INTRO:
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VERSE:
C                      C C# D
 Philosophers and poets
                   D  F
And songwriters too
                              G7
Have told stories through the ages
C                             G7
 'Bout what friends can do to you

C                       C C# D
 Their envy and betrayal
                        D  F
Can drive a man to drink
                      G7
It can land a man in jail
C                   G7
 And that is why I think


CHORUS:
 C                              F
All my best friends are behind bars
 G7                                  C  G7
Sometimes, we take things a bit too far

C
I don't mean they're bad men
 F
Please don't take it wrong when I say

 G7                             C  G7
All my best friends are behind bars


VERSE:
 C
I've spent the better part of my adult life
 F
Fightin' with best friends and arguin' with wives
     G7                                              C  G7
And tryin' to convince some judge I'm just misunderstood

        C
Then a bartender showed me the secret to life
        F
Was a smooth sippin whiskey and a handful of ice
 G7                                         C   G G
Since then, it's been downhill life's been good


CHORUS:
                C                              F
And that's why all my best friends are behind bars
G7                                    C  G7
 Sometimes, we take things a bit too far

C
 But most of them are top shelf
            F
Which makes me a little higher my own self and that's why

G7                                C   C
  All my best friends are behind bars

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BDA K:
G7
  Jim and Jack, help me through hard times
 C
Jose and I, we party till sunrise
D7                                G7  G7 G7
 Johnny Walker helps me walk the line


CHORUS:
                C                              F
And that's why all my best friends are behind bars
G7                                    C  G7
 Sometimes, we take things a bit too far

C
 But most of them are top shelf
            F
Which makes me a little higher my own self and that's why

G7                                C   G7
  All my best friends are behind bars


OUTRO:
C
I don't mean they're bad men
 F
Please don't take it wrong when I say
 G7                                  C  G7 C
That all my best friends are behind bars