Quackking: The Best Thing (HQ audio)
THE BEST THING V1.3 (C)2014 QUACKKING MUSIC/LARRY HONIG ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Am G (drop G 6th string so D?)
WALK BACK FROM THE WATER // THIS TIME
WALK BACK FROM THE DEEP END OF THE PIER
BLACK WATER’S DEEP // THE FISHES RUN
THE COUNTRY SLEEPS THE SLEEP
–THOUGHTS DARK AS THE MIDNIGHT
ROUND THE MOONLIGHT
ROUND THE TROUBLES IN A HEAP
OLD COLD MOON JUST WHISPERING
SOMETIMES A LIE’S THE BEST THING YOU CAN HEAR
A MAN’S OWN HEART
A MAN’S OWN LITTLE DROP OF BLOOD
A MAN ALONE DON’T CARE ABOUT A TEAR
SAID A SONGS ABOUT
THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH
LOOK BACK IN THE MIRROR SON
ALL THATS LEFT TO SEE
CIGARETTES AND NINETY PROOF
–WHEN THE DAM IS BROKE
THERE AIN’T NO HIDING FROM THE FLOOD
A LIE MIGHT BE // A LIE MIGHT BE THE BEST THING YOU CAN HEAR
WAS THE BEST THING THAT I’LL EVER HAVE
MY BUSINESS AIN’T AROUND HERE // ANYMORE
YOU MADE IT CLEAR
AND I’M A LIBERAL
IN MATTERS OF THE HEART
THE GOOD THINGS THAT I’VE DONE // THEY MOCK ME NOW
A LIE MIGHT BE THE BEST THING // I COULD HEAR
As performed 3.26.2014 at Terry O’Reilly’s/Newton.
Notes: Written 3.25.2014, recorded 3.26.2014. Video on Nokia N808. Audio from internal mic (guitar) and external (Shure SM-57) into a TASCAM DP-008. Guild D-35 from 1977. Mixed with Audacity, video remastered to webm on PiTiVi.