Better Off Dead Chords & Lyrics by Elton John
Better Off Dead
guitar chords lyrics
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 Gb Db
There was a face on a hoarding that someone had drawn on
Gb Db/F
And just enough time for the night to pass by without warning
Eb Ab Gb
Away in the distance there's a blue flashing light
Bbm Ab Db
Someone's in trouble somewhere tonight
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
Db Gb Db
Well they've locked up their daughters and they battened the hatches
Gb Db/F
They always could find us but they never could catch us
Eb Ab Gb
Through the grease streaked windows of an all night cafe
Bbm Ab Db
We watched the arrested get taken away
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
Gb Ab Db
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 Db
Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died
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
Gb Ab Db
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 Db
Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died
OUTRO:
Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (x2)
Ab/C Db
Better off dead
F/A Bbm
Better off dead
Db/F Gb
Better off dead
Ab/C Db
Better off dead (x2)
