Best Thing Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][A]

[Verse 1]
[D]I was his foreigner
[G]And he was mine.
[D]We ate on terraces
An[G]d drank the cheapest w[C]ine.
And he believed in me
[G]Down by the serpentine.
[F]How was I to [G]know
It was the be[C]st thing
To come [Bb]along [Am]for [D]a long time.[G]
[A]

[Verse 2]
[D]I turned the page
And saw three [G]children with smiles.
[D]I looked to see
What I [G]could make of
the youngest [C]child.
And as she blew the candles [G]out
She turned five.
[F]How was I to [G]know
It was the be[C]st thing
To come [Bb]along [Am]for [D]a long
[G]time.

[Interlude 1]
[G][Baug][Em][Baug]

[Verse 3]
[Em]What [C]do the[Bbm][Eb][B]
[Abm][B][Abm]
[Ab][Abm][B]
[Ab]peop[Abm]le at [Em]the e[G]nd [Em]of the world do
[C]About tim[Bbm]e? Wha[Eb]t abo[Bbm]ut time?[Eb][Bbm]
[Faug]Their secret s[A]leeps with me.[D]

[Outro 1]
[D][G][D][G][C]
[G][F]
[G][Gm][C]
[Bb][Am][D][G][F]
[G][Gm][C][Bb][C][Am][D]
[G]
[G][G][G]