Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me hilo

BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME hi & lo
By: Jim Weatherly
Gladys Night & The Pips
Key: A


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I've had my share of life's ups and downs

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But fate's been kind, 

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the downs have been few

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I guess you could say that I've been luck-y

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And I guess you could say 

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it's all be-cause of you


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If an-y-one should ev-er write my life sto-ry

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For what-ev-er rea-son there might be

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you'd be there be-tween 

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each line of pain and glo-ry

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'Cause you're the best thing 

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that ev-er hap-pened to me

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you're the best thing 

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that ev-er hap-pened to me
 

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Lord, there have been times 
 
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when the times were hard

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But al-ways some-how I made it through

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But for ev-‘ry mo-ment 

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that I've spent hurt-ing

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There was a mo-ment spent lov-ing you


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If an-y-one should ev-er write my life sto-ry

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For what-ev-er rea-son there might be

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you'd be there be-tween 

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each line of pain and glo-ry

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'Cause you're the best thing 

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that ev-er hap-pened to me

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you're the best thing 

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that ev-er hap-pened to me