Chords for The Best Of All Possible Worlds
Tempo:
112.05 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
B
Gb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
I [G] was running through the summer rain, trying to catch that evening train [C] and kill that old familiar pain, weaving through my tangled brain, [F] but when I tipped my bottle back I smacked and took off, I [Bb] didn't see.
[G] That police man said, Mr.
[C] said, well if that's against the law, then tell me why I never saw a [F] man locked in that jail of yours that wasn't just as low down poor [Bb] as me.
[Cm] lights [F] and I wound up in jail to spend [Bb] the night and dream of all the wine and [Eb] lonely girls in [F] this best of all possible [Bb] worlds.
[G] Well I woke up next morning feeling like my head was gone [C] and like my thick old tongue was licking something sick and wrong [F] and I told that man I'd sell my soul for something wet and cold as that [Bb] old cell.
[G] that kindly jailer just grinned at me, all eaten up with sympathy, [C] then he poured himself another beer and he came and whispered in my ear, [F] booze is just a dime a bottle, boy you couldn't even buy [Bb] the smell.
[Cm] about this town, [F] but it takes more than that to bring [Bb] me down, down, down, down, but there's a lot of wine and [Eb] lonely girls in [F] this best of all possible [Bb] worlds.
[Ab] Well they finally came in and told me they was going to set me free [Db] and that I'd be leaving town if I knew what was good for me.
[G] That police man said, Mr.
[C] said, well if that's against the law, then tell me why I never saw a [F] man locked in that jail of yours that wasn't just as low down poor [Bb] as me.
[Cm] lights [F] and I wound up in jail to spend [Bb] the night and dream of all the wine and [Eb] lonely girls in [F] this best of all possible [Bb] worlds.
[G] Well I woke up next morning feeling like my head was gone [C] and like my thick old tongue was licking something sick and wrong [F] and I told that man I'd sell my soul for something wet and cold as that [Bb] old cell.
[G] that kindly jailer just grinned at me, all eaten up with sympathy, [C] then he poured himself another beer and he came and whispered in my ear, [F] booze is just a dime a bottle, boy you couldn't even buy [Bb] the smell.
[Cm] about this town, [F] but it takes more than that to bring [Bb] me down, down, down, down, but there's a lot of wine and [Eb] lonely girls in [F] this best of all possible [Bb] worlds.
[Ab] Well they finally came in and told me they was going to set me free [Db] and that I'd be leaving town if I knew what was good for me.
100% ➙ 112BPM
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I [G] was running through the summer rain, trying to catch that evening train [C] and kill that old familiar pain, weaving through my tangled brain, [F] but when I tipped my bottle back I smacked and took off, I [Bb] didn't see. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] That police man said, Mr.
Cool, if you ain't drunk then you're a fool.
I [C] said, well if that's against the law, then tell me why I never saw a [F] man locked in that jail of yours that wasn't just as low down poor [Bb] as me.
Well that was when someone turned out the [Cm] lights _ _ [F] and I wound up in jail to spend [Bb] the night and dream of all the wine and [Eb] lonely girls in [F] this best of all possible [Bb] worlds. _ _ _ _ _
[G] Well I woke up next morning feeling like my head was gone [C] and like my thick old tongue was licking something sick and wrong [F] and I told that man I'd sell my soul for something wet and cold as that [Bb] old cell.
_ _ _ Well [G] that kindly jailer just grinned at me, all eaten up with sympathy, [C] then he poured himself another beer and he came and whispered in my ear, [F] booze is just a dime a bottle, boy you couldn't even buy [Bb] the smell.
_ I said, I knew there was something I liked [Cm] about this town, _ [F] but it takes more than that to bring [Bb] me down, down, down, down, but there's a lot of wine and [Eb] lonely girls in [F] this best of all possible [Bb] worlds.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[Ab] Well they finally came in and told me they was going to set me free [Db] and that I'd be leaving town if I knew what was good for me.
[Gb] I said it's nice to learn that everybody is so concerned about [B] my health.
I _ _ _ [Ab] said I won't be leaving no more quicker than I possibly can, [Db] because I've enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand [Gb] and I don't need this town of yours more than I never needed [Ebm] nothing [B] else.
_ _ Because there's still a lot of drinks that I [Dbm] ain't drunk and [Gb] there's lots of pretty thoughts that I [B] ain't thunk.
Oh yeah, and Lord there's still so many [E] lonely girls in [Gb] this best of all possible [B] worlds.
_ [Ab] Well step right up and see the wild monkey kids and football, see the young sad [Db]-eyed owl come through the softball for you.
Step back, step back, it's happening to any man in the [Gb] first. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] That police man said, Mr.
Cool, if you ain't drunk then you're a fool.
I [C] said, well if that's against the law, then tell me why I never saw a [F] man locked in that jail of yours that wasn't just as low down poor [Bb] as me.
Well that was when someone turned out the [Cm] lights _ _ [F] and I wound up in jail to spend [Bb] the night and dream of all the wine and [Eb] lonely girls in [F] this best of all possible [Bb] worlds. _ _ _ _ _
[G] Well I woke up next morning feeling like my head was gone [C] and like my thick old tongue was licking something sick and wrong [F] and I told that man I'd sell my soul for something wet and cold as that [Bb] old cell.
_ _ _ Well [G] that kindly jailer just grinned at me, all eaten up with sympathy, [C] then he poured himself another beer and he came and whispered in my ear, [F] booze is just a dime a bottle, boy you couldn't even buy [Bb] the smell.
_ I said, I knew there was something I liked [Cm] about this town, _ [F] but it takes more than that to bring [Bb] me down, down, down, down, but there's a lot of wine and [Eb] lonely girls in [F] this best of all possible [Bb] worlds.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[Ab] Well they finally came in and told me they was going to set me free [Db] and that I'd be leaving town if I knew what was good for me.
[Gb] I said it's nice to learn that everybody is so concerned about [B] my health.
I _ _ _ [Ab] said I won't be leaving no more quicker than I possibly can, [Db] because I've enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand [Gb] and I don't need this town of yours more than I never needed [Ebm] nothing [B] else.
_ _ Because there's still a lot of drinks that I [Dbm] ain't drunk and [Gb] there's lots of pretty thoughts that I [B] ain't thunk.
Oh yeah, and Lord there's still so many [E] lonely girls in [Gb] this best of all possible [B] worlds.
_ [Ab] Well step right up and see the wild monkey kids and football, see the young sad [Db]-eyed owl come through the softball for you.
Step back, step back, it's happening to any man in the [Gb] first. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
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