Better Off Dead chords by
Elton John
Elton John

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Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
C

Am
Am

F
F

C
C

Am
Am

F
F

C
C

There was a face
F
F

C
C

on a hoarding that someone had drawn on
And just enough time for the night
F
F

to pass by without warning
D
D

Away in the distance there's
G
G

F
F

a blue flashing light
Am
Am

Someone's in trouble
F
F

C
C

somewhere to night
F
F

C
C

As the flickering neon stand
G
G

F
F

s ready to fuse
C
C

G
G

The wind blows away all of yesterday's
Am
Am

C
C

news
F
F

C
C

Verse 2
Well they've locked up their daughters
F
F

C
C

and they battened the hatches
They always could find us but
F
F

they never could catch us
D
D

Through the grease streaked window
G
G

F
F

of an all night cafe
Am
Am

We watched the arrested get
F
F

C
C

taken away
F
F

C
C

And that cigarette haze
G
G

F
F

has ecology beat
C
C

As the whores and the drunks file
G
G

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

in from the street
Am
Am

Dm
Dm

Verse 3
E
E

'Cause the steam's in the boiler,
Am
Am

the coal's in the fire
F
F

If you ask how I am, then
G
G

C
C

I'll just say inspired
E
E

If the thorn of a rose,
Am
Am

is the thorn in your side
Dm
Dm

F
F

G
G

C
C

F
F

Then you're better off dead, if you haven't yet died
Interlude 1
C
C

F
F

C
C

F
F

C
C

F
F

D
D

G
G

F
F

Am
Am

F
F

C
C

F
F

C
C

G
G

F
F

C
C

G
G

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

F
F

E
E

'Cause the
Verse 4
steam's in the boiler,
Am
Am

the coal's in the fire
F
F

If you ask how I am, then
G
G

C
C

I'll just say inspired
E
E

If the thorn of a rose,
Am
Am

is the thorn in your side
Dm
Dm

F
F

Then you're better off dead, if
G
G

C
C

you haven't yet died
F
F

C
C

Verse 5
F
F

C
C

E
E

Am
Am

Better off dead, better off dead,
E
E

F
F

better off dead
C
C

G
G

C
C

Better off dead, better off dead,
E
E

Am
Am

better off dead
F
F

C
C

Better off dead, better of dead

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