Best Of All Possible Worlds

:
   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