the best of me Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
There's a hand on my [C]shoulder
And it's pushing down on
The light I knew [F]before
It all feels much heavier now
I spent [C]a lot of time thinking
That it was all gonna come [F]easy
I lost touch with the ways
I'd been [C]working
[Em]Learning how I was [G]gonna
get af[F]ter it [C]all
But when the [G]words don't come
[Em]I've[G] got nothing t[F]o fa[C]ll on

[Verse 2]
Then it feels like I'm [C]losing
But in a different way
Than I have in the pas[F]t before
I was in control until now
[C]I thought it would be much simpler
Less profound,
something I could wrap my [F]arms around
Like the thoughts I was having
two years [C]ago now
It took the be[G]st of me to let them
lay her [F]body [C]down
And I can't [G]find a simple way to
[F]explain [C]somehow
Mmmm. Mmmm

[Verse 3]
Then it feels [G]like I'm losing
But in a different way
Than I have in the past before
I was in control until now
[F]I thought [C]it would be
much simpler
Less profound,
something I could wrap my arms around
[G]Like the thoughts I was having
two years ago now
It took the best of me to
let them lay her body down
And I can't find a simple way to [F]explain
[C][G][F][C][G]
[F]som[C]ehow
Mmmm. Mmmm

[Verse 4]
Well, I can't seem to [C]hold it
All the space I made left with my pride
when it [F]walked away
And I wouldn't bet on it
coming back today
[C]I'm always tellin' these sad stories
About the ones who always
let [F]me down
And the list just keeps getting
longer the longer i'm around
[C]Sometimes I won[G]der if I should've
stayed down in that south[F]ern town
[C]Where the air felt so [G]thick I was afraid I might
[F]drown in [C]it[G][F][C][G]

[Interlude 1]
Mmmm. Mmmm
[G][F][C][G][F][C][G]
[F][C]

[Verse 5]
There's a hand on my [C]shoulder
And it's pushing down on
The light I knew [F]before
It all feels much heavier [C]now