Kristofferson Kris - Best Of All Possible Worlds

Kristofferson Kris - Best Of All Possible Worlds 

Verse 1:
   G  E
 I was running through the summer rain

 Trying to catch the evening train

 And kill that old familiar pain

 Weaving through my tangled brain
              D
 But when i tipped my bottle back
                                       G
 I smacked into a cop i didn't see


Verse 2:
      E
 That policeman said mister cool

 If you ain't drunk then you're a fool

 I said if that's against the law

 Tell me why i never saw
           D
 A man locked in that jail of yours
                                             G
 Who wasn't just as low down poor as me


Chorus1:
         G                                         Am    C 
 Well that was when someone turned out the lights
            D                                G  
 And i wound up in jail to spend the night
                                              C/G  Am
 And dream of all the wine and lonely girls
      D                        G 
 In this best of all possible worlds


Verse 3:
      E 
 Well i woke up next morning

 Feeling like my head was gone

 And like my thick old tongue was lickin'

 Something sick and wrong
               D
 And i told that man i'd sell my soul
                                                G 
 For something wet and cold as that old cell


Verse 4:
      E
 That kindly jailer grinned at me

 All eaten up with sympathy

 Then poured himself another beer

 And came and whispered in my ear
            D 
 If booze was just a dime a bottle boy
                                    G
 You couldn't even buy the smell


Chorus2:
         G                                                         Am  C
 I said i knew that there was something i liked about this town
            D                                    G 
 But it takes more than that to bring me down
                                                        C/G  Am
 Because there's still a lot of wine and lonely girls
             D                        G 
 In this best of all possible worlds


Verse 5:(a tone higher)
   A F#   
 Well they finally came and told me

 They was a gonna set me free

 And i'd be leaving town

 If i knew what was good for me
           E 
 I said it's nice to learn that
                                             A
 Everybody is so concerned about my health


Verse 6:
     F#  
 I said i won't be leaving

 No more quicker than i can

 Because i've enjoyed about

 As much of this as i can stand
               E
 And i don't need this town of yours
                                          A 
 More than i never needed nothin' else


Chorus3:
         A                                                  Bm   D 
 Because there's still a lot of drinks that i ain't drunk
         E                                     A                        
 Lots of pretty thoughts that i ain't thunk
                                           D     Bm  
 And there is still so many lonely girls
             E                        A  
 In this best of all possible worlds



Thanks to Mary Damp (damp_m@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.