Kris Kristofferson - Best of all possible worlds

[Intro] ^G I was ^Erunning through the summer rain Trying to catch the evening train And ^Akill that old familiar pain Weaving through my tangled brain But w^Dhen I tipped my bottle back I smacked into a cop I didn't ^Gsee That ^Epoliceman said mister cool If you ain't drunk then you're a fool I ^Asaid if that's against the law Tell me why I never saw A ^Dman locked in that jail of yours Who wasn't just as lowdown poor as ^Gme Well, ^Gthat was when someone turned out the l^Amights ^C And ^DI wound up in jail to spend the n^Gight And ^Gdream of all the wine and lonely ^C/Ggirls ^Am In this ^Dbest of all possible w^Gorlds Well, ^EI woke up next morning Feeling like my head was gone And ^Alike my thick old tongue was lickin' Something sick and wrong And I ^Dtold that man I'd sell my soul For something wet and cold as that old ^Gcell That ^Ekindly jailer grinned at me All eaten up with sympathy Then ^Apoured himself another beer And came and whispered in my ear If ^Dbooze was just a dime a bottle, boy You couldn't even buy the ^Gsmell I said I ^Gknew that there was something I liked about this ^Amtown ^C But ^Dit takes more than that to bring me ^Gdown, down, down 'Cause there's ^Gstill a lot of wine and lonely g^C/Girls ^Am In this^D best of all possible ^Gworlds (^Aa tone higher) Well, they ^F#finally came and told me They was a gonna set me free And ^BI'd be leaving town If I knew what was good for me I ^Esaid it's nice to learn that Everybody's so concerned about my ^Ahealth I ^F#said I won't be leaving No more quicker than I can 'Cause ^BI've enjoyed about As much of this as I can stand And ^EI don't need this town of yours More than I never needed nothin' el^Ase 'Cause there'^As still a lotta drinks that I ain't ^Bmdrunk ^{D E}Lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't ^Athunk, oh yeah ^ALord, there's still so many lonely g^Dirls ^Bm In this ^Ebest of all possible w^Aorlds