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
[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/Db]flickering [Db]neon stands [Ab]ready to [Gb]fuse
The [Gb/Db]wind blows [Db]away all of [Ab]yesterday's [Bbm]news
[Ab/C] [Db] [F/A] [Bbm] [F] [Gb] [Ab/C] [Db]
VERSE
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/Db]cigarette [Db]haze has [Ab]ecology [Gb]beat
As the [Gb/Db]whores and the [Db]drunks filed [Ab]in from the [Bbm]street[Bbmsus4][Bbm]
CHORUS
[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
BRIDGE:
Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (x2)
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE - VOICE "OOH/AH"
CHORUS
[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
OUTRO:
Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (x2)
[Ab/C]Better off [Db]dead
[F/A]Better off [Bbm]dead
[Db/F]Better off [Gb]dead
[Ab/C]Better off [Db]dead (x2)
Refer to recording for intro, bridge, and outro rhythms.
INTRO:
Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (2x)
VERSE
[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/Db]flickering [Db]neon stands [Ab]ready to [Gb]fuse
The [Gb/Db]wind blows [Db]away all of [Ab]yesterday's [Bbm]news
[Ab/C] [Db] [F/A] [Bbm] [F] [Gb] [Ab/C] [Db]
VERSE
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/Db]cigarette [Db]haze has [Ab]ecology [Gb]beat
As the [Gb/Db]whores and the [Db]drunks filed [Ab]in from the [Bbm]street[Bbmsus4][Bbm]
CHORUS
[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
BRIDGE:
Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (x2)
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE - VOICE "OOH/AH"
CHORUS
[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
OUTRO:
Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (x2)
[Ab/C]Better off [Db]dead
[F/A]Better off [Bbm]dead
[Db/F]Better off [Gb]dead
[Ab/C]Better off [Db]dead (x2)
