The Next Best Guy                     copyright 2009 Stan Lyness
                              617-243-0910   stan@stanlyness.com

country boogie|texas swing, male voice  2/2 90     C or D for me

 You're sayin' what I gotta do                 1     1
     to be your lover still,                   1     5 
 and if I don't jump through every hoop,       1     4
 you'll find a man who will.                   5     1
  Well, if you leave to find that man,         1     1
   I'll laugh to watch you try,                1     5 
  cause I'm a whole lot better than           (1 17)(4 47)
    The Next Best Guy.                         5     1
CHORUS:
     The Next Best Guy won't buy your ring;   4      4
      he watches every quarter.               1      1
   He'll take you out to Burger King          4      6
     and worry while you order.               2      57
       I may not be your Mr Right,            1   1   17  17
     but you got me to hold all night;        4      47
    I'll be your man, I'm better than         1      6
     The Next Best Guy.                      (2 5)   1


   Here's where your perfect man is:           1     1
      out in another world                     1     5
       of Harlequin romances                   1     4
  and the dreams of little girls,              5     1
       in chick flicks full of Brad Pitts      1     1
 sweepin' women off their feet.                1     5
      But down here on this planet, it's      (1 17)(4 47)
     just guys like him and me.                5     1
ALT CHORUS:
    The Next Best Guy's got pills and liquids 4      4
        proppin' up his heart.                1      1
   Good lovin' might just kill him if it      4      6
        ever gets that far.                   2      57
       Although I'm not your Mr Right,        1   1   17  17
     I'm what you got to hold all night;      4      47
    Yes, I'm your man, I'm better than        1      6
     The Next Best Guy.                      (2 5)   1

BRIDGE:
     So go ahead an' look around.          5   5   1   1
     We both know every guy in town.       5   5   1   17
There's him and me, two retirees,          4   2
    the kid who mows my lawn, that's it,   1   6
 that's all - Huh?                         2   2 
 "match.com"?  Darlin'!                    5   57

    You look for love online, you'll find     1     1
   a computer-usin' freak                     1     5
    who ain't been out since summertime       1     4
     or showered in a week,                   5     1
    who hasn't had a lady love                1     1
  since he left junior high,                  1     5
    who lacks the social graces of           (1 17)(4 47)
    The Next Best Guy -                       5     1
ALT CHORUS:
    that Next Best Guy who's drunk for days   4      4
     and stupid all the time,                 1      1
   whose mother's just a block away           4      6
     and bossier than mine.                   2      57
       Although I'm not your fantasy,         1   1   17  17
     I'm all you got; you're stuck with me;   4   4   47  47
     you better be grateful I'm               1      6
         better than The Next Best -         (2 57)  1   6
         better than The Next Best Guy.      (2 57)  1