Best For The Best Chords & Lyrics - Josh Ritter

Capo 2
Chords are formed differently,
I show them at the bottom.

[D]Once I knew a girl in the [G]hard hard [D]times
[D]She made me a shirt out of [G]fives and [D]dimes
Now she's [G]gone but when I [D/F#]wear it she cross[D/E]es my [Emin11]mind
And if the [D]best is for the best then the [G]best is un[D]kind

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:
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[D] ;000000

[G] ;3x0xxx

[D/F#] ;400000

[D/E] ;200000

Emin11:222100