Best Deal in Town capo II? copyright Wanda C. Metcalf 2012 G Bm It was the best deal in town, it was the best deal in town C C#m G D My first apartment was the best deal in town Em Am Em Am Three students for my roommates, Lenny, Joe and Paul Am D Em Three hippies lived across from us and an artist down the hall G D C D Two welfare mothers lived upstairs and I enjoyed them all G Bm It was the best deal in town, it was the best deal in town C C#m G D My first apartment was the best deal in town Em Am Em Am Then Lenny started dealing dope, he said to make ends meet Am D Em The parties that we gave that spring were very hard to beat G D C D But the clientel got tougher, strangers coming off the street G Bm It was the best deal in town, it was the best deal in town C C#m G D Our apartment had the best deal in town Em Am Em Am Ones life can change as randomly as how a penny drops Am D Em One evening I was out when we were busted by the cops G D C D I bolted to NH, without making any stops G Bm It was the best deal in town, it was the best deal in town C C#m G D My first apartment was the best deal in town Em Am Em Am When finally I returned to school, I had matured a bit. Am D Em (I'd study engineering) I meant to study finance instead of English Lit. G D C D A room let by a widow appeared the perfect fit. G Bm It was the best deal in town, it was the best deal in town C C#m G My new apartment was the best deal in town.