E---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------|
D---2---2/4-4---4/6-6---6------x2-------------|
A---------------------------------------------|
E-0---0-------0-------0---0-------------------|

E----------------------------------0-----------|
B--------------------------0-----0-------------|
G-------------------1----------2---------------|
D---7---76-6--4--2------4---4-----------------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E-0---0-------0--0-----2-----------------------|


E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------0-------0---------|
G------------------------1-------1-------------|
D----/6-6-4-4-2-----2------2-------2---etc-----|
A---------------2/4------------2---------------|
E---------------------0------------------------|


E (022100@1)                       A5 (x022xx@1)      EOnce (022100@1)I knew a girl in the hard hard times
E (022100@1)                        A5 (x022xx@1)      EShe (022100@1)made me a shirt out of fives and dimes
          A5 (x022xx@1)            A/G# (402220@1)       A/F# (202220@1)    F#sus2add9*
Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind
            E (022100@1)                           A5 (x022xx@1)    EAnd (022100@1)if the best is for the best then the best is unkind


E (022100@1)                           A5 (x022xx@1)             EI (022100@1)realized that Illinois was more than I could stand
E (022100@1)                                       A5 (x022xx@1)       EThey (022100@1)say working's best 'cause poverty is hell on a man
       A5 (x022xx@1)        A/G# (402220@1)            A/F# (202220@1)     F#sus2add9*
Now I ride a lazy river through the Mississippi fan
           E (022100@1)                            A5 (x022xx@1)        EAnd (022100@1)if the best is for the best then the best can be damned

*2

E (022100@1)                        A5 (x022xx@1)     EI (022100@1)spent a few years on the Queen of Spain
           E (022100@1)                        A5 (x022xx@1)     EShe (022100@1)was a leaky little boat that went up in flames
           A5 (x022xx@1)           A/G# (402220@1)          A/F# (202220@1) F#sus2add9*
When the boiler blew some people started naming names
            E (022100@1)                              A5 (x022xx@1)       EBut (022100@1)if the best is for the best I guess the best is to blame


    E (022100@1)                    A5 (x022xx@1)   EI (022100@1)spent a few more as the Cairo Crown
    E (022100@1)                        A5 (x022xx@1)    EA (022100@1)heavyweight wrestler in the Midwest towns
            A5 (x022xx@1)         A/G# (402220@1)         A/F# (202220@1) F#sus2add9*
But I was lonesome for a girl who could pin me down
              E (022100@1)                             A5 (x022xx@1)          EThey (022100@1)say the best is for the best but that's not what I've found

*2, repeat intro

        E (022100@1)                           A5 (x022xx@1)         ENow (022100@1)I listen to my sweetheart and I listen to my thirst
   E (022100@1)                                 A5 (x022xx@1)     EI (022100@1)don't spend time listening to other people's words
  A5 (x022xx@1)             A/G# (402220@1)     A/F# (202220@1)    F#sus2add9*
Sometimes they're right most times the reverse
              E (022100@1)                           A5 (x022xx@1)           EThey (022100@1)say the best is for the best when the best is for the worse


E (022100@1)                       A5 (x022xx@1)      EOnce (022100@1)I knew a girl in the hard hard times
E (022100@1)                        A5 (x022xx@1)      EShe (022100@1)made me a shirt out of fives and dimes
          A5 (x022xx@1)            A/G# (402220@1)       A/F# (202220@1)    F#sus2add9*
Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind
            E (022100@1)                           A5 (x022xx@1)    EAnd (022100@1)if the best is for the best then the best is unkind

E (022100@1)                       A5 (x022xx@1)      EOnce (022100@1)I knew a girl in the hard hard times
E (022100@1)                       A5 (x022xx@1)      EOnce (022100@1)I knew a girl in the hard hard times

Chords:

  A5  A/G#  A/F#  F#sus2add9 (?)  :)
E--------------------0-------|
B--------------------0-------|
G--2---2-----2-------2-------|
D--2---2-----2-------4-------|
A--0---x-----x-------x-------|
E------4-----2-------2-------|


Run "*" follows the descending bassline of the 3rd line of each stanza
(it's also part of the intro picking)
E---------------0--------------------|
B-------0-----0----------------------|
G-----------2------------------------|
D-----4---4--------------------------|
A------------------------------------|
E---2--------------------------------|


Run *2 is an interlude between the 1st and 2nd and between the 3rd and
4th stanzas.
E----------------------------0-------------------------|
B-------0-----0--------0---0--------0-----0--------0---|
G-----------2---------------------------2------1-------| back to
D-----4---4----------6---6--------4---4----------2-----| E... (etc)
A------------------------------------------------------|
E---2--------------4------------2------------0---------|