The Best Of All Possible Worlds chords by Roger Miller
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Verse 1
(G major) I was (E major) runnin' through
Verse 2
the summer rain
(E major) Tryin' to catch that evenin' train
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And (A major) kill that old familiar pain
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(A major) Weavin' through my tangled brain
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But (D major) when I tipped my bottle back
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I smacked (D major) into a cop I didn't see
(G major)
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That (E major) policeman said, "Mr. Cool
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If (E major) you're ain't drunk then
you're a fool"
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I said, (A major) "Well, if that's against the law
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Then (A major) tell me why I never saw
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A man (D major) locked in that jail
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of yours
(D major) That wouldn't just as lowdown
poor as (G major) me"
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Well, (G major) that was when someone
turned out the light (A minor) s
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And (D major) I wound up in jail to spend the night
(G major)
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And dream of all the wine and lonely (C major) girls
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In this (D major) best of all possible (G major) worlds
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(G major)
Well, I (E major) woke up next morning
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Feelin' like (E major) my head was gone
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And (A major) like my thick old tongue
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Was lickin' somethin' (A major) sick and long
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And I (D major) told that man I'd sell
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my soul
(D major) For somethin' wet and
cold in that old (G major) cell
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(G major)
Well, that (E major) kindly jailer just grinned at me
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All (E major) eaten up with sympathy
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Then he (A major) poured himself another beer
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And he came (A major) and whispered in my ear
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That (D major) booze was just a dime a bottle
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(D major) Boy, you couldn't even buy the smell
(G major)
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I said, "I knew there was somethin'
I liked bout (A minor) this town
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But (D major) it takes more than that to bring me down, (G major)
down, down, down"
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But (G major) there's a lot of wine and lonely girls
(C major)
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In this (D major) best of all possible (G major) worlds
(A flat major)
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Well, they (F major) finally came and they told me
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They was a gonna set me free
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And that (B flat major) I'd be leavin' town
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If I knew (B flat major) what was good for me
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I said, (E flat major) "It's nice to learn
that everybody's
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So concerned (E flat major) about my (A flat major) health"
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(A flat major)
I said, "I (F major) won't be leavin' no more
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Quicker (F major) than I fastly can
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'Cause I've (B flat major) enjoyed about
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As much of this (B flat major) as I can stand
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And (E flat major) I don't need this
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town of yours more
(E flat major) Than I never needed nothin' else"
(A flat major)
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'Cause there's still a lot of drinks
that I ain't drunk
(B flat major) (B flat minor)
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And there's (E flat major) lots of pretty thoughts
that I ain't thought, (A flat major) oh yeah
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And (A flat major) Lord, there's still so many lonely (D flat major) girls
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In this (E flat major) best of all possible (A flat major) worlds
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Well, (F major) step right up to the wild [Incomprehensible]
[Incomprehensible] to the young
(B flat major)
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Step back,
step back [Incomprehensible]
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(B flat major) (E flat major)
The Best Of All Possible Worlds
Roger Miller
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