better off dead – elton john

refer to recording for intro , bridge , and outro rhythms .

intro :
G#/C C# F/A A#m F F# G#/C C# ( 2x )

verse
C# F# C#
there was a face on a hoarding that someone had drawn on
F# C#/F
and just enough time for the night to pass by without warning
D# G# F#
away in the distance there’s a blue flashing light
A#m G# C#
someone’s in trouble somewhere tonight
F#/C# C# G# F#
as the flickering neon stands ready to fuse
F#/C# C# G# A#m
the wind blows away all of yesterday’s news

G#/C C# F/A A#m F F# G#/C C#

verse
C# F# C#
well they’ve locked up their daughters and they battened the hatches
F# C#/F
they always could find us but they never could catch us
D# G# F#
through the grease streaked windows of an all night cafe
A#m G# C#
we watched the arrested get taken away
F#/C# C# G# F#
and that cigarette haze has ecology beat
F#/C# C# G# A#m A#msus4 A#m
as the whores and the drunks filed in from the street

chorus
F A#m A#m/G#
’cause the steam’s in the boiler the coal’s in the fire
F# G# C#
if you ask how i Am then i’ll just say inspired
F A#m A#m/G#
if the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side
D#m G# C#
then you’re better off dead if you haven’t yet died

bridge :
C# G#/C C# F/A A#m F F# G#/C C# ( x2 )

instrumental verse – voice “ooh/Ah”

chorus
F A#m A#m/G#
’cause the steam’s in the boiler the coal’s in the fire
F# G# C#
if you ask how i Am then i’ll just say inspired
F A#m A#m/G#
if the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side
D#m G# C#
then you’re better off dead if you haven’t yet died

outro :
C# G#/C C# F/A A#m F F# G#/C C# ( x2 )

G#/C C#
better off dead
F/A A#m
better off dead
C#/F F#
better off dead
G#/C C#
better off dead ( x2 )