The Best Man Chords
The Best Man by Blaine Larsen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am, D, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Copyright:2004 Back In The Saddle Songs(ASCAP)
Tabbed By:gegnja
e--------------------------3--------------------------------------------
B--------------------------3--------------------------------------------
G------0-----00----0-------0--------------------------------------------
D----2---0h2---------3-2---0--------------------------------------------
A--3-----------------------2--------------------------------------------
E--------------------------3--------------------------------------------
C F G
Intro:C F G
C F
My mama got married to someone I barely knew
G F G
They had me and then they had my sister too
C F
I was too young to understand why he left
Am G
But how it broke Mama's heart, I'll never forget
F G D
It was three years before she met somebody new
F C F G
And though I didn't have much to compare him to
Chorus:
C F C
He was the best man, my mama ever loved
F C F G
Not the kind that walks away, but the kind that don't give up
Am Em F C
Devoted and true, someone to look up to
F C G
Even a boy of eight could understand
Intro
He was the best man
C F
He called me his son and I called him my dad
G C F
He was the like no friend I had ever had
C F
He taught me how to drive a nail and how to build a go-cart
Am G
And how to love a women with all of my heart
F G D
One night we watched him get down on one knee
F C F G
And ask mama to be his wife, then he asked me
C F C
To be the best man, and I stood by his side
F C F G
As he lifted the veil of that beautiful bride
Am Em F C
He said I do, then she did too
F C G
And she walked back down the aisle holding hands
Solo Chords
With the best man
**The Chords for the solo are: A F G(x2)**
Am Em F C
He said I do, and then she did too
F C G
And she walked back down the aisle holding hands
Intro
With the best man
End On C