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Doin The Best I Can

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Doin' The Best I Can:Elvis Presley.
Album - G.I. Blues - #1 on BB Hot 200
on RCA Records in 1960.
[Intro]
D  G
Mm-mmmm
D  G
Mm-mmmm
#1.
          G                G7
I gave my heart, I gave my love
          C             G
Oh ho, my darling, I am true.
          D                G
Doin' the best, the best I can
             D7              G
But it's not good enough for you.
#2.
           G                G7
I tried so hard, so hard to please
          C                        G
Oh ho, my darling, what more can I do?
          D7               G
Doin' the best, the best I can
             D7              G
But it's not good enough for you.
[Bridge]
    G7
You know I was the kind who'd run, 
C
   Any time you'd call.
   A7                          Am7            D7
I guess I was the only one who didn't mind at all.
#3.
          G                  G7
I'll be a dreamer, I'll be a fool
          C                      G
Oh ho, my darling, my whole life through.
          D7               G
Doin' the best, the best I can
             D7              G
But it's not good enough for you.
[Bridge]
    G7
You know I was the kind who'd run, 
C
   Any time you'd call.
   A7                        Am7
                              N.C.
I guess I was the only one who didn't mind at all.
#3.
          G                  G7
I'll be a dreamer, I'll be a fool
          C                      G
Oh ho, my darling, my whole life through.
          D7               G
Doin' the best, the best I can
             D7              G
But it's not good enough for you.
[Outro]
             D                   D7   G
              N.C.             [  ]   
But it's not good ... enough ... for ... you
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Doin' The Best I Can:Elvis Presley.
Album - G.I. Blues - #1 on BB Hot 200
on RCA Records in 1960.
[Intro]
#1.
#2.
[Bridge]
#3.
[Bridge]
#3.
[Outro]
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

Doin The Best I Can Chords by Elvis Presley

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