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"The best thing you never had"
From the album "Letters (2004)"
Tuning: DADGAD
Comment:
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Big shout out to Balta for his live version tab. Without it I would have
never gotten this right. Well.. I think it's fair to say that this is
pretty much a re-write of his tab. This is the album version by the way.
Have fun! Now grab your guitar and rock out!
Update note:
Changed it to DADGAD tuning and changed the chords a bit.
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Chords
    D   Dmaj7   G   E5   F#5   G5   G#5   A5
D|--0---0-------0--(2)--(4)---(5)--(6)--(7)--
A|--0---0-------0--(2)--(4)---(5)--(6)--(7)--
G|--7---6-------7--(4)--(6)---(7)--(8)--(9)--
D|--7---7-------5---2----4-----5----6----7---
A|--5---5-------5---2----4-----5----6----7---
D|--0---0-------5---2----4-----5----6----7---
VERSE 1-------------------------------------------------------------------
HellDo, how ya doin'
What's Dmaj7it like to ruin all Gmy self esteem?
Let me blow off some steam
For Dfive years I waited so Dmaj7why am I jaded
To geGt back at you? What makes it cool when
CHORUS--------------------------------------------------------------------
You Gact like Dnothing ever happened
I Gfeel like DI should feel bad
But I Gcan't like
DSomeone who thought They're the E5only one that mattered
I F#5hope that you're flattered
cause G5you broke this down
The A5best thing that you never DhadDmaj7  G  
VERSE 2-------------------------------------------------------------------
And it Dseems like I'm lost
Somehow Dmaj7my heart got lost
On the Gway to my head and my brain cells are dead
and the Dcraziness shows
now Dmaj7I start to go when the Ggreen turns to red
and I should be dead when
CHORUS--------------------------------------------------------------------
You Gact like Dnothing ever happened
I Gfeel like DI should feel bad
But I Gcan't like
DSomeone who thought They're the E5only one that mattered
While mF#5y heart got shattered
like G5romantic roadkill
my F#5heart is all splattered
your E5ego got fatter
I F#5hope that you're flattered
cause G5you broke this down
The A5best thing that you never DhadDmaj7  G  
BRIDGE--------------------------------------------------------------------
Like the E5toilet seat never got lifted
And I Dpissed on your confidence
When you weren't around
E5How could that be?
F#5Don't turn this around
G5You were the one who
A5Drove my ass G5right to the F#5groundE5  
CHORUS--------------------------------------------------------------------
When you Gact like Dnothing ever happened
I Gfeel like DI should feel bad
But I Gcan't like
DSomeone who thought they're the E5only one that mattered
While F#5my heart got shattered
like G5romantic roadkill
my F#5heart is all splattered
your E5ego got fatter
I F#5hope that you're flattered
cause G5you broke this down, G#5you broke this down
The A5best thing, the best thing, the best thing... you never DhadDmaj7  G  

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Best Thing You Never Had

by Butch Walker

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Dmaj7

F#5

G#5

"The best thing you never had"

From the album "Letters (2004)"

Tuning: DADGAD

Comment:

--------

Big shout out to Balta for his live version tab. Without it I would have

never gotten this right. Well.. I think it's fair to say that this is

pretty much a re-write of his tab. This is the album version by the way.

Have fun! Now grab your guitar and rock out!

Update note:

Changed it to DADGAD tuning and changed the chords a bit.

--------

Chords

D Dmaj7 G E5 F#5 G5 G#5 A5

D|--0---0-------0--(2)--(4)---(5)--(6)--(7)--

A|--0---0-------0--(2)--(4)---(5)--(6)--(7)--

G|--7---6-------7--(4)--(6)---(7)--(8)--(9)--

D|--7---7-------5---2----4-----5----6----7---

A|--5---5-------5---2----4-----5----6----7---

D|--0---0-------5---2----4-----5----6----7---

VERSE 1-------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello, how ya doin'

Dmaj7 G

What's it like to ruin all my self esteem?

Let me blow off some steam

D Dmaj7

For five years I waited so why am I jaded

To get back at you? What makes it cool when

CHORUS--------------------------------------------------------------------

G D

You act like nothing ever happened

G D

I feel like I should feel bad

But I can't like

D E5

Someone who thought They're the only one that mattered

F#5

I hope that you're flattered

cause you broke this down

A5 D Dmaj7 G

The best thing that you never had

VERSE 2-------------------------------------------------------------------

And it seems like I'm lost

Dmaj7

Somehow my heart got lost

On the way to my head and my brain cells are dead

and the craziness shows

Dmaj7 G

now I start to go when the green turns to red

and I should be dead when

CHORUS--------------------------------------------------------------------

G D

You act like nothing ever happened

G D

I feel like I should feel bad

But I can't like

D E5

Someone who thought They're the only one that mattered

F#5

While my heart got shattered

like romantic roadkill

F#5

my heart is all splattered

your ego got fatter

F#5

I hope that you're flattered

cause you broke this down

A5 D Dmaj7 G

The best thing that you never had

BRIDGE--------------------------------------------------------------------

Like the toilet seat never got lifted

And I pissed on your confidence

When you weren't around

How could that be?

F#5

Don't turn this around

You were the one who

A5 G5 F#5 E5

Drove my ass right to the ground

CHORUS--------------------------------------------------------------------

G D

When you act like nothing ever happened

G D

I feel like I should feel bad

But I can't like

D E5

Someone who thought they're the only one that mattered

F#5

While my heart got shattered

like romantic roadkill

F#5

my heart is all splattered

your ego got fatter

F#5

I hope that you're flattered

G5 G#5

cause you broke this down, you broke this down

A5 D Dmaj7 G

The best thing, the best thing, the best thing... you never had

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