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A Better Place to Be chords by 
Harry Chapin
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It was an early morning bar room,
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And the place just opened up.
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And the little man come in so fast and
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Started at his cup.
And the broad who served the whiskey
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She was a big old friendly girl.
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And she tried to fight her empty nights
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By smilin' at the world.
Verse 2
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And she said "Hey Bub,
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It's been awhile
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Since you been around.
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Where the hell you been hidin'?
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And why you look so down ?"
Verse 3
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But the little man just sat there like
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he'd never heard a sound.
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Verse 4
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The waitress she gave out with a cough,
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And acting not the least put off,
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She spoke once again.
Verse 5
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She said, "I don't want
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to bother you,
Consider it's understood.
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I know I'm not
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no beauty queen,
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But I sure can listen good."
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Verse 6
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And the little man took his drink
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in his hand
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And he raised it to his lips.
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He took a couple of sips.
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And he told the waitress this story.
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Verse 7
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"I am the midnight watchman
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down at Miller's Tool and Die.
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And I watch the metal rusting,
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and I watch the time go by.
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A week ago at the diner I
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stopped to get a bite.
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And this here lovely lady she sat
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two seats from my right.
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And Lord, Lord,
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Lord she was alright.
Verse 8
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"Well, she was so damned beautiful she
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could warm a winter's frost.
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But she was long past lonely,
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and well nigh kinda lost.
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Now I'm not much of a mover,
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or a pick -em-up easy easy easy guy,
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But I decided to glide on over,
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and give her one good try.
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And Lord, Lord,
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Lord she was worth a try.
Verse 9
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"I was Tongued-tied like like a school boy,
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and I stammered out some words.
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But it did not seem to matter much,
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'cause I don't think she heard.
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She just looked clear on through
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me to a space back in my head.
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And it shamed me into silence,
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as quietly she said,
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'If you want me to come with you,
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then that's all right with me.
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Cause I know I'm going nowhere,
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and anywhere's a better place to be.
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Anywhere's a better
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place to be.'
Verse 10
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"I drove her to my boarding house,
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and I took her up to my room.
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And I went to turn on the only light
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to brighten up the gloom.
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But she said, 'Please leave the light off,
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Oh I don't mind the dark.'
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And as her clothes all tumbled 'round her,
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I could hear my heart.
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The moonlight shown upon her
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as she lay back in my bed.
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It was the kind of scene I only
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had imagined in my head.
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I just could not believe it,
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to think that she was real.
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And as I tried to tell her she said
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'Shhh.. I know just how you feel.
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And if you want to come here with me,
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then that's all right with me.
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'Cause I've been oh so lonely,
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lovin' someone is a bet ter way to be.
Anywhere's a better way to
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be.'
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Verse 11
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"The morning came so swiftly as
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I held her in my arms.
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But she slept like a baby,
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snug and safe from harm.
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I did not want to share her or
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dare to break the mood,
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So before she woke I went out to buy
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us both some food.
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Verse 12
"I came back with my paper bag,
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to find that she was gone.
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She'd left a six word letter saying 'It's
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time that I moved on.'"
Interlude 1
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Verse 13
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The waitress took her bar rag,
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and she wiped it across her eyes.
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And as she spoke her voice came out
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as something like a sigh.
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She said "I wish that I was beautiful,
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or that you were halfway blind.
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And I wish I weren't so god-damned fat,
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fat, I wish that you were mine.
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And I wish that you'd come with me,
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when I leave for home.
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For we both know all about loneliness,
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and livin' all alone."
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Verse 14
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And the little man,
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Looked at the empty glass in his hand.
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And he smiled a crooked grin,
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He said, " I guess I'm out of gin.
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And know we both have been so lonely.
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And if you want me to come with you,
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then that's all right with me.
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'Cause I know I'm goin' nowhere and
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anywhere's a better place to be."
Outro 1
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