The Best I Ever Had Acoustic

Tabbed by: rockett97


Capotraste on 2nd fret)

I'm aware of the fact that the chords used in this tab are not a 100% match to the ones 
Nick plays in the video,
but I found these to sound just as nice and they fit better with the Acoustic studio 
recording of the song.

Tuning: Standard eBGDAE (Capotraste on 2/3 - depending on what version you're playing along to)

All chords relative to capo.


Verse


Strumming pattern is as follows (per chord): DDUUDU x2

"It was a young and angry summer.."
"And if everyone else heard this.."
e|-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0--0--0--5-|
G|-2--1--4--6-|
D|-2--2--4--6-| (x2)
A|-0--2--2--4-|
E|-0--0--x--x-|

So you're gonna repeat that strumming pattern twice per chord for this first verse.
Then we get a part without any vocals, repeating the same chords:

e|-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0--0--0--5-|
G|-2--1--4--6-|
D|-2--2--4--6-| (x2)
A|-0--2--2--4-|
E|-0--0--x--x-|

e|-0/0-0-|
B|-0/5-0-|
G|-4/6-2-|
D|-4/6-2-|
A|-2/4-0-|
E|-x/x-0-|

"I remember April '94, September '96, and every day of '99.."
"Whether I waited for those records, or helped Seattle cry.."
e|-0--0--0--0--(7)-|
B|-0--0--0--5--(5)-|
G|-2--1--4--6--(x)-|
D|-2--2--4--6--(6)-| (x2)
A|-0--2--2--4--(4)-|
E|-0--0--0--0--(x)-|

The chord in parenthesis is just a little something you can do to switch things up a little,
move your pinky from the 6th fret on the G-string to the 7th fret on the high e-string.


Pre-chorus


"(And I know it'll never) die.."
e|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0-0-0-0--0--0--5-|
G|-2-2-2-2--2--4--6-|
D|-2-2-2-2--2--4--6-|
A|-0-2-0-2--0--2--4-|
E|-0-0-0-0--0--x--x-|

"(We were right about) it.."
e|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0-0-0-0--5--0--5-|
G|-2-2-2-2--6--4--6-|
D|-2-2-2-2--6--4--6-|
A|-0-2-0-2--4--2--4-|
E|-0-0-0-0--x--x--x-|

"(We'd be lost without) it.."
e|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0-0-0-0--0--0--5-|
G|-2-2-2-2--2--4--6-|
D|-2-2-2-2--2--4--6-|
A|-0-2-0-2--0--2--4-|
E|-0-0-0-0--0--x--x-|


Chorus


Strumming: DDDU - DDDU - DUDDDUDDD

"I miss it too"
e|-0--0--x--|
B|-0--0--4^-|
G|-1--4--x--|
D|-2--4--2--|
A|-2--2--4--|
E|-0--x--x--|

(bend that 4rth string just halfway the strum count, watch the video for the exact timing)

"And I miss the songs we knew"
e|-0--0--x--|
B|-0--0--4--|
G|-1--4--x--|
D|-2--4--2--|
A|-2--2--4--|
E|-0--x--x--|

"(And if) I could go back.."
Strumming: DDUDDUDUDUU x3, then the faster slide thingy after that
e|-0--0--0---0-0/0-|
B|-5--0--0---0-0/5-|
G|-6--4--2---2-4/6-|
D|-6--4--2---2-4/6-|
A|-4--2--0---0-2/4-|
E|-x--x--0---0-x/x-|


Verse


"While the world was waking up and putting on their suits"
"And when I had that conversation.."
e|-0--0--0--0--(7)-|
B|-0--0--0--5--(5)-|
G|-2--1--4--6--(x)-|
D|-2--2--4--6--(6)-| (x2)
A|-0--2--2--4--(4)-|
E|-0--0--0--0--(x)-|


Pre-chorus


"(It was the best I ever) had.."
e|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0-0-0-0--0--0--5-|
G|-2-2-2-2--2--4--6-|
D|-2-2-2-2--2--4--6-|
A|-0-2-0-2--0--2--4-|
E|-0-0-0-0--0--x--x-|

"(They were wrong about) us.."
e|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0-0-0-0--5--0--5-|
G|-2-2-2-2--6--4--6-|
D|-2-2-2-2--6--4--6-|
A|-0-2-0-2--4--2--4-|
E|-0-0-0-0--x--x--x-|

"(We showed them not to doubt) us.."
e|-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0-0-0-0--0--0--5-|
G|-2-2-2-2--2--4--6-|
D|-2-2-2-2--2--4--6-|
A|-0-2-0-2--0--2--4-|
E|-0-0-0-0--0--x--x-|


Chorus


Strumming: DDDU - DDDU - DUDDDUDDD

"I miss it too"
e|-0--0--x--|
B|-0--0--4^-|
G|-1--4--x--|
D|-2--4--2--|
A|-2--2--4--|
E|-0--x--x--|

(bend that 4rth string just halfway the strum count, watch the video for the exact timing)

"And I miss the songs we knew"
e|-0--0--x--|
B|-0--0--4--|
G|-1--4--x--|
D|-2--4--2--|
A|-2--2--4--|
E|-0--x--x--|

"(And if) I could go back.."
Strumming: DDUDDUDUDUU x3
e|-0--0--0---0-0-|
B|-5--0--0---0-0-|
G|-6--4--2---2-4-|
D|-6--4--2---2-4-|
A|-4--2--0---0-2-|
E|-x--x--0---0-x-|


Bridge


Strumming: just regular fast-paced DUDU strumming
e|-0--x--0--0-0-0--0--0-|
B|-5--x--0--0-0-0--0--0-|
G|-6--x--4--2-2/4--1--4-|
D|-6--6--4--2-4/6--2--4-|
A|-4--2--2--0-0-0--2--2-|
E|-x--x--x--0-0-0--0--0-|

The slide chord up there is something nick plays in the video, it sounds great also with 
the studio recording.
It's pretty hard writing down strumming patterns/time counts for this bit,
so you might want to check the video as a reference.

e|-0--x--0-|
B|-5--x--0-|
G|-6--x--4-|
D|-6--6--4-|
A|-4--2--2-|
E|-x--x--x-|


Verse


"I've been everywhere now, searching far and wide.."
"She looked just like an angel.."
e|-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0--0--0--5-|
G|-2--1--4--6-|
D|-2--2--4--6-| (x2)
A|-0--2--2--4-|
E|-0--0--x--x-|

"And everything felt so right.."
"And I don't know where she is now.."
e|-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0--0--0--5-|
G|-2--1--4--6-|
D|-2--2--4--6-| (x2)
A|-0--2--2--4-|
E|-0--0--x--x-|

e|-0--0--0--0-|
B|-0--0--0--5-|
G|-2--1--4--6-|
D|-2--2--4--6-|
A|-0--2--2--4-|
E|-0--0--x--x-|

"The best I ever had.."
e|-0--0--0--0---0/0-0------------|
B|-0--0--0--5---0/5-0------------|
G|-2--1--4--6---4/6-2-(let ring)-|
D|-2--2--4--6---4/6-2------------|
A|-0--2--2--4---2/4-0------------|
E|-0--0--x--x---x/x-0------------|

"And if everyone else heard this,
they wouldn't be so sad,
it was the best I ever had."