The Best Thing - from Carly's debut album - 1971

DI (xx0232@1)was his foreigner
     GAnd (320003@1)he was mine
DWe (xx0232@1)ate on terraces
      G (320003@1)                    
And drank the cheapest wine
C (x32010@1)  
And he believed in me
      G (320003@1)          G7Down (320001@1)by the serpentine
F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C  GHow (320003@1)was I to know
             CIt (x32010@1)was the best thing
         Bb (x1333x@1)         D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)
To come along for a long time


DI (xx0232@1)turned the page
                 GAnd (320003@1)saw three children with smiles
DI (xx0232@1)looked to see
               G (320003@1)           
What I could make of the youngest child
C (x32010@1)                          GAnd (320003@1)as she blew the candles out
           G7She (320001@1)turned five
F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C  GHow (320003@1)was I to know
            CIt (x32010@1)was the best thing
  Bb (x1333x@1)         D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)
To come along for a long time

EmWhat (022000@1)do the people at the end of the world do
       Bbm (x13321@1)  Eb9About (x2122x@5)time? What about time?

Abm Ab Abm  Ab 
Oh oh oh oh....

EmWhat (022000@1)do the people at the end of the world do
       Bbm (x13321@1)  Eb9About (x2122x@5)time? What about time?
A (x02220@1)                      DTheir (xx0232@1)secret sleeps with me


F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C  GHow (320003@1)was I to know
            CIt (x32010@1)was the best thing
  Bb (x1333x@1)         D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)
To come along for a long time
F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C  GHow (320003@1)was I to know
            CIt (x32010@1)was the best thing
  Bb (x1333x@1)         D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)
To come along for a long time