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EOnce I knew a girl in the A5hard hard Etimes EShe made me a shirt out of A5fives and Edimes A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9* Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind And if the bEest is for the best then the bA5est is uEnkind
EI realized that Illinois was mA5ore than I could Estand EThey say working's best 'cause poverty is A5hell on a mEan A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9* Now I ride a lazy river through the Mississippi fan And if the Ebest is for the best then the bA5est can be dEamned
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EI spent a few years on the A5Queen of ESpain She was a lEeaky little boat that went A5up in flaEmes A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9* When the boiler blew some people started naming names But if the bEest is for the best I guess the bA5est is to bElame
I spEent a few more as the CA5airo CrEown A heEavyweight wrestler in the MA5idwest tEowns A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9* But I was lonesome for a girl who could pin me down They say the bEest is for the best but that's nA5ot what I've fEound
*2, repeat intro
Now I liEsten to my sweetheart and I liA5sten to my thEirst I dEon't spend time listening to other pA5eople's wEords A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9* Sometimes they're right most times the reverse They say the bEest is for the best when the bA5est is for the Eworse
EOnce I knew a girl in the A5hard hard Etimes EShe made me a shirt out of A5fives and Edimes A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9* Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind And if the bEest is for the best then the bA5est is uEnkind
EOnce I knew a girl in the A5hard hard Etimes EOnce I knew a girl in the A5hard hard Etimes
Chords: A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9 (') :) E--------------------0-------| B--------------------0-------| G--2---2-----2-------2-------| D--2---2-----2-------4-------| A--0---x-----x-------x-------| E------4-----2-------2-------| Run "*" follows the descending bassline of the 3rd line of each stanza (it's also part of the intro picking) E---------------0--------------------| B-------0-----0----------------------| G-----------2------------------------| D-----4---4--------------------------| A------------------------------------| E---2--------------------------------| Run *2 is an interlude between the 1st and 2nd and between the 3rd and 4th stanzas. E----------------------------0-------------------------| B-------0-----0--------0---0--------0-----0--------0---| G-----------2---------------------------2------1-------| back to D-----4---4----------6---6--------4---4----------2-----| E... (etc) A------------------------------------------------------| E---2--------------4------------2------------0---------|