Kristofferson Kris

Kristofferson Kris - Best of All Possible Worlds guitar tab

Verse 1:

G E

I was running through the summer rain

Trying to catch the evening train

And kill that old familiar pain

Weaving through my tangled brain

D

But when i tipped my bottle back

G

I smacked into a cop i didn't see

Verse 2:

E

That policeman said mister cool

If you ain't drunk then you're a fool

I said if that's against the law

Tell me why i never saw

D

A man locked in that jail of yours

G

Who wasn't just as low down poor as me

Chorus1:

G Am C

Well that was when someone turned out the lights

D G

And i wound up in jail to spend the night

C/G Am

And dream of all the wine and lonely girls

D G

In this best of all possible worlds

Verse 3:

E

Well i woke up next morning

Feeling like my head was gone

And like my thick old tongue was lickin'

Something sick and wrong

D

And i told that man i'd sell my soul

G

For something wet and cold as that old cell

Verse 4:

E

That kindly jailer grinned at me

All eaten up with sympathy

Then poured himself another beer

And came and whispered in my ear

D

If booze was just a dime a bottle boy

G

You couldn't even buy the smell

Chorus2:

G Am C

I said i knew that there was something i liked about this town

D G

But it takes more than that to bring me down

C/G Am

Because there's still a lot of wine and lonely girls

D G

In this best of all possible worlds

Verse 5:(a tone higher)

A F#

Well they finally came and told me

They was a gonna set me free

And i'd be leaving town

If i knew what was good for me

E

I said it's nice to learn that

A

Everybody is so concerned about my health

Verse 6:

F#

I said i won't be leaving

No more quicker than i can

Because i've enjoyed about

As much of this as i can stand

E

And i don't need this town of yours

A

More than i never needed nothin' else

Chorus3:

A Bm D

Because there's still a lot of drinks that i ain't drunk

E A

Lots of pretty thoughts that i ain't thunk

D Bm

And there is still so many lonely girls

E A

In this best of all possible worlds

Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.

Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr

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