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My Best Was Good Enough Chords

Music by: The Isley Brothers
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[Intro 1]
[D][G][C][G][C][G][C]
[G][C]

[Verse 1]
[G]Sittin'
by the win[Am]dows all [G]alone
Try[C]in' to under[Bm]stand just
[Em]what went [Dsus4]wrong[C][Dsus4]
[G]The girl I lov[C]e has gon[G]e away
[C]But the reason why she lef[Em]t,
she [D]didn't [Dsus4]say
[G]Per

[Verse 2]
[C]haps she just got [Bm]tired
of makin' [Dsus4]plans[D]
[C#dim]And promises [C]of things[Bm]
we never [Dsus4]had[D]
Well, I [C]done my best,
[Bm]yet things got [Am]kind [Asus4]of worse[A]
[Am]But for me, my bes[Dsus4]t
was [D]good [G]enough[C]
Good enough
[D][Am][G][C][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[G]I tried to k[C]eep a[Am]n open mi[G]nd
That she would [C]come to real[Bm]ize,
[Em]in t[Dsus4]ime[C][Dsus4]
[G]But as I go fro[C]m day[Am] to [G]day[D]
[C]I tell myself that the[Em]re's no other way[Dsus4]
[A]Per

[Verse 4]
[C]haps she never,
[Bm]never unde[Dsus4]rstood[D]
[A]That this [C]man was [Bm]doin'
the best he [Dsus4]could[D]
I [C]wish the girl [Bm]all the very,
[G]very [Asus4]best of luck[A]
[Am]But for me, my bes[Dsus4]t
was [G]good enough[C]

[Verse 5]
Oh, my [G]best, my best,
[C]bab[Bm]y[Em][Dsus4][G][C]
[G][C][D][Em]

[Verse 6]
[Dsus4]
[A]Oh, per[C]haps she never,
[G]never un [Dsus4]derstood[D]
[A]That this [C]man was [G]doin' the best,
the [Dsus4]best he c[D]ould
I [C]wish the girl [G]all [Em]the very best of luck
[Asus4]But for m[A]e,[Am]
my best [Dsus4]was good enoug[G]h
[Bm]My best,

[Verse 7]
[C]my best [Bm]was good
[G]enough[Asus4][A]
[Am]But for me my be[Dsus4]st was goo[D]d
enough
[G][C][G][C][G][Am][D]

[Verse 8]
[G]
I know, I [C]know my be[G]st [C]was good[G]
[C]Oh, my be[G]st was [C]good [G]enough
I wanna wish this [C]girl[G]
[C]All [G]the[Em] best of [G]luck, I do[C][G][C][G]
Oh, but [C]for me,
[G]my [C]best was good eno[G]ugh
Yes, [C]it [G]was
[C]Yeah, I

[Verse 9]
[G]know, I kno[C]w, I know,
[G]I know, I know, I know
I know, I [C]know, I know my best is [G]good enough,
[C]yea[G]h[C]
[G]I wish you, baby
I wish [G]you, baby
All the best of luck
Ah, yes, I do
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