The Best Thing Chords
The Best Thing by Boom Crash Opera is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C/Bb, C/A, C/G, G, Bb and C/F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Pleasance
from the album "These Here Are Crazy Times"
Transcribed by Daniel Schaumann
GUITAR RIFF: (played following each line of verse)
E|-------------------|
B|------1------------|
G|--------------3----|
D|-------------------|
A|----3-------3------|
E|-------------------|
C
I put my spacesuit on, count back ten to one
The gravitation pull gets stronger
My skin it pulls away, my brains are on a plate
The weightless feeling here is bliss
CHORUS:
C/Bb C/A C/G
This is the best thing that has ever happened to me
C/Bb C/A C/G
These are the colours that I've always wanted to see
G Bb
And although I never said it before
C
I love you, I need you, I need it, I love you
1 2 3 4
E|--------3-1-0---|
B|------1-------3-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------------------------3-1-0---------------------------3-1-0---|
B|----1-----------------1-------3-----1-----------------1-------3-|
G|----------0---3---------------------------0---3-----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------------------------3-1-0-----------------------------------|
B|----1-----------------1-------3-1-------------------------------|
G|----------0---3---------------------0---------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------3-3-2-------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------3-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C
Now I'm embracing you from the highest altitudes
Through telescopes, our friends they watch us
These heights are dangerous, from here I can see why
C/Bb C/A C/G C/F
Our astronauts retire early
C
This is the best thing that has ever happened to me
C
These are the colours that I've always wanted to see
G Bb
And although I never said it before
C
I love you, I need you, I need it, I love you
SOLO:
1 2 3 4
E|--------3-1-0---|
B|------1-------3-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------------------------3-1-0-----------------------------------|
B|----1-----------------1-------3-----1---------------------------|
G|----------0---3-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
FOLLOWED BY: 14 bars of E minor,
4 bars of C,
then:
C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|6-----6-----6-------8---8-------6-----6-----6-------------------|
B|----8-----8-------8-----------------8-----8-------8-6---5-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|6-6---6-----6-6---6-8-6-8---8---6-----8-----13--12--8-----------|
B|----8---8-8-----8-------------8-----8-----8---8-----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|5-----7-----3-----5-5---5---7---9-----10----7-----9-----5-------|
D|5-----7-----3-----5-5---5---7---9-----10----7-----9-----5-------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|12--12------12------13--13--13--15~~~~~~17~~~~~~18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------9---9---9-10----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4
E|18-b-20---------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
CHORUS x2
REPEAT x4:
C
1 2 3 4
E|--------3-1-0---|
B|------1-------3-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------------------------3-1-0-----------------------------------|
B|----1-----------------1-------3-1-------------------------------|
G|----------0---3-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
12/12/2002