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Styx - The Best of Times

Originally in Am, I play in Am

Vox on 1 3 1 3 on “tonight’s the night”

Em7	A9	A7
Tonight’s the night we’ll make h	istor	y

	D	D/C	G	G	Bm/F#
H	oney	you and	I	→

Cmaj7	B7
‘Cause I’ll take any risk to t	ie

	Baug	B7	C
Back the	hands o	f t	ime

	D	Em
And st	ay with you here ton	ight

Em	D/E	Em	D/E
Em	D/E	Em	C	D

Em	A9	A7
I know you feel these are the w	orst of t	imes

D	D/C	G	G	Bm/F#
I do bel	ieve it’s tr	ue	→

Cmaj7	D/C	Cmaj7	D/C
When people	lock their doors	and hide in	side

Cmaj7	D/C	Em	B
Rumor	has it it’s the	end of parad	ise

	Em	Em/D#	Em/D	Em/C#
But I k	now	if the	world just passed us b	y

	C	Am7	D
Baby I kn	ow I w	ouldn’t have to cr	y no no

There isn’t a great melody option in my key, I choose “5 5 5 1” on “the best of times”

G	G	D/G	G	C/G
T	he	best	of	times

G	D/G	G	D/G	Em	D
Are w	hen	I’m	alo	ne with y	ou

G	G	D/G	G	C/G
S	ome	rain s	ome s	hine

G	G	D/G	G	D/G	Em	D
W	e’ll	make th	is	a w	orld for t	wo

C	G/B	Am7	Am7/D	D
Our memor	ies of yester	day will last a	lifet	ime

C	G/B	Am7
We’ll take the	best forget the	rest

	Cmaj7	Bm7	Am7	D
And someda	y w	e’ll	find

G	D/G	C/G
These are the best	of t	imes

G	D/G	C/G	B7
These are the best	of t	imes

solo

Em	B7	Em	B7
C	G/B	Am7	Am/D
C	G/B	Am7	Cmaj7	Bm7	Am7	Am7/D
			→	→	→

Em	D/E	Em	D/E
Em	D/E	Em	C	D

Em	A9	A7
The headlines read these are the w	orst of t	imes

D	D/C	G	G	Bm/F#
I do bel	ieve it’s tr	ue	→

Cmaj7	D/C
I feel so h	elpless

	Cmaj7	D/C
Like a	boat against the	tide

Cmaj7	D/C
I wish the s	ummer winds

	Em	B
Could b	ring back parad	ise

	Em	Em/D#	Em/D	Em/C#
But I k	now	if the w	orld turned upside d	own

	C	Am7	D
Baby I kn	ow you’d	always be aro	und my my

G	G	D/G	G	C/G
T	he	best	of	times

G	D/G	G	D/G	Em	D
Are w	hen	I’m	alo	ne with y	ou

G	G	D/G	G	C/G
S	ome	rain s	ome s	hine

G	G	D/G	G	D/G	Em	D
W	e’ll	make th	is	a w	orld for t	wo

	G	G	D/G	G	C/G
(When I’m alone with you)	T	he	best	of	times

	G	D/G	G	D/G	Em	D
(Everything’s alright)	Are w	hen	I’m	alo	ne with y	ou

	G	G	D/G	G	C/G
(When I’m alone with you)	S	ome	rain s	ome s	hine

	G	G	D/G	G	D/G	Em	D
(You brighten up the night)	W	e’ll	make th	is	a w	orld for t	wo