Best Of You

A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# We decided to split ourselves right down the middle D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# After having the time of our lives A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# And you wanted to wait to show me the best days D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# ‘till the best days we couldn’t make A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# And we wanted it great, till we wanted it better, D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# then we wanted it anyway A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# And despite all we knew about one another D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# We thought that we’d never lose Gm D11 You told me everything I wanted to hear D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# And I bet you believed most of it Gm D11 I felt everything that I could feel D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# Until I, I couldn’t handle it A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# So I took the downstairs, and you took the upstairs D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# And we, we went our separate ways A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# I left you the keys inside the doorway D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# And you left me with nothing but pain A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# And you’re still somewhere inside my city D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# But you’ve done so good to lose the view A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# I gave you the best of my last few years D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# And I never even got to see the best of you Gm D11 Well, we waited too long, we saved it for later D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# And now there’s just walking away Gm D11 So what am I to do with the empty hereafter D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# I’ve been trying to sell it, but no one will buy it and no one w D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# And no one will take it away Using Verse Chord shapes Gm Now you think we can make it D11 You want me to take it back D# But I can’t A#/D I won’t Fsus4/A A# I don’t wanna Gm What a foolish belief D11 That we were ever gonna leave D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# In any other way than a scatter .....pause... A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# You can keep what’s left of these battered excuses D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# And I’ll take the pieces of me you didn’t choose A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# My best days are ahead of me, baby D# A#/D Fsus4/A A# And those are the days, you’re gonna lose A#sus2 A# Fsus4/A A# No I’ll never even need the best of you