Better Off Dead
Elton JohnVersion1
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There was a face on a hoarding that someone had drawn on
And just enough time for the night to pass by without warning
Away in the distance there's a blue flashing light
Someone's in trouble somewhere tonight
As the flickering neon stands ready to fuse
The wind blows away all of yesterday's news
Well they've locked up their daughters and they battened the hatches
They always could find us but they never could catch us
Through the grease streaked windows of an all night cafe
We watched the arrested get taken away
And that cigarette haze has ecology beat
As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street
'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the fire
If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired
If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side
Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died
VOICE "OOH/AH"
'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the fire
If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired
If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side
Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died
Better off dead
Better off dead
Better off dead
Better off dead (x2)
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Readable chord sheet for Better Off Dead by Elton John
[Ab] [C] [Db] [F/A] [Bbm] [F] [Gb] [Ab] [C] [Db] [Db]There was a face on a hoarding that [Gb]someone had [Db]drawn on And just enough time for the night to pass by without [Gb]warning [Db] [F] [Eb]Away in the distance there's a blue [Ab]flashing light [Gb] [Bbm]Someone's in trouble [Ab]somewhere [Db]tonight As the [Gb]fli[Db]ckering [Db]neon stands [Ab]ready to [Gb]fuse The [Gb]win[Db]d blows [Db]away all of [Ab]yesterday's [Bbm]news [Ab] [C] [Db] [F/A] [Bbm] [F] [Gb] [Ab] [C] [Db] Well they've [Db]locked up their daughters and they [Gb]battened the [Db]hatches They always could find us but they never could [Gb]catch us [Db] [F] Through the [Eb]grease streaked windows of an all night [Ab]cafe [Gb] [Bbm]We watched the arrested get [Ab]taken [Db]away And that [Gb]cig[Db]arette [Db]haze has [Ab]ecology [Gb]beat As the [Gb]who[Db]res and the [Db]drunks filed [Ab]in from the [Bbm]street [Bbmsus4] [Bbm] [F]'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the [Bbm]fire [Bbm] [Ab] If you [Gb]ask how I am then I'll [Ab]just say [Db]inspired [F]If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your [Bbm]side [Bbm] [Ab] [Ebm]Then you're better off [Ab]dead if you haven't yet [Db]died [Db] [Ab] [C] [Db] [F/A] [Bbm] [F] [Gb] [Ab] [C] [Db] VOICE "OOH/AH" [F]'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the [Bbm]fire [Bbm] [Ab] If you [Gb]ask how I am then I'll [Ab]just say [Db]inspired [F]If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your [Bbm]side [Bbm] [Ab] [Ebm]Then you're better off [Ab]dead if you haven't yet [Db]died [Db] [Ab] [C] [Db] [F/A] [Bbm] [F] [Gb] [Ab] [C] [Db] [Ab]Bet[C]ter off [Db]dead [F/A]Better off [Bbm]dead [Db]Bet[F]ter off [Gb]dead [Ab]Bet[C]ter off [Db]dead (x2)