Better Off Dead

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 )