The Best Thing That I Had Goin Ukulele chords by Brad Paisley

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: you can play it open, but bluegrass always sounds better with G

Intro:
F   F   G   F
F   F   G
F   F   G   F
F   F   F

Verse:
         F           F             G               F
Finally got that promotion I worked hard to get

                      F         G
One that came with a company car

           F              F               G             F
When they gave me the keys they said son you can bet

                        F          F
Keep it up and you'll really go far


Chorus:
          F                 G
But what good is all that knowin'

           F                G
The best thing that I had goin'

   F
Is gone


Intro

Verse:
My good friends come around to hang out now and then
And they joke, man you've sure got it hard
With this house on the hill and a white picket fence
And the grass sure is green in the yard

Chorus

Solo (Verse chords)

Verse:
Well I squandered my time trying to buy everything
Gave her all that I thought she deserved
Now I know all the things that she wanted were free
And I should have been home holdin' her

Chorus

Solos on Verse chords ‘til fade