The Best I Could

         F        C       G
When the kids are leaving home
        F       G              C
And I'm walking round an empty house
            F        C   G
Filled with love and memories
      F            G           C
And a feeling that makes me so proud
     Am                Em7
Like ice in a glass we melted our days
    F          Dm
Our time slips away


[Chorus]
   C       F     G      C
If I can't say I did my best
                     F        G                  C
I worked so hard and saved to live just like the rest
                     F    G            Am
The simple things in life made us feel good
           G     F     G              C
As long as I can say I did the best I could


[Instrumental]
F G Am G F G C


[Verse 2]
        F          C      G
Now the leaves are on the ground
        F          G             C
And the games have packed into a draw
       F        C        G
I look back and feel the love
     F            G         C
That I was always searching for

     Am               Em7
Like dice in a cup we rattle around
     F                Dm
With both feet on the ground


[Chorus]
   C       F     G      C
If I can't say I did my best
                     F        G                  C
I worked so hard and saved to live just like the rest
                     F    G            Am
The simple things in life made us feel good
           G     F     G              C
As long as I can say I did the best I could


[Bridge]
         G F  G  C
The best I could
  F                G              Am
I will not have to lose a wink of sleep
           F  G  C
The best I could
   F                               G
To give away the things I couldn't keep


[Verse 3]
         F         C        G
When the kids have all left home
         F              G         C
But they come around to see us anyway
       F    C        G
We can look back and say
   F               G              C
We did our best in each and every way
     Am               Em7
Like dice in a cup we rattle around
     F                Dm
With both feet on the ground


[Chorus]
   C       F     G      C
If I can't say I did my best
                     F        G                  C
I worked so hard and saved to live just like the rest
                     F    G            Am
The simple things in life made us feel good
           G     F     G              C
As long as I can say I did the best I could


[Bridge]
         G F  G  C
The best I could
  F                G              Am
I will not have to lose a wink of sleep
           F  G  C
The best I could
   F                               G
To give away the things I couldn't keep