Worst That Could Happen

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Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 23:08:55 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: b/brooklyn_bridge/worst_that_could_happen.crd

                       "Worst That Could Happen"
                              (Jimmy Webb)

Intro:

	acoustic 12-string w/organ:

	C
	/ / / /   / / / /

Verse 1:

	C/G     Dm7/G
	Girl, I heard you're getting married
	 C/G                  Am
	Heard you're getting married
	      Dm          Em     F    F/G
	This time you're really sure
	    C/G
	And this is the end
	    Dm7/G
	They say you really mean it
	     C/G                 Am
	This guy's the one that makes you feel
	    Eb                G
	So safe, so sane, and so secure, and

Chorus:

	C /D C7/E         F                 Fm
	Baby      if he loves you more than me
	C/G
	Maybe it's the best thing
	D7/F#
	Maybe it's the best thing (maybe it's the best thing)
	   G7sus4 [N.C. except organ]
	For you
	             G7sus4 [N.C. except organ]
	But it's the worst that could happen
	[1: C/G  2: C]
	 To me

Verse 2:

	I'll never get married
	Never get married
	You know that's not my scene
	But a girl like you
	Needs to be married
	I've known all along you couldn't
	Live forever in between, and

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

	     Ab   Abmaj7
	And girl
	   Db           Dbm
	I don't really blame you
	    Ab/C                 Bbm7/Eb Eb7
	For having a dream of your own
	    C/G   Cmaj7/G
	And girl
	   F/G
	I don't really blame you
	   Dm        Em            F   /G  /A Bb  Fm Bb
	A woman like you needs a house and a home, baby

	(key changes to Eb)

Chorus [in Eb]:

	Eb /F Eb/G         Ab                 Abm
	If he      really loves you more than me
	Eb/Bb
	Maybe it's the best thing
	F7/A
	Maybe it's the best thing
	   Bb7sus4 [N.C. except organ]
	For you
	             Bb7sus4 [N.C. except organ]
	But it's the worst that could happen

	[organ swell]

	horns arr. for guitar [2X; bass and organ enter 2nd time]

	Eb/Bb                    Ab/Bb
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-11----------11-------11-|-11----11----11----11----|
	-16----------15-------11-|-13----11----------------|
	-------------------------|-------------13----10----|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|
	-------------------------|-------------------------|

Coda [horns continue]:

	 Eb/Bb      Ebmaj7/Bb               Fm7/Bb   [continue]
	(Never, never, never, ever gonna get married)
	  Oh girl, go on and get married
	(Never, never, never, ever gonna get married)
	  Girl, I'm never, never gonna marry, no no
	(Never, never, never, ever gonna get married)
	  'Cause it's the worst that could happen

	[background vocals continue to fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers