[The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] Best Old Friend Tracy Nelson / Andy McMahon / The Glow 1979 As recorded by Bonnie Raitt on the album The Glow 1979 - - -7 Fate is mighty cruel Where true love is concerned -7 It seems you give out more / Than you ever have returned Lately I have tried -7 To make it on my own Another nite has passed | Looks like I^?m bound to be alone |-7 Bound to be alone Now solitude is fine When you really need it When your soul is dry Sometimes loneliness can feed it When you need a lover You know there^?s nothin^? else will do When you need love most You know it turns it^?s back on you |- | | Oh, I can make it thru without your company | | I only wish I knew why you won^?t comfort me I thot that I could count on you |- To hear me cryin^? out | I guess that^?s one comfort |2/4 |- | |- | | I will learn to do without Fallin love too easily But never quite so fast so you are not the first and, lord You sure won^?t be the last The thing about the situation - That makes me feel so sad - I could^?ve been the best old friend | - |- / | That you have ever had I could^?ve been the best old friend That you have ever had | = bar line; / = play same as previous chord No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time Within bar lines chords divide measure accordingly