The Best Of Me chords by The Starting Line (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

E
Asus2
Bsus4
C#m7
Emaj7
E6
F#7add4
Asus4

Chorus 1
E 
Tell me what you thought about when you
Asus2 
were gone
Bsus4 
C#m7 
And so       alone
Asus2 
The worst    is over
C#m7 
Bsus4 
You    can have the best of me
E 
Asus2 
Bsus4 
C#m7 
We got older    but we're    still young
Asus2 
C#m7 
We       never grew out of this feeling
Bsus4 
Asus2 
that we won't    give up

Interlude 1
E 
Asus2 
Bsus4 
C#m7 
Asus2 
Asus2 
C#m7 
Bsus4 
E 
Asus2 
Bsus4 
C#m7 
Asus2 
Asus2 
C#m7 
Bsus4 
Asus2 
Asus2 
Asus2 
Asus2 
E 
Emaj7 
E6 
E 

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Verse 1

Emaj7

Here we lay again

Emaj7

On two separate beds

Riding phone lines

Asus2

To hear that familiar voice

Emaj7

And pictures brought from memory

Verse 2

Emaj7

We reflect on miscommunication

Emaj7

And misunder standings

Asus2

And missing each other two

Emaj7

Much too without you, let go

Pre-chorus 1

F#7add4

We turn our music down

Asus2

And we whisper

F#7add4

"Say what your thinking

Asus2

right now"

Chorus 2
E 
Tell me what you thought about when you
Asus2 
were gone
Bsus4 
C#m7 
And so       alone
Asus2 
The worst    is over
C#m7 
Bsus4 
You    can have the best of me
E 
Asus2 
Bsus4 
C#m7 
We got older    but we're    still young
Asus2 
C#m7 
We       never grew out of this feeling
Bsus4 
Asus2 
that we       won't give up

Interlude 2

Emaj7

Verse 3
E 
Emaj7 
E6 
E 
Jumping to       conclusions
Emaj7 
E6 
E 
Made me fall away from     you
Asus2 
I'm so       glad that the truth
Has brought back together me and you
E 
Emaj7 
E6 
E 

Pre-chorus 2

F#7add4

We're sitting on the ground

Asus2

And we whisper

F#7add4

Asus2

"Say what your thinking out loud"

Chorus 3
E 
Tell me what you thought about when you
Asus2 
were gone
Bsus4 
C#m7 
And so       alone
Asus2 
The worst    is over
C#m7 
Bsus4 
You    can have the best of me
E 
Asus2 
Bsus4 
C#m7 
We got older    but we're    still young
Asus2 
C#m7 
We       never grew out of this feeling
Bsus4 
Asus2 
that we       won't give up

Interlude 3

Asus2

Bsus4

C#m7

Asus2

C#m7

Bsus4

Asus2

Bsus4

C#m7

Asus2

C#m7

Bsus4

Bridge 1
C#m7 
We turn   our music down
Asus2 
And we whisper
C#m7 
We're sitting on the ground
Asus2 
And      we whisper
C#m7 
We turn   our music down
Asus2 
We're sitting  on the ground
C#m7 
The next   time I'm in town
Asus2 
We will kiss, girl
We will kiss, girl

Chorus 4
E 
Tell me what you thought about when you
Asus2 
were gone
Bsus4 
C#m7 
And so       alone
Asus2 
The worst    is over
C#m7 
Bsus4 
You    can have the best of me
E 
Asus2 
Bsus4 
C#m7 
We got older    but we're    still young
Asus2 
C#m7 
We       never grew out of this feeling
Bsus4 
that we       won't
C#m7 
Bsus4 
Feeling that we       can't
C#m7 
Bsus4 
Asus4 
We're  not ready to       give up

Outro 1

Asus2

Bsus4

C#m7

We got older but we're still young

Asus2

C#m7

We never grew out of this feeling

Bsus4

Asus2

that we won't give up

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GuitarPianoUkulele

E
Asus2
Bsus4
C#m7
Emaj7
E6
F#7add4
Asus4

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: IntermediateKey: E majorBPM: 214

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
Asus2: x-0-2-2-0-0
Bsus4: x-2-4-4-5-x
C#m7: x-4-6-4-5-x
Emaj7: x-x-2-4-4-4
E6: 0-2-2-1-2-0
F#7add4: 2-4-4-3-0-0
Asus4: x-0-2-2-3-0

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This is the definitive original version of The Best Of Me by The Starting Line, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of The Starting Line's performance.