{"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":1682030,"song":"The Best That I Can","artist":"Vance Joy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1682030-the-best-that-i-can-chords-by-vance-joy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1682030?type=chord","rating":4.65233,"votes":18,"content":"I recently went to his concert in Vancouver and noticed the simplicity of this song and \r\nthought I'd share\r\n\r\n**He puts the capo on the fourth fret, but from the bottom so that the E string is left open.\r\nThey you just play 3 chords for the whole song: G, Am, C\r\nThe G is the only chord that uses the E string, for the Am and C you mute the E string\r\nThen when he was playing the C chord in the verses, he would hammer on and off with his \r\nring finger\r\nFor the Chorus he would hammer on and off with his middle finger.\r\nThe chords are nice and simple, its figuring out when to change chords that is the \r\ntricky part,\r\nso just play along with the song and you'll figure it out\r\n\r\nCapo on 4TH**\r\n\r\n|Verse|\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSay I don't look much like a lover[/tab]\r\nDoesn't mean that I won't try\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSet your world on fire, every once in awhile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe lie on the kitchen floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHot air rises and it's going to be hot as hell here soon[/tab]\r\nWe are going to need some relief\r\n\r\n\r\n|Chorus|\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSick of leaving things half done leaving things half said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSick of leaving things half done leaving things half said[/tab]\r\n\r\nOhh\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am, I am trying[/tab]\r\nthe best that I can\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am, I am trying[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n|Verse|\r\nYou can keep moving on like you do\r\nThe road goes as far as the eyes can see\r\nI won't stand in your way\r\nWhat's the good in that\r\nAnd the flowers in their bed\r\nTheir drooping and dying and fading away\r\nThis weather's no good for growing things\r\n\r\nSick of leaving things half done leaving things half said\r\nSick of leaving things half done leaving things half said\r\n\r\nOhh\r\nI am, I am trying\r\nthe best that I can\r\nI am, I am trying\r\nthe best that I can\r\n\r\nWill you keep moving on like you do\r\nWill you keep moving on\r\nSo will you keep moving you on like you do\r\n\r\nOhh I am\r\nI am trying\r\nthe best that I can\r\nI am, I am trying\r\nthe best that I can\r\nI am, I am trying\r\nthe best that I can\r\nI am, I am trying\r\nthe best that I can","plain_text":"I recently went to his concert in Vancouver and noticed the simplicity of this song and \nthought I'd share\n\n**He puts the capo on the fourth fret, but from the bottom so that the E string is left open.\nThey you just play 3 chords for the whole song: G, Am, C\nThe G is the only chord that uses the E string, for the Am and C you mute the E string\nThen when he was playing the C chord in the verses, he would hammer on and off with his \nring finger\nFor the Chorus he would hammer on and off with his middle finger.\nThe chords are nice and simple, its figuring out when to change chords that is the \ntricky part,\nso just play along with the song and you'll figure it out\n\nCapo on 4TH**\n\n|Verse|\n\nDoesn't mean that I won't try\n\n\n\nWe are going to need some relief\n\n\n|Chorus|\n\n\n\nOhh\n\nthe best that I can\n\n\n\n|Verse|\nYou can keep moving on like you do\nThe road goes as far as the eyes can see\nI won't stand in your way\nWhat's the good in that\nAnd the flowers in their bed\nTheir drooping and dying and fading away\nThis weather's no good for growing things\n\nSick of leaving things half done leaving things half said\nSick of leaving things half done leaving things half said\n\nOhh\nI am, I am trying\nthe best that I can\nI am, I am trying\nthe best that I can\n\nWill you keep moving on like you do\nWill you keep moving on\nSo will you keep moving you on like you do\n\nOhh I am\nI am trying\nthe best that I can\nI am, I am trying\nthe best that I can\nI am, I am trying\nthe best that I can\nI am, I am trying\nthe best that I can","chords":["E","G","Am","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}