G

[Verse]
         E
        I was running through the summer rain

        Trying to catch the evening train
             A
        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
           A
        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


[Chorus 1]
         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
                 A
        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
             A 
        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


[Chorus 2]
         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
            B
        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
                B
        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


[Chorus 3]
         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