Better Off Dead - Elton John Refer to recording for intro, bridge, and outro rhythms. INTRO: Ab/C C# F/A Bbm F F# Ab/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 Eb Ab F# Away in the distance there's a blue flashing light Bbm Ab C# Someone's in trouble somewhere tonight F#/C# C# Ab F# As the flickering neon stands ready to fuse F#/C# C# Ab Bbm The wind blows away all of yesterday's news Ab/C C# F/A Bbm F F# Ab/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 Eb Ab F# Through the grease streaked windows of an all night cafe Bbm Ab C# We watched the arrested get taken away F#/C# C# Ab F# And that cigarette haze has ecology beat F#/C# C# 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 F# Ab C# If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired F Bbm Bbm/Ab If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side Ebm Ab C# Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died BRIDGE: C# Ab/C C# F/A Bbm F F# Ab/C C# (x2) INSTRUMENTAL VERSE - VOICE "OOH/AH" CHORUS F Bbm Bbm/Ab 'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the fire F# Ab C# If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired F Bbm Bbm/Ab If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side Ebm Ab C# Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died OUTRO: C# Ab/C C# F/A Bbm F F# Ab/C C# (x2) Ab/C C# Better off dead F/A Bbm Better off dead C#/F F# Better off dead Ab/C C# Better off dead (x2)
