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The Best Things In Life Are Free
Words and Music by B. G. Desylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson - 1927
Verse:
Dm7 G7 C -
Am          D7 G6        A7 G         Am7    D7 Dm        G7
Chorus:
C -          D#dim Cmaj7 -
C -          Ab7 Dm -            G7
Dm - - -
G7        Gdim    G7 - C          Gdim G7          F      G7
C7 - F -
D7 - Dm7 G7
C - F9          E9 Eb9        D9
Dm        C      Cdim Dm7       G7 C -      (G7 to chorus)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
Chorus tempo is faster.
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Verse:
There are so many kinds of riches, And only one of them is gold,
The wealth you miss, remember this, Worth while things cannot be bought or sold.
 
Chorus:
The moon belongs to ev'ryone,
The Best Things In Life Are Free,
The stars be long to ev'ryone
They gleam there for you and me.
The flowers in Spring, The robins that sing,
The sunbeams that shine, They're your's, They're mine!
And love can come to ev'ryone,
The Best Things In Life Are Free.
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Listen to the WineLand Banjo Band perform "The Best Things In Life Are Free" (mp3)
Vocal by Randi Shore
 
Listen to Gary Isbell play "The Best Things In Life Are Free" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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