BROOKLYN BRIDGE - "worst that could happen" Tablature

Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 23:08:55 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: b/brooklyn_bridge/worst_that_could_happen.crd

"Worst That Could Happen"
(Jimmy Webb)

Intro:

acoustic 12-string w/organ:

C
/ / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

C/G Dm7/G
Girl, I heard you're getting married
C/G Am
Heard you're getting married
Dm Em F F/G
This time you're really sure
C/G
And this is the end
Dm7/G
They say you really mean it
C/G Am
This guy's the one that makes you feel
Eb G
So safe, so sane, and so secure, and

Chorus:

C /D C7/E F Fm
Baby if he loves you more than me
C/G
Maybe it's the best thing
D7/F#
Maybe it's the best thing (maybe it's the best thing)
G7sus4 [N.C. except organ]
For you
G7sus4 [N.C. except organ]
But it's the worst that could happen
[1: C/G 2: C]
To me

Verse 2:

I'll never get married
Never get married
You know that's not my scene
But a girl like you
Needs to be married
I've known all along you couldn't
Live forever in between, and

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

Ab Abmaj7
And girl
Db Dbm
I don't really blame you
Ab/C Bbm7/Eb Eb7
For having a dream of your own
C/G Cmaj7/G
And girl
F/G
I don't really blame you
Dm Em F /G /A Bb Fm Bb
A woman like you needs a house and a home, baby

(key changes to Eb)

Chorus [in Eb]:

Eb /F Eb/G Ab Abm
If he really loves you more than me
Eb/Bb
Maybe it's the best thing
F7/A
Maybe it's the best thing
Bb7sus4 [N.C. except organ]
For you
Bb7sus4 [N.C. except organ]
But it's the worst that could happen

[organ swell]

horns arr. for guitar [2X; bass and organ enter 2nd time]

Eb/Bb Ab/Bb
v v v v v v v v
-11----------11-------11-|-11----11----11----11----
-16----------15-------11-|-13----11----------------
-------------------------|-------------13----10----
-------------------------|-------------------------
-------------------------|-------------------------
-------------------------|-------------------------

Coda [horns continue]:

Eb/Bb Ebmaj7/Bb Fm7/Bb [continue]
(Never, never, never, ever gonna get married)
Oh girl, go on and get married
(Never, never, never, ever gonna get married)
Girl, I'm never, never gonna marry, no no
(Never, never, never, ever gonna get married)
'Cause it's the worst that could happen

[background vocals continue to fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers