Best of Both Worlds

Song

heliocentric@breathe.com

27th February 2001, 9.18pm

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS by THE JAM

Written by Bruce Foxton

From CD 5 of 'Direction, Reaction, Creation'

Chords used:

A: x02220 or 577655 G: 320033 or 355433

C#m: x46654 C: x32010 or x3555x

D: xx0232 or x5777x Bm: x24432

E: 022100 or x7999x

F#m: 244222

The intro is something like:

A (main riff)

---------------------       ---------------------|
--------14-15-14-12--       --------14-15-14-12--|
-----14-------------- then  -----14--------------| (x3)
--14-----------------       --14-----------------|
--0------------------       ---------------------|
---------------------       ---------------------|

A C#m

You're so wrapped up in your Jekyll-Hyde life

D E

And the wife and the kids can see plainer than light.

A C#m

Fever(?) for them and the wife of before

D E

Just to lie and(?) get out that door.

F#m E D

Best Of Both Worlds

F#m E D G

Best Of Both Worlds

A (w/main riff x2)

A C#m

You act the part you swore to play

D E

In fact you might win an Oscar someday

A C#m

A t???? p???? could ruin their lives

D E

Placed amongst pictures(?) of you and the wife

F#m E D

Best Of Both Worlds

F#m E D G

Best Of Both Worlds

G A G A

I know it's too late to change my strategy

G A G A

I know that I'm broke but I can't seem to pull away

C D C D

Any way I move they turn their backs to me

G A G A

What's the use they don't even speak to me

D A

What does it matter now?

D A

They don't seem to care

D A

There's nothing left to share

G Bm C D (x2)

A C#m

Way up in that towerblock fortress

D E

The view is of car-dumps and disused gasworks

A C#m

They don't come see you play around anymore

D E

Cos they've packed your bags and left them outside the door

F#m E D

Best Of Both Worlds

F#m E D

Best Of Both Worlds

F#m E D

Best Of Both Worlds

F#m E D G

Best Of Both Worlds

A (w/main riff x7) then -------------|

--------14---|

--------14---|

-----14-14---|

--12----0----|

                         -------------|

This is as close as I can get it - the lyrics that have a question

mark after them are as close I as I could get although I'm pretty

sure they're not right. If anyone can shed any light on what the

lyrics are please get in touch. Cheers.