{"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":822333,"song":"The Best Day","artist":"George Strait","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/822333-the-best-day-chords-by-george-strait/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/822333?type=chord","rating":4.70679,"votes":81,"content":"------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                   THE BEST DAY - George Strait\r\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTabbed By: Barry Miles\r\n\r\n* = one downstrum\r\n\r\n[ch]B7[/ch] = x2120x\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]*   [ch]B7[/ch]*   [ch]C[/ch]*   [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe loaded up my old station wagon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a tent, a Coleman and sleepin' bags.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome fishin' poles, a cooler of Cokes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThree days before we had to be back.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus 1]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen you're seven you're in seventh heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen you're goin' campin' in the wild outdoors.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs we turned off on that old dirt road[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe looked at me and swore...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDad, this could be the best day of my life.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've been dreamin' day and night about the fun we'll have.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nJust me and you doin' what I've always wanted to.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the luckiest boy alive,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis is the best day of my life.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis fifteenth birthday rolled around,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Classic cars were his thing.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I pulled in the drive with that old Vette[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI thought that boy would go insane.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus 2]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen you're in your teens[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYour dreams revolve around four spinnin' wheels.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe worked nights on end 'till it was new again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd as he sat behind the wheel he said,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDad, this could be the best day of my life.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've been dreamin' day and night about the fun we've had.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nJust me and you doin' what I've always wanted to.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the luckiest boy alive,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/A[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nThis is the best day of my life.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nStandin' in a little room[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack of the church with our tuxes on,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nLookin' at him I say,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can't believe, son that you're grown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\nHe said\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]*        [ch]D[/ch]*           [ch]Am[/ch]*            [ch]C[/ch]*\r\nDad, this could be the best day of my life.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]*               [ch]D[/ch]*              [ch]G[/ch]*      [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nI've been dreamin' day and night of bein' like you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNow it's me and her, watchin' you and mom I've learned,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the luckiest man alive,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is the best day of my life.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm the luckiest man alive,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]*               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*\r\nThis is the best day of my life.[/tab]","plain_text":"------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                   THE BEST DAY - George Strait\n------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTabbed By: Barry Miles\n\n* = one downstrum\n\nB7 = x2120x\n\n[Intro]\nG*   B7*   C*   D*\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\nHe said","chords":["B7","G","C","D","Am","G7","A7","G/A","G/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}