The Best Thing

Pleasance 
  from the album "These Here Are Crazy Times" 
 
Transcribed by Daniel Schaumann  
 
 
GUITAR RIFF:  (played following each line of verse) 
E|-------------------| 
B|------1------------| 
G|--------------3----| 
D|-------------------| 
A|----3-------3------| 
E|-------------------| 
 
 
          C 
I put my spacesuit on, count back ten to one 
The gravitation pull gets stronger 
My skin it pulls away, my brains are on a plate 
The weightless feeling here is bliss 
 
 
CHORUS: 
            C/Bb                C/A           C/G 
This is the best thing that has ever happened to me 
              C/Bb              C/A           C/G 
These are the colours that I've always wanted to see 
      G              Bb 
And although I never said it before 
  C 
I love you, I need you, I need it, I love you 
 
 
  1   2   3   4 
E|--------3-1-0---| 
B|------1-------3-| 
G|----------------| 
D|----------------| 
A|----------------| 
E|----------------| 
 
 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
E|------------------------3-1-0---------------------------3-1-0---| 
B|----1-----------------1-------3-----1-----------------1-------3-| 
G|----------0---3---------------------------0---3-----------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
E|------------------------3-1-0-----------------------------------| 
B|----1-----------------1-------3-1-------------------------------| 
G|----------0---3---------------------0---------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------3-3-2-------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------3-----------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
          C 
Now I'm embracing you from the highest altitudes 
Through telescopes, our friends they watch us 
These heights are dangerous, from here I can see why 
                      C/Bb  C/A  C/G  C/F 
Our astronauts retire early 
 
 
            C 
This is the best thing that has ever happened to me 
              C 
These are the colours that I've always wanted to see 
      G              Bb 
And although I never said it before 
  C 
I love you, I need you, I need it, I love you 
 
SOLO: 
 
  1   2   3   4 
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B|------1-------3-| 
G|----------------| 
D|----------------| 
A|----------------| 
E|----------------| 
 
 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
E|------------------------3-1-0-----------------------------------| 
B|----1-----------------1-------3-----1---------------------------| 
G|----------0---3-------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
FOLLOWED BY: 14 bars of E minor, 
              4 bars of C, 
              then: 
 
  C 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
E|6-----6-----6-------8---8-------6-----6-----6-------------------| 
B|----8-----8-------8-----------------8-----8-------8-6---5-------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
E|6-6---6-----6-6---6-8-6-8---8---6-----8-----13--12--8-----------| 
B|----8---8-8-----8-------------8-----8-----8---8-----------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|5-----7-----3-----5-5---5---7---9-----10----7-----9-----5-------| 
D|5-----7-----3-----5-5---5---7---9-----10----7-----9-----5-------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
E|12--12------12------13--13--13--15~~~~~~17~~~~~~18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------9---9---9-10----------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
  1   2   3   4 
E|18-b-20---------| 
B|----------------| 
G|----------------| 
D|----------------| 
A|----------------| 
E|----------------| 
 
 
CHORUS x2 
 
 
REPEAT x4: 
 
  C 
  1   2   3   4 
E|--------3-1-0---| 
B|------1-------3-| 
G|----------------| 
D|----------------| 
A|----------------| 
E|----------------| 
 
 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
E|------------------------3-1-0-----------------------------------| 
B|----1-----------------1-------3-1-------------------------------| 
G|----------0---3-------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
12/12/2002