Vanessa Carlton - My Best Chords & Tabs

 

My Best Chords & Tabs

Vanessa Carlton Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Chords

My Best Chords

   
This one's for a friend. 

CAPO on I 

INTRO:
D - G - G - D (2x)

VERSE I:
     D          G        G              D 
We scream and shout and try to make it last
           D           G            G            D
Though it didn't work out, I don't love you any less
     D        G     G             D 
My lover or friend, I won't ever tell
     D        G         G          D (pause) 
Our secrets safe, an unspoken citadel.

CHORUS I:
             Bm      A              D          G
And in these broken times, it's so easy to forget
      Bm        A              D               G
So I sing to remind, upon my shoulder you can rest
           Bm      A              D - G - G - D
cause I'll always give you my best.

VERSE II:
   D          G     G           D
A sidewalk's path, leads me to you
           D          G        G            D (pause)
Though we don't look back, we hold onto a truth
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CHORUS II:
             Bm      A               D              G
And in these broken times, I promise I will not forget
  Bm               A                D             G
Though you're not mine, upon your shoulder I can rest
          Bm      A              Bm-A-D - G*
Cause you always give me your best  

BRIDGE: 
Bm-A-D - G                    Bm-A-G
           Like a promise kept
Bm-A-D - G                      Bm-A-D - G     
           It's like you never left
                     Bm-A- G (once)                         
It's like you never left

INTERLUDE: 
D - G - G - D (2x)

CHORUS III:
                     Bm   A                D          G
And though it's been so long, I can't seem ever to forget
        Bm         A                  D                 G
All it takes is a song, and I could swear I hear your steps
          Bm             A                D                G
Down the hall echoes a past, that leaves ache, it's never left
         Bm      A       D - G - G - D 
Cause I gave you my best

CODA:
Bm-A-D - G                     Bm-A-D - G     
          It's like you never left
                     Bm-A- G - D - G - G - D
It's like you never left
     D          G        G              D 
We scream and shout, and try to make it last

OUTRO:
D - G - G - D (2x)


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*To get the proper timing of the strum, listen to the song. (: