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Best of Spirits

A bittersweet lament about life in this world (Paranoid Schizophrenic Delusions)

1.
C                                  Gm
Given half a chance I might simply fade away
C                            Bb   F     Eb
Given no chance I'll have to stay right here
Dm           C       Gm     Ab    Bb
Isn't that I care so little for myself
    Gm           Bb      F
I'm just just so so full of fear
   Eb         Gm    F
It isn't that I'm ungrateful
    Db     Eb        F
For all my wealth of good
  Eb    Db       F
I never meant to seem so hateful
  Dm                              Bb                   C
I never thought that I could ever get to be so misunderstood
2.
C                             Gm
Sometimes I wonder if what is goin' on
   C                       Bb   F   Eb
Is seen by no one else but me
Dm  C                               Gm          Ab  Bb
    Sometimes I think maybe what is happening
   Gm               Bb              F
Is something me and no one else can see
Eb          Gm           F   
Sometimes I think people just look behind
       Db          Eb             F
People close their minds   People must be blind
Eb        Db         F
               We're all so resigned
Dm             Bb                        C
      Makes me think there is nothing to find
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Given Half a Chance, page 2
3.
C                             Gm
Sometimes I wonder if what is goin' on
   C                  Bb       F      Eb
Is somethin' just the spacemen know
Dm     C                                 Gm      Ab    Bb
       Sometimes I feel maybe we're just puppets being run
   Gm               Bb     F
By those in the U F O's       [Close Encounters 5-note theme]
        Eb          Gm          F
Yes and sometimes I fear people don't see the sky
       Db        Eb           F
People don't ask why   People don't even try
Eb  Db         F
        And it all makes me cry
Dm             Bb                       C
      Makes me just want to give up and die
4.
C                        Gm
Sometimes I know what is goin' on
     C                    Bb    F   Eb
With all of our worry and fears
Dm    C                           Gm       Ab    Bb
      Sometimes I see it as sheer luxury
     Gm                Bb               F
That our kind has been striving for for years
Eb           Gm           F
Sometimes we quit when we haven't begun
            Db       Eb            F
'Cause it's too much fun   When we see we are at one
Eb     Db         F
       Happens to everyone
Dm     Bb                   C
       Wish it was over and done.
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Given Half a Chance, page 3
5.
C                        Gm
Sometimes I hope what is goin' on
   C                       Bb    F  Eb
Is set by the source of it all
Dm   C                        Gm         Ab    Bb
     Sometimes I pray what is happening
      Gm                 Bb                   F
Makes sense if I keep on trying to answer the call
Eb           Gm         F
Sometimes my people all gather in love
Db   Eb            F
     My people are worshipful of
   Eb       Db          F
My people inside and my people above
       Dm
And it all makes me sing
   Bb                        C
To see what that worship can bring

C                                  Gm
Given half a chance I might simply fade away...
Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #11, 2016 Oct 21.



Best of Spirits

Must have infinite patience to put up with the mortal creatures of finity.

[Looking Chorus:]
      Dm
We're all just
  Am
  looking for Jesus
   Gm             Dm
If you could only know
    Gm
The worlds you'll
  Dm
  have to go through
   Am                 Dm
To get where you must go
[Looking Chorus]
         Dm       Am
   We're all just looking for Jesus
      Gm             Dm
   If you could only know
       Gm            Dm
   The worlds you'll have to go through
      Am                 Dm
   To get where you must go
1.
D       Eb
Mr. G-O-P in your fifties
D                   Eb
With your booze and second wife
D             Eb
With all your plans and ideals
D                Eb
Where' you going with your life?
D               Eb
Glazey eyes and over thirty
D                Eb
With your Karma, stars, and pot,
D                   Eb
Where have you made plans for going
         D                  Eb
With the Knowledge that you got?
[Waiting Chorus]
[Waiting Chorus]
        Dm
But the Lord of
  Am
  Time sat waiting
Gm            Dm
Waiting... to be
Gm  Dm
..Unfolded
Am         Dm
   Eventually
   Dm              Am
   But the Lord of Time sat waiting
   Gm         Dm
   Waiting to be
   Gm      Dm
       ..Unfolded
   Am         Dm
      Eventually
2.
D                  Eb
Twenty-one, you're overworking
D             Eb
And the other times you're hashed
D               Eb
Are you looking to get higher
D               Eb
Or just looking to get smashed
D                 Eb
Just eighteen and into music
D             Eb
With the confidence of youth
D             Eb
Are you going to be famous?
        D                 Eb
Or' you going to live the truth?

[Waiting Chorus]

   Dm              Am
   But the Lord of Time sat waiting
   Gm         Dm
   Waiting to be
   Gm      Dm
       ..Unfolded
   Am         Dm
      Eventually
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Lord of Time page 2
[Looking Chorus:]
      Dm
We're all just
  Am
  looking for Jesus
   Gm             Dm
If you could only know
    Gm
The worlds you'll
  Dm
  have to go through
   Am                 Dm
To get where you must go
3.
D             Eb
Seventeen and independent
D              Eb
Even while you live at home
D               Eb
Have you chosen no direction
D                Eb
For your freedom when you roam?
D          Eb
And I have no way to tell you
D                   Eb
'Cause you will not take advice
D                    Eb
But we'll see how it all turns out
       D                Eb
We all have to pay that price.

[Looking Chorus]

         Dm       Am
   We're all just looking for Jesus
      Gm             Dm
   If you could only know
       Gm            Dm
   The worlds you'll have to go through
      Am                 Dm
   To get where you must go
[Over the Rainbow]
D
Somewhere
   A
   over the rainbow
G       D
'Way up high
G
That's the
  D
  la da da da da
A
once in a
       G     D
  lullabye.
4.
D                         Eb
We follow the road to the emerald  cause
D                   Eb
As if our way would lead us somewhere
     D                       Eb
It's not any harder than the Wisdom of Oz
  D                              Eb
Because all your friends are all already there

D                    Eb
All that you need is confidence
    D                       Eb
You need only know you have heart
D                           Eb
You have the brains to work out all you need
    D          Eb            D
And you are at home from the start.

[Over the Rainbow]

   D         A
   Somewhere over the rainbow
   G       D
   'Way up high
   G          D
   That's the la da da da da
   A              G     D
   once in a lullabye.



Best of Spirits

A meditation on being and meaning, and an early exercise in songsmithy.

1.
      C               C             Em
To be here         To be here is to be
       Dm             Dm                Bb     C
To be alive        To be alive is to be of the One

   Bb                 Bb            Dm
To know            To know is to be thankful
   Cm                 Cm                Ab       Bb
To think           To think is to be of service

   Ab                 Ab               Cm
To feel            To feel is to comprehend
   Bbm                Bbm             Gb     Ab
To hope            To hope is to understand

   Gb                 Gb             Bbm
To love            To love is to transcend
      Abm                Abm              E     Gb
To be known        To be known is to transact

      E                  E              Abm
To be loved        To be loved is to create
      Gbm                Gbm                 D     E
To be thought of   To be thought of is to be felt

D                  D    Gbm

Em                 Em   C   D

Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Infinitive, page 2
2.
F                  F    Am

Gm                 Gm   Eb   F
      Eb                 Eb            Gm
To be felt         Being felt is being thought of
      Fm           Db           Eb
To create             Creating, love

        Db         Db              Fm
To transact           Transacting, know
       Ebm         Ebm                 B     Db
To transcend          Transcending, be love

   B               B                 Ebm
To understand         Understanding, hope
   Dbm             Dbm               A       B
To comprehend         Comprehending, feel

         A         A                    Dbm
To be of service      Being of service, think
      Bm           Bm   G   A
To be thankful
      G            G    Bm
To be of the One
   Am              F    G   A 
To be
Those last three are the starting chords to It's Your Decision

Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #15, 2016 Dec 9.




Best of Spirits

A little might be healthy for the body, but what about the mind?

1.
G            D              C                      G       D  C
Have another drink   — the alcohol will free your tongue
G             D                  C            G    D     C
Don't stop to think   — there's far too much left to be sung
C             D           Em                C
Climbin' on a ladder   — touchin' on every rung
   G                D        C                         G   D
No matter where you are,   remember that you haven't begun
2.
G              D           C                      G   D  C
You can be the center   — you don't even have to try
    G           D               C                           G    D  C
The universe is yours   — it's painted on the back of your eyes
C                 D        Em                   C
Don't walk on the water   'til you learn how to fly
G               D         C                      G   D
Don't expect to wake up   perfect as soon as you die
3.
G               D             C                    G      D  C
The fountain of life   — the endless well of personality
G         D              C       G  D  C
Fills the reservoir of   individuality
C           D          Em             C
Overflowing from the   brim of your capacity
G            D               C                    G    D
Have another drink   — that liquid is your guarantee
Mindful Webworks | Best of Spirits | Have Another Drink, page 2
4.
G            D                C              G        D  C
Take another step   — you're running down a corridor
G                  D         C                 G    D  C
When you reach the end you   only find another door
C            D         Em                   C
On the other side is   hiding your more and more
G                  D             C                                G       D
You could stop the walk   — but don't you want to know what's in store?
5.
G                  D          C              G    D  C
Take your sword of hate and   beat it into a plow
G             D           C                            G    D  C
Everything is sacred   — just keep takin' care of the cow
    C           D         Em                       C
The miracle you want as   proof is in the here and now
    G         D        C                         G   D
The final revelation   comes as you continue somehow
6.
G               D            C                     G       D  C
Hard to see the truth   When everything is getting blurred
G               D          C                   G      D  C
Truth cannot be told   And yet I'm sure you've heard
    C         D         Em                     C
The gospel of love   So simple that it seems absurd
G             D            C                           G     D   G
Take the time this time to stop...   and listen to the word.



Best of Spirits

Some theories of How It All Began are material, some mystical, and some begin with Love.

1.
D            Eb         D          C
Some say the Universe began with a bang
          D             C     Bb
And we're hurtling into outer space
     D              Eb            D            C
They say we'll be recalled to the source of it all
         D             C         Bb
When the galaxies have run their race
             Bb            C             D
Then they'll all become as one and start again
2.
D            Eb         D        C
Some say the Universe began as a thought
       D           C               Bb
And we all have to live inside the dream
     D              Eb            D            C
They say we'll be recalled to the source of it all
        D           C                      Bb
When we understand things aren't what they seem
        Bb             C               D
Then it all becomes as one and starts again
3.
D            Eb         D           C
Some say the Universe begins with a Child
        D                   C               Bb
And the worlds of Light and Life will never end
     D              Eb            D            C
They say we'll be recalled to the Source of us all
        D                  C               Bb
When we find the light within and learn to blend
             Bb        C             D
Then we each become as One and start again



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