_ This is a bass weapon.
It's bending.
Wow.
_ [G] _ _ When I was tough to play, it was a musician.
It was better. _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ It's crazy.
It's like you see a rock [Em] movie.
You make it easy.
You're fleeting.
You don't [C] even have to run.
[E] _ Cause [G] you are the best thing that ever happened.
[C] You are [Am] this junkie's design.
[G] You're angel on [Am] fire.
But you only live [E] a lie.
Cause _ [G] you are the best thing that ever [C] happened.
[Am] And it's the woman in you.
It makes me wanna be with you.
For all, [G] for all the way. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Baby, come along baby.
[Em] Yes, and I hope and I pray that you believe me.
When I say this, [Am] love will never fade.
[D] _ _ [Em] Cause you are the best [G] thing that ever happened.
[C] It's [Am] this woman in you.
It makes me [Gm] wanna be with you.
For all [G] the way.
For all the way.
_ _ _ [Am] _ Cause both of [Em] us have no right for you.
_ [Am] _ Yes, they come all promising [Em] like the spring.
Just to hold on and on.
_ [G] Oh, but our hearts are strong.
[C] And our hearts are [G] kind.
If you [Am] slide along just a little bit closer, I'll tell you.
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ You are the best thing that ever happened.
[Em] You [Am] are this junkies desire.
[E] You're angel on [Am] fire.
Don't you go and [D] make me a liar.
_ [G] Cause you are the best [Gm] thing that ever [C] happened.
[Am] Yes, and it's the woman in you.
It makes me wanna [F] be with you.
For all the way.
[G] _ For all the way.
_ _ _ _ _ Forever and ever. _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
I like to sing.
_ It's a whole different thing [Em] from being a musician.
_ _ [N] Sometimes what happens to me is I'm in the record industry.
Things [F#] are so close, so [F] close, so close, so close.
I have to [F#] change things to record work [G#] rather than to sing.
I [N] _ _ [G] just have to be fixed.
[G#] You know what I [N] mean?
You know what I mean?
_ This is a bass weapon.
It's bending.
Wow.
_ [G] _ _ When I was tough to play, it was a musician.
It was better. _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ It's crazy.
It's like you see a rock [Em] movie.
You make it easy.
You're fleeting.
You don't [C] even have to run.
[E] _ Cause [G] you are the best thing that ever happened.
[C] You are [Am] this junkie's design.
[G] You're angel on [Am] fire.
But you only live [E] a lie.
Cause _ [G] you are the best thing that ever [C] happened.
[Am] And it's the woman in you.
It makes me wanna be with you.
For all, [G] for all the way. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Baby, come along baby.
[Em] Yes, and I hope and I pray that you believe me.
When I say this, [Am] love will never fade.
[D] _ _ [Em] Cause you are the best [G] thing that ever happened.
[C] It's [Am] this woman in you.
It makes me [Gm] wanna be with you.
For all [G] the way.
For all the way.
_ _ _ [Am] _ Cause both of [Em] us have no right for you.
_ [Am] _ Yes, they come all promising [Em] like the spring.
Just to hold on and on.
_ [G] Oh, but our hearts are strong.
[C] And our hearts are [G] kind.
If you [Am] slide along just a little bit closer, I'll tell you.
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ You are the best thing that ever happened.
[Em] You [Am] are this junkies desire.
[E] You're angel on [Am] fire.
Don't you go and [D] make me a liar.
_ [G] Cause you are the best [Gm] thing that ever [C] happened.
[Am] Yes, and it's the woman in you.
It makes me wanna [F] be with you.
For all the way.
[G] _ For all the way.
_ _ _ _ _ Forever and ever. _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _