Tuning: E A D G B E

Existing Chords were basically a rehash of the original by Charlie Rich. Here is my take on what it should be like for the Gladys Knight version. YOU'RE THE BEST THING GLADYS KNIGHT ( 1973 Key of G ) INTRO: G Bm Em C Cm Gmaj7 VERSE:

I'^Gmaj7VE HAD MY SHARE OF LIFE'S UPS AND ^Am7DOWNS B^CUT FATE'S B^D7EEN KIND ^D7THE DOWNS HAVE BEEN A FE^Gmaj7W ^G7 I GU^CESS YOU COULD SAY, ^D7 THAT I'VE BEEN LUCKY ^Gmaj7 ^G7 I G^EmUESS YO^Em7U COULD SA^Em6Y, ^D9 THAT IT'S ALL B^DECAUSE OF YOU ^D7

CHORUS:

IF ANYO^Gmaj7NE SHOULD EVER ^G7WRITE MY LIFE STORY^C (F^Am7OR WHATEVER REASON) FOR WHATEVER REASON THERE MIGHT B^D7E ^Gmaj7 ^G7 OOOOOH, YOU'D BE THERE ^C ^D7 BETWEEN EACH LINE OF PAIN AND ^Gmaj7GLORY ^C'CAUSE YOU'RE THE BEST THING^Am7 ^D7 THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ^Gmaj7ME ^C AHH, Y^Am7OU'RE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPE^D7NED TO^Gmaj7 ME. ^C ^Gmaj7 ^A7

BREAK:

OHH^Amaj7HHH, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN TI^Bm7MES WERE HARD BUT AL^EWAYS SOMEHOW^E7 I MADE IT, I MADE IT T^Amaj7HROUGH ^A7 ’CAUSE F^DOR EVERY MOME^E7NT THAT I'VE SPENT HUR^Amaj7TING THERE WAS A MOMENT THAT I SP^F#mENT A^F#m7HHH JU^F#m6ST LO^E9VING Y^E7OU

CHORUS 2:

IF ANYO^Amaj7NE SHOULD EVER ^A7WRITE MY LIFE STORY (^Bm7FOR WHATEVER REASON) FOR WHATEVER R^E7EASON THERE MIGHT ^Amaj7BE ^A7 OOOOOH, YOU'D BE THERE ^D BETWEEN EACH ^ELINE OF PAIN AND ^Amaj7GLORY ^F#m 'C^Bm7AUSE YOU'RE THE BEST THING THAT EVER^E7 HAPPENED TO ME ^Amaj7 ^F#m YOU'RE THE^Bm7 BEST THING ^ETHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ^Amaj7ME ^F#m ^E7 YOU'RE THE BEST TH^Bm7ING THAT E^E7VER HAPPENED

^ATO ^C#mME ^F#m ^D ^Dm ^Amaj7

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Best thing that ever happened to me