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"The Best Of You" - by Cliff Eberhardt

Capo 5th fret

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G5        A      G5    A

        D      G5           D
Late at night, voice on the phone

     D/C#         Bm    F#m                  Em(add G)   A 
Your memories and dreams   won't leave you alone

               D        G5        D    
Something that happened so long ago

    D/C#           Bm   F#m               Em(add G)     G5  A 
You can't tell the truth,   and you can't go back home


So you kept it a secret for so many years
Hidden in anger, shadowed in fear
People will question if what you're saying is true
If you listen to questions, they get the best of you

Chorus:
            G5                           D  
The best of you is what they never would notice

            G5                           D
The best of you is what they never could own
 
            G5                      F#m          Bm     
The best of you is what lays hidden deep in your heart

            G5             G5/F#         Em(addG)     G5   A
The best of you is all that I    care to know


One little moment suspended in time
The blame's on others, the shame's in your mind
All of the silence they inflicted on you
If you're living in silence, they get the best of you 

                    G5                        D
So you studied each corner of your own little room

                   G5                         Bm
Every crack in the ceiling, every inch of the tomb

                   G5                       Bm    
And some footsteps remind you, and the nightmare begins

                        G5      G5/F#                         Em    G5   
If you're listening for footsteps    then you're letting them win


And it's you who feels guilty for the things that they did
They put the world on your shoulders when you were a kid
And you changed all the stories like they wanted you to
If you follow their wishes, they get the best of you

repeat chorus