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Apr 9, 2023

Worst That Could Happen by Jimmy Webb

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Worst That Could Happen
By:   Jimmy Webb 


Worst That Could Happen Chords by Jimmy Webb

do the Jimmy version without the fluff



[intro:]  |Bb  F  |Bb  F |Bb  F | 
 
[verse: 1]
|F            |Gm7                          |
 Girl,      I heard you're getting married
|F                    Dm
 Heard you're getting married
     |Gm          Am     Bb  
This time you're really sure
    |F
And this is the end
     |Gm7
They say you really mean it
    |F                  |Dm
This guy's the one that makes you feel
   |Ab                C               |
So safe, so sane, and so secure, and
 
[chorus:]
|F               |Bb                Bbm   |
 Baby      if he loves you more than me
|F                         |
 Maybe it's the best thing
|G7                              |C7sus4  {up the neck}
 Maybe it's the best thing   for you 
             |C7sus4  {let ring}         |C7sus4      |Bb                     |C
But it's the worst that could happen                   worst that could happen
                                                        

[verse: 2]
|F                |Gm7        
 I'll    never get married
|F            Dm
 Never get married
   |Gm          Am      Bb  
You know that's not my scene
      |F
But a girl like you
|Gm7
 Needs to be married
     |F                   Dm       |
I've known all along you couldn't
|Ab               C             |
 Live forever in between, and
 
[chorus:]
|F               |Bb                Bbm   |
 Baby      if he loves you more than me
|F                         |
 Maybe it's the best thing
|G7                              |C7sus4  {up the neck}
 Maybe it's the best thing   for you 
             |C7sus4  {let ring}         |C7sus4    
But it's the worst that could happen              
 

[bridge: ]
    |Db   Dbmaj7
And girl
  |Gb           Gbm
I don't really blame you
    Db                   Ebmaj7  Ab7
For having a dream of your own
    F     Fmaj7
And girl
   Bb 
I don't really blame you
   Gm        Am            Bb         Eb  Bbm Eb
A woman like you needs a house and a home, baby

  
[coda: chorus]  {modulate to Eb  major}
|Ab         |Db       |Dbm      |
 If he___   loves____ you____ 
|Ab                        |
 Maybe it's the best thing
|Bb                             Eb7sus4   Eb7 | {let ring}
 Maybe it's the best thing  for you
             |Db         
But it's the worst that could happen
    |Abmaj7         Dbmaj7   |Eb      |Ab      Eb  |Db    |Ab   Eb |Db   |Ab  Eb  |Dbmaj7   |Ab
The worst that can happen           to me_____________  





chords:

Ab      466544
Ab7     464544
Abmaj7  xx6543  or 4x554x   
Am      002210  or 577555
Bb      113331  or 688766
Bbm     113321  or 677666
C       032010  or 335553
C7sus   335363  
Db      446664
Dbm     446654
Dbmaj7  446564
Dm      000231  or 557765
Eb      668886
Eb7     668686
Eb7sus4 x68696
F       133211
Fmaj7   x33210  or 1x221x
Gbm     244222
Gm      355333
Gm7     353333