Kris Kristofferson - Best of All Possible Worlds

      
 
 :
 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