John Prine – My Own Best Friend (Guitar)

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[Intro] G C G C G C [Verse 1]
                   C
I'm beginning to like you

                          G
But, you know that ain't right

                     D
'Cause you'll just twist and twist and twist

                       G
Till I'm all crooked inside

                          C
Then you'll take all you gave me

                    G
Like it never was there

        D
And I think that I might,
No! I know
                       G
Yes, I will help you there
'Cause.... [Chorus]
                G
I've done it before

 C              G
And I'd do it again

                 D
'Cause it's the only time
That makes me feel like I'm
               G
My own best friend
[Verse 2]
                    C
I'm a victim of friction

                    G
I got too close to see

            D
Yeah, we sparked in the dark

                        G
And God hung a light on me

                        C
And the lamp gets real heavy

                G
Hangs from my heart

         D
And it comes
And it goes
                                   G
Till I can't tell the difference apart
But.... [Chorus]
                G
I've done it before

 C              G
And I'd do it again

                 D
'Cause it's the only time
That makes me feel like I'm
               G
My own best friend
[Verse 3]
          D
So many people say

                      G
I'll never work out that way

            B7
You can't stand the heat

                                       C
While you're watching your heart just melt away

                      A
In the basement on a rainy day

D
La la la

C
La la la

Bm
La la la

            D
La la la La La.....
[Verse 4]
                         C
There's a motel in Shreveport

                      G
Don't ask me where, please

           D
They check in
They check out
                            G
By the light of the color T.V.'s

                     C
The maid calls you Honey

                     G
She makes your bed slow

           D
And she speaks
Of the sheets That don't fit
                        G
But you know that she knows
[Chorus]
                G
I've done it before

 C              G
And I'd do it again

                 D
'Cause it's the only time
That makes me feel like I'm
               G
My own best friend

               G
My own best friend

               G
My own best friend

               G
My own best friend