Chords for The Highwaymen - Best Of All Possible Worlds (Live at Farm Aid 1992)
Tempo:
117.4 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
F#
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] Go down on stage and pick it up there again with the Highwaymen.
[D]
[E] [A]
[D]
[E] [A]
[F#]
[B]
[A] [E]
[A]
[Am] [A] [C] [F#] That kind of jailer grinned at me all eaten up with sympathy [B] and poured himself another beer
and came and whispered [E] in my ear,
it's booze, it's just a dime a bottle, boy, you [B] couldn't [Em] even [A] find the smell.
Said I knew there was something I liked about [D] this town.
[Bm] [E] It'd be important that you [A] bring me down.
There's still a lot of wine and [D] money, girl.
[Bm] [E] It's the best of all [A] possible.
[F#]
Woo!
[B]
Okay, how many of you have been in [E] jail?
[A]
I guess you've either been there or you haven't.
[G] [F#]
It'll definitely radicalize you [B] from the experience.
[E]
[A]
[F#]
They finally came and told me they was gonna set me free.
[B] Said I'd be leaving town if I knew what was good for me.
[E] I said it's nice to learn that everybody's so concerned about [A] my health.
[F#] I said I won't be leaving no more quicker than I can
[B] cause I've enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand.
[E]
I don't need this town of yours more than I've ever needed, [A] nothing else.
There's still a lot of drinks that [D] I ain't drunk and I ain't going to.
[E] There's lots of pretty thoughts that [A] I ain't thought.
Thank Lord there's still so many.
I'm getting [D] drunk, girl.
[E] It's the best of all [A] possible.
Woo-hoo!
[F#]
[B]
I mean, you might as well be an optimist [E] as a pessimist, right?
[A] [G#] [F#]
[B]
[E]
[A]
[Am] [A]
[D]
[E] [A]
[D]
[E] [A]
[F#]
[B]
[A] [E]
[A]
[Am] [A] [C] [F#] That kind of jailer grinned at me all eaten up with sympathy [B] and poured himself another beer
and came and whispered [E] in my ear,
it's booze, it's just a dime a bottle, boy, you [B] couldn't [Em] even [A] find the smell.
Said I knew there was something I liked about [D] this town.
[Bm] [E] It'd be important that you [A] bring me down.
There's still a lot of wine and [D] money, girl.
[Bm] [E] It's the best of all [A] possible.
[F#]
Woo!
[B]
Okay, how many of you have been in [E] jail?
[A]
I guess you've either been there or you haven't.
[G] [F#]
It'll definitely radicalize you [B] from the experience.
[E]
[A]
[F#]
They finally came and told me they was gonna set me free.
[B] Said I'd be leaving town if I knew what was good for me.
[E] I said it's nice to learn that everybody's so concerned about [A] my health.
[F#] I said I won't be leaving no more quicker than I can
[B] cause I've enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand.
[E]
I don't need this town of yours more than I've ever needed, [A] nothing else.
There's still a lot of drinks that [D] I ain't drunk and I ain't going to.
[E] There's lots of pretty thoughts that [A] I ain't thought.
Thank Lord there's still so many.
I'm getting [D] drunk, girl.
[E] It's the best of all [A] possible.
Woo-hoo!
[F#]
[B]
I mean, you might as well be an optimist [E] as a pessimist, right?
[A] [G#] [F#]
[B]
[E]
[A]
[Am] [A]
Key:
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B
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D
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E
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[A] Go down on stage and pick it up there again with the Highwaymen.
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ [C] [F#] That kind of jailer grinned at me all eaten up with sympathy [B] and poured himself another beer
and came and whispered [E] in my ear,
it's booze, it's just a dime a bottle, boy, you [B] couldn't [Em] even [A] find the smell.
_ Said I knew there was something I liked about [D] this town.
_ [Bm] _ [E] It'd be important that you [A] bring me down.
_ There's still a lot of wine and [D] money, girl.
_ [Bm] [E] It's the best of all [A] possible.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
Woo!
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ Okay, how many of you have been in [E] jail?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
I guess you've either been there or you haven't.
[G] _ [F#] _
_ It'll definitely radicalize you [B] from _ the experience.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
They finally came and told me they was gonna set me free.
[B] Said I'd be leaving town if I knew what was good for me.
[E] I said it's nice to learn that everybody's so concerned about [A] my health.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] I said I won't be leaving no more quicker than I can
[B] cause I've enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand.
[E]
I don't need this town of yours more than I've ever needed, [A] nothing else.
_ There's still a lot of drinks that [D] I ain't drunk and I ain't going to.
[E] There's lots of pretty thoughts that [A] I ain't thought.
Thank Lord there's still so many.
I'm getting [D] drunk, girl.
_ [E] It's the best of all [A] possible.
_ _ Woo-hoo!
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ I mean, you might as well be an optimist [E] as a pessimist, right?
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ [C] [F#] That kind of jailer grinned at me all eaten up with sympathy [B] and poured himself another beer
and came and whispered [E] in my ear,
it's booze, it's just a dime a bottle, boy, you [B] couldn't [Em] even [A] find the smell.
_ Said I knew there was something I liked about [D] this town.
_ [Bm] _ [E] It'd be important that you [A] bring me down.
_ There's still a lot of wine and [D] money, girl.
_ [Bm] [E] It's the best of all [A] possible.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
Woo!
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ Okay, how many of you have been in [E] jail?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
I guess you've either been there or you haven't.
[G] _ [F#] _
_ It'll definitely radicalize you [B] from _ the experience.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
They finally came and told me they was gonna set me free.
[B] Said I'd be leaving town if I knew what was good for me.
[E] I said it's nice to learn that everybody's so concerned about [A] my health.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] I said I won't be leaving no more quicker than I can
[B] cause I've enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand.
[E]
I don't need this town of yours more than I've ever needed, [A] nothing else.
_ There's still a lot of drinks that [D] I ain't drunk and I ain't going to.
[E] There's lots of pretty thoughts that [A] I ain't thought.
Thank Lord there's still so many.
I'm getting [D] drunk, girl.
_ [E] It's the best of all [A] possible.
_ _ Woo-hoo!
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ I mean, you might as well be an optimist [E] as a pessimist, right?
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