{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":787115,"song":"The Best Thing","artist":"Carly Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11592317-the-best-thing-chords-by-carly-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/787115?type=chord","rating":0.12765,"votes":0,"content":"The Best Thing - from Carly's debut album - 1971\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was his foreigner[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he was mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe ate on terraces[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                      \r\nAnd drank the cheapest wine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    \r\nAnd he believed in me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nDown by the serpentine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow was I to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was the best thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nTo come along for a long time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI turned the page[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd saw three children with smiles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI looked to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]             \r\nWhat I could make of the youngest child[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd as she blew the candles out[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nShe turned five[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow was I to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was the best thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nTo come along for a long time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat do the people at the end of the world do[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bbm[/ch]    [ch]Eb9[/ch]\r\nAbout time? What about time?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Abm[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch] \r\nOh oh oh oh....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat do the people at the end of the world do[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bbm[/ch]    [ch]Eb9[/ch]\r\nAbout time? What about time?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir secret sleeps with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow was I to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was the best thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nTo come along for a long time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow was I to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was the best thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nTo come along for a long time[/tab]","plain_text":"The Best Thing - from Carly's debut album - 1971","chords":["D","G","C","G7","F","Em","Dm","Bb","Bbm","Eb9","Abm","Ab","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}