The Best Of Times

[Intro]
| Bm - | D/A F#m | Am - | Em  - |
| Bm - | D/A F#m | Am - | E   - |
| Am - | E   -   | Bm - | D/A - |
| E  - | -   -   |

[Solo Violin]
                | A  - | Fmaj7-5/A - |
| A     - | E - | F  - | Csus4     C |
| Esus4 - | E - | Am - | -         - |

[Solo Acoustic Guitar]
| Am - | Dm       -    | G  - | C     - |
| Am - | Fmaj7    Dm/F | G  - | Esus4 E |
| Am - | Dm       -    | G  - | C     - |
| Am - | Dsus2/F# -    | Am - | Bsus4 B |

[Interlude 1]
| E - - - | - - - -   | - -    - - | - - -    - |
| - - - - | - - - -   | - -    - - | - - -    - |
| - - - - | - - - -   | - -    - - | - - -    - |
| - - - - | - - - -   | - -    - B | - - -    - |
| - - D - | - - - -   | - A/C# - - | - - -    - |
| E - - - | - - - F#m | - -    - - | - - E/G# - |
| - - - - | - A - -   | - -    - - |

[Bridge]
                              | E - - - |
| - - - B | - - - - | - - G - | - - - - |
| - A - - | - - - - | E - - - | - - - B |
| - - - - | - - D - | - - - - | -

[Verse 1]
A  E
 Remember days of yesterday
B
How it flew so fast
    G
The two score and a year we had
  A
I thought it would always last
      E
Those summer days and west coast dreams
  B
I wished would never end
  D
A young boy and his father
A
Idol and best friend

[Chorus]
F#m           E     Asus2
   I'll always remember
                    B       E F#m
Those were the best of times
E F#m          E    Asus2
     A lifetime together
                 E
I'll never forget

[Bridge]
               | B - - -    | - - - D | - - - - |
| -   - A/C# - | - - - -    | - - - - | - - - - |
| F#m - -    - | - - - E/G# | - - - - | - - A - |
| -   - -    - | -

[Verse 2]
E
The morning shows on the radio
    B
The case of the missing dog
G
Lying on the pillows at the old eight twelve
A
Watching Harold and Maude
    E
The record shops, the stickball fields
   B
My home away from home
    D
And when we weren't together
    Asus2
The hours on the phone

[Chorus]
F#m           E     Asus2
   I'll always remember
                    B       E F#m
Those were the best of times
E F#m                  E   Asus2
     I'll cherish them forever
           B     C#m
The best of times

[Interlude 2]
    E6/B C#m/G#        C#m/A
But then came  the call
G#sus4 E
C#m    E6/B  C#m/G#     C#m/A    E6/B
   Our lives changed forever more
C#m         C#sus2/D# E           C#m/A
   "You can pray      for a change
G#sus4 E          F#madd9    E   D      A/C#
       But prepare       for the end..."

[Solo Strings]
                                                    Bm - |
| -    - Em   - | - - A - | - - D      - | -   A/C# Bm - |
| Bm/A - G    - | - - A - | - - F#sus4 - | F#m -    Bm - |
| -    - Em   - | - - A - | - - D      - | -   A/C# Bm - |
| Bm/A - E/G# - | - - G - | A - G      - | A   -    Bm - |
| -    - -    - | - - - - | - - -      - | -   -   

[Verse 3]
Bm6                      D   F#m
   The fleeting winds of time
Am Asus2               Emadd9
   Flying through each day   
Bm6                 D         F#m
   All the things I should've done
Am6                       Eadd9
   But time just slipped away  
Am6                         Eadd9
   Remember: "Seize the Day"
Bm                  Bm/A
Life goes by in the blink of an eye
        E/G# F#7sus4      E5
With so much left   to say

[Chorus]
A      Asus4    Dm6add9/A
 These were the best     of times
A     Asus4      Em
 I'll miss these days
F            Csus4   C         Esus4 E
 Your spirit lit  my life each day  

[Verse 4]
Bm6                  D    F#m
   Thank you for the inspiration
Am Asus2             Emadd9
   Thank you for the smiles
Bm6             D        F#m
   All the unconditional love
Am6                    Eadd9
   That carried me for miles
Am6                       Eadd9
   It carried me for miles
    Bm          Bm/A         E/G# F#7sus4 E5
But most of all thank you for     my      life

[Chorus]
A      Asus4    Dm6add9/A
 These were the best     of times
A     Asus4      Em
 I'll miss these days
F            Csus4   C         Esus4 E
 Your spirit lit  my life each day  
A   Asus4    Dm6add9/A
 My heart is bleeding bad
A         Asus4 Em
 But I'll be   OK 
F            Csus4     C         Esus4 E
 Your spirit guides my life each day  

[Solo]
                                                      Am - |
| -    - Dm     - | -  - G     - | -  - C  - | - G6/B Am - |
| Am/G - F      - | -  - G     - | -  - E  - | - -    Am - |
| -    - Dm     - | -  - G     - | -  - C  - | - E/G# Am - |
| Am/G - D/F#   - | -  - F     - | F6 - -  - | G -    Am - |
| -    - Dm     - | -  - G     - | -  - C  - | - G6/B Am - |
| Am/G - F      - | -  - G     - | -  - E  - | - -    Am - |
| -    - Dm     - | -  - G     - | -  - C  - | - E/G# Am - |
| Am/G - D/F#   - | -  - F     - | F6 - -  - | G -    C  - |
| -    - Fm     - | -  - C     - | -  - Gm - | - -    G# - |
| -    - D#sus4 - | D# - Gsus4 - | -  - G  - | - -    C  - |
| -    - Fm     - | -  - C     - | -  - Gm - | - -    G# - |
| -    - D#sus4 - | D# - Gsus4 - | -  - G  - | - -    C  - |
| -    - Fm     - | -  - C     - | -  - Gm - | - -   

[Fade Out]
                                 G# |
| - D#sus4 | D# Gsus4 | - G  | - C  |
| - Fm     | -  C     | - Gm | - G# |
| - D#sus4 | D# Gsus4 | - G  |