Best for the Best Lyrics

D----/6-6-4-4-2-----2------2-------2---etc-----|
Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times
She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9*
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
I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand
They say working's best 'cause poverty is hell on a man
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9*
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
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9*
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
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9*
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
*2, 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
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9*
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
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9*
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:
A5 A/G# A/F# F#sus2add9 (?) :)
Run "*" follows the descending bassline of the 3rd line of each stanza
(it's also part of the intro picking)
Run *2 is an interlude between the 1st and 2nd and between the 3rd and
4th stanzas.
G-----------2---------------------------2------1-------| back to
D-----4---4----------6---6--------4---4----------2-----| E... (etc)