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	D	G	D
	Once I knew a girl in the	hard hard	times

	D	G	D
	She made me a shirt out of	fives and	dimes

	G	D/F#	D/E	Emin11
Now she's	gone but when I	wear it she cross	es my	mind

	D	G	D
And if the	best is for the best then the	best is un	kind

I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand

They say working's best 'cause poverty is hell on a man

Now I ride a lazy river through the Mississippi fan

And if the best is for the best then the best can be damned

I spent a few years on the Queen of Spain

She was a leaky little boat that went up in flames

When the boiler blew some people started naming names

But if the best is for the best I guess the best is to blame

I spent a few more as the Cairo Crown

A heavyweight wrestler in the Midwest towns

But I was lonesome for a girl who could pin me down

They say the best is for the best but that's not what I've found

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Now I listen to my sweetheart and I listen to my thirst

I don't spend time listening to other people's words

Sometimes they're right most times the reverse

They say the best is for the best when the best is for the worse

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times

She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes

Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind

And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times

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D:000000

G:3x0xxx

D/F#:400000

D/E:200000

Emin11:222100

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Original version: Best For The Best Chords by Josh Ritter

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