DD
Oh what a big pond!
F#
It goes on and on,
BmG
the end of it may never be found.
D
I was lucky you met me,
F#
Down deep in the blue sea
BmG
Just kicking and splashing around.
AG
I found some treasure in a sunken ship (Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh)
AG
I took the stripes right off a tiger fish (Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh)
BmF#
Even Neptune said "I must insist," (Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh)
CG
When he gave me that big coral crown.
AD
But you were the best thing I found (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GAD
You were the best thing I found (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GAD
After all of this swimming around (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GAD
You were best thing I found (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GA
After all this endless searching
G
Searching, searching, searching
AD
Swimming around.
D
Oh what a big sky.
F#
I gave it a good fly,
BmG
Through every climate and cloud.
D
I'm so lucky you met me
F#
Joy-riding the jet stream
BmG
Just flipping and flapping around.
AG
I've seen the secret at the rainbow's end (Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh)
AG
I count the stars among my closest friends (Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Bm
And at this distance you can witness
F#
what those spacemen first found,
C
The world is slightly off-axis,
G
yet we still go round and round.
AD
But you were the best thing I found (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GAD
You were the best thing I found (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GAD
After all of this flying around (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GAD
You were best thing I found (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GA
After all this endless searching
G
Searching, searching, searching
AD
Flying around.
DA
I've seen London, I've seen France. (Oh yeah!)
DA
Stood upon the edge of the Hoover Dam , (Ooo, Ahh!)
G
El Dorado was enchanting,
AD
Shangri-La, lost Atlantis! (Can you even imagine? Can you even imagine...)
DA
I posed with yogis in Nepal. (Ooohmm )
DA
Met General Tao on the Chinese Wall. (Yum yum!)
G
I've taken tea in Tokyo,
A
Skied on Himalayan snow
FA
Seems like everywhere I roam
C
I never feel quite right at home
A
Like I do, when I'm with you
FC
Teacher, preachers, Queens and creatures
GD
Underneath deep, to the furthest reaches
FCG
every city, state, great lake, and little town!
D
But you were the best thing I found (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GAD
You were the best thing I found (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GAD
After all of this trav'ling around (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GAD
You were best thing I found (Woah-oh-ee-oh-oh-oh)
GA
After all my endless searching (flying!),
GAG
searching (swimming!), searching (driving!), searching (trying!),
A/ED
searching around.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.