Best Old Friend

Tracy Nelson / Andy McMahon / The Glow 1979

As recorded by Bonnie Raitt on the album The Glow 1979

C- F C- F

C-7

Fate is mighty cruel

Where true love is concerned

C-7

It seems you give out more

/

Than you ever have returned

Lately I have tried

C-7

To make it on my own

Another nite has passed

|D G

Looks like I^Òm bound to be alone

|C-7

Bound to be alone

Now solitude is fine

When you really need it

When your soul is dry

Sometimes loneliness can feed it

When you need a lover

You know there^Òs nothin^Ò else will do

When you need love most

You know it turns it^Òs back on you

|A- F |C |

Oh, I can make it thru without your company

G |C |

I only wish I knew why you won^Òt comfort me

F G

I thot that I could count on you

|A- C

To hear me cryin^Ò out

|F D

I guess that^Òs one comfort

|2/4 G Bb |C- |F |C- |F |

I will learn to do without

Fallin love too easily

But never quite so fast

so you are not the first and, lord

You sure won^Òt be the last

The thing about the situation

C- F

That makes me feel so sad

C- F

I could^Òve been the best old friend

|D G C- F |C- / |

That you have ever had

I could^Òve been the best old friend

That you have ever had

| = bar line; / = play same as previous chord

No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time

Within bar lines chords divide measure accordingly

transcribed by OtMan Otto Marten marten@sky.net