Best Of All Possible Worlds

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[Verse]

      G
I was runnin' through the summer rain waitin' the evenin' train
   C
To kill that old familiar pain weavin' through my tangled brain
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When I tipped my bottle back and smacked into a cop I didn't see

     G
That policeman said Mr Cool if you ain't drunk then you're a fool
   C
I said if that's against the law tell me why I never saw
   F                                                                A#
No man locked in this jail of yours, wasn't just as lowdown poor as me

[Chorus]

                                            C
And that's just when someone turned out the lights
        F                               A#
Yes and I wound up in jail to spend the night
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And dream of all the wine and lonely girls in this best of all possible worlds

[Verse]

     G
Next morning woke up feelin' like my head was really gone
    C
And like my thick old tongue was lickin' somethin' sick and wrong
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I said I'd sell my soul for somethin' about wet and cold is this old cell

     G
That kindly jailer looked at me all eaten up with sympathy
     C
Then poured himself another beer and came and whispered in my ear
   F                                                            A#
If booze was just a dime a bottle boy you couldn't even buy the smell

[Chorus]

                                                     C
I said I knew there was somethin' I liked about this town
       F                                     A#
Oh but it'll take more than that to bring me down
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Cause there's still a lot of wine and lonely girls in this best of all possible worlds

[Verse]

          G
Well they finally came and told me they was gonna set me free
    C
And I'd be leavin' town if I knew what was good for me
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I said it's nice to learn that everybody's so concerned about my health

    G
But I won't be leavin' no more quicker than I can
    C
And I've enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand
    F                                                                  A#
And I don't need this town of yours no more than I ever needed nothing else

[Chorus]

              F                                 C
Cause there's still a lotta drinks that I ain't drunk
        F                                    A#
Yes and lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't thunk oh yeah
                       D#                    F
There's still a lot of wine and lonely girls
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In this best of all possible worlds
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In this best of all possible worlds
        F                    D#
In this best of all possible worlds