Josh Ritter - Best for the best
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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 (') :)
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