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Better Off Dead - Elton John Refer to recording for intro, bridge, and outro rhythms. INTRO: Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (2x) VERSE
DbThere was a face on a hoarding that Gbsomeone had Dbdrawn on Gb Db/F And just enough time for the night to pass by without warning EbAway in the distance there's a blue Abflashing light Gb BbmSomeone's in trouble Absomewhere Dbtonight Gb/Db Db Ab Gb As the flickering neon stands ready to fuse Gb/Db Db Ab Bbm The wind blows away all of yesterday's news
Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db VERSE
Well they've Dblocked up their daughters and they Gbbattened the Dbhatches Gb Db/F They always could find us but they never could catch us Through the Ebgrease streaked windows of an all night Abcafe Gb BbmWe watched the arrested get Abtaken Dbaway Gb/Db Db Ab Gb And that cigarette haze has ecology beat Gb/Db Db Ab Bbm Bbmsus4 Bbm As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street
CHORUS F Bbm Bbm/Ab 'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the fire
If you Gbask how I am then I'll Abjust say Dbinspired F Bbm Bbm/Ab If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side EbmThen you're better off Abdead if you haven't yet Dbdied
BRIDGE: Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (x2) INSTRUMENTAL VERSE - VOICE "OOH/AH" CHORUS F Bbm Bbm/Ab 'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the fire
If you Gbask how I am then I'll Abjust say Dbinspired F Bbm Bbm/Ab If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side EbmThen you're better off Abdead if you haven't yet Dbdied
OUTRO: Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (x2) Ab/C Db Better off dead
F/ABetter off Bbmdead Db/F Gb Better off dead Ab/C Db Better off dead (x2)