Best of All Possible Worlds Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]I was run[E]nin' through the summer rain,
try'n' to catch that evenin' train
And [A]kill the old familiar pain weavin'
through my tangled brain
[D]When I tipped my bottle back and
smacked into a cop I didn't [G]see
That [E]police man said, "Mister Cool,
if you ain't drunk, then you're a
fool."
I [A]said, "If that's against the law,
then tell me why I never saw
[D]A man locked in that jail of yours who
wasn't neither black or poor as
[G]me?"
Well, that was when [D]someone
turned [G]out [A]the light[Am] s
An[D]d I wound up in jail
to spend [G]the night
And dream of all the wine
and lonely [C]girls[Am]
In [D]this best of all possible [G]worlds.
Well, [E]I woke up next mornin'
feelin' like my head was gone
And [A]like my thick old tongue was
lickin' something sick and wrong
And I [D]told that man I'd sell my soul for
something wet and cold as that
old [G]cell.
That [E]kindly jailer grinned at me,
all eaten up with sympathy
Then [A]poured himself another beer and
came and whispered in my ear,
"If [D]booze was just a dime a bottle boy,
you couldn't even buy [G]the smell"
I said, "I knew [Em]there was [D]something
[A]I liked about this t[Am]own."
[A]But it [D]takes more than that to bring me dow[G]n,
down, down.
'Cause there's still a lot of
wine and lonely [C]girls[Am]
In [D]this best of all possible [G]worlds[A]
Well, they fi[F#]nally came and told me
they was a gonna set me free
And [B]I'd be leavin' town if I
knew what was good for me
I [E]said, "It's nice to learn that ev'rybody's
so concerned about my
[A]health."
(They were obsessed with it)
[F#]I said, "I won't be leavin' no
more quicker than I can
'Cause [B]I've enjoyed about as
much of this as I can stand
And [E]I don't need this town of yours
more than I never needed nothin'
[A]else."
'Cause there's still a lot of drink
[B]s t[A]hat I ain[B]'t dru[Bm]nk[D]
[B]And lot[E]s of pretty thoughts
that I ain't [A]thunk
And lord there's still so
many lonely [D]girls[Bm]
In [E]this best of all possible [A]worlds.

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