Chords for Ray Stevens - Makin' The Best Of A Bad Situation (Original)

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[G] Now, I know a man, he's a hard-working man, he gets up real early and he goes downtown.
About fifteen minutes after he's been [D] gone, there's a big milk truck pulled up on the lawn,
and that milkman rushes up to the door where that man's wife's waiting in a kimono.
She plants a big ol' [Bm] kiss on the cheek and they [G] go inside.
And that truck never moves for an hour or two.
Well, it's none of my business.
Well, one day I called him aside and I told him what [C] was going on while he was gone.
He said, well, I guess that's [C#] so, but do you know, [G] we're never out of milk or [E] cottage [A] cheese or yogurt _
[D] or ice cream [Bm] or none of them [G] other cow-ey [D] things.
[G] I guess he's making the best of [A] a bad situation.
[D] Don't want to make waves, [G] can't you see?
Oh, yes, he's making the best [A] of a bad situation.
I [D] reckon I'd do the [G] same if it was me.
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[G] Well, I know a man, he's an educated man, he's an alligator rafting.
He jumps right in there and grabs them long green boogers,
[D] _ _ _ Well, one day he's got a full Nelson on a big alligator.
When another alligator just sneaks up and bites his right ear, plum [G] off.
Didn't bad a night.
Just crawled off in the shade and went to sleep.
The alligator knocked him out.
Well, it's none of my business.
But one day I said, well, sure, too [C] bad about the little accident you had.
Cause now you ain't [C#] got nothing to keep your [G] hat from falling down [E] over your eye.
And you [A] can't never be a gypsy cause you got no [D] place to wear your gold earring.
He just [G] looked me straight in the eye [D] and said,
I [F#] [G] guess he's making the best [A] of a bad situation.
[D] Don't want to make waves, [G] can't you see?
Well, he's just making the best [A] of a bad situation.
[D] I reckon I'd [G] do the same if it was me.
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[G] Now, I know a lady, she's a mighty fine lady.
Got a heart of gold, wouldn't hurt a fly.
She's just trying to get by and keep her house in [D] order.
But you know that her husband, he works so hard, he can come on through.
Yeah, come on right, he just snapped.
Thinks he's a chicken.
That's right.
One of them Captain [G] Colonel Sanders types.
Roosting a bush, but the side of the house was none of my business.
But one day I said, have you ever thought about finding [C] him a doctor that can make him well?
She said, well, I have now and [A] then.
But again, [G] he don't eat [E] much.
And your chicken feet [A] and all that pecking around in the ground don't [D] hurt nothing.
And heaven knows he [G] can use the [D] eggs.
I guess [G]
she's making the best [A] of a bad situation.
[D] Don't want to make waves, [G] can't you see?
Well, she's just making the best [A] of a bad situation.
[D] I reckon I'd [Gm] do the same if it [G] was me.
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[G] We're just making the best [A] of a bad situation.
[D] Don't want to make waves, [Gm] can't you see?
[D] [G] We're all just making the best [A] of a bad situation.
[D] We're all in this together, [C#] you and me.
_ [Bm] We're all in this [G] together, you and me. _ _ _
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