Overheard at Table 2: Best Ex-Husband

Listening to track 1 from John Hiatt's album "Eclipse Sessions" 

Song called "Cry to Me"

Heard the chorus and it inspired this song... I just heard in my head the line, "I'll be the best ex-husband you ever had" and took it from there:

Best Ex-Husband

   C

I won’t break your windshield

                 G

Or slash the tires of your car

   C

I won’t send you drunk texts

           G

At 2am from the bar

           D

I’ll get the kids home on time

         C

I’ll never make things worse

          D

You’ll have the child support 

   C

Every month on the first

Chorus

G       Em      C          D       G

When we’re married, I know I’m gonna let you down

        G       Em            C       D          G

It’ll start out good and then head straight to bad.

        G       Em       C             D                G

But baby when we finally drive this plane to the ground,

         G          Em     C             G

I’ll be the best ex-husband you ever had

         G         Em          C                 G

I’ll be the best ex-husband you’ve ever had

I won’t call up your friends

And tell them petty lies

I won’t hound your new boyfriend

To try to get him to fight

I won’t skip visitation 

Just to go out with some girl

Baby, I’ll make sure you know 

The kids are my world

Chorus

When we’re married, I’ll spend every night painting the town

We’ll got to bed angry and then we’ll wake up mad

But baby when decide to put these wedding rings down

I’ll be the best ex-husband you’ve ever had

I’ll be the best ex-husband you’ve ever had

MR

2021-0430