Josh Ritter – Best For The Best (Guitar)

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Alt. Tuning: D-A-D-F#-A-D
Chords are formed differently,
I show them at the bottom.

[tab]D                         G         D
Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times 

D                          G         D
She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes

          G               D/F#             D/E   Emin11   
Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind 

           D                             G         D  
And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind

I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand They say working's best 'cause poverty is hell on a man Now I ride a lazy river through the Mississippi fan And if the best is for the best then the best can be damned I spent a few years on the Queen of Spain She was a leaky little boat that went up in flames When the boiler blew some people started naming names But if the best is for the best I guess the best is to blame I spent a few more as the Cairo Crown A heavyweight wrestler in the Midwest towns But I was lonesome for a girl who could pin me down They say the best is for the best but that's not what I've found repeat intro Now I listen to my sweetheart and I listen to my thirst I don't spend time listening to other people's words Sometimes they're right most times the reverse They say the best is for the best when the best is for the worse Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times Chords: ------- D:000000 G:3x0xxx D/F#:400000 D/E:200000 Emin11:222100