It is better to be dead chords by
Duncan Sheik

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Key: G minor

Verse 1

I present to you a story

Set upon a northern shore

The denizens of lighthouse

During times of war

Verse 2
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The foolish things they did
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The foolish  things they said
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I'm sure you will agree
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They would be better
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off      dead
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Verse 3

Lilly keeps the lighthouse

She's afraid the unknown

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She's no ray of sunshine

So mostly she's alone

Verse 4
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And no one cares about her longing
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Or the dreams on       which she's fed
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And though I'm sad to say it
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She would be    better   off dead
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Verse 5
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Next we have a sheriff
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Charles is his name
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He's something of a sideshow
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Every sheriff is the same
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Verse 6
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Will he stand for justice
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Or something else in  stead
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Either way it hardly matters
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He's     better off dead
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Verse 7
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When everything is done
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And everything is said
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Life is naught but pain
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It's bet      ter to be dead
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Release your

Verse 8
heavy heart
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Rest your weary head
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When all the world's at war
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It's bet      ter, it's better
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Witness

Verse 9
Yasujiro
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He hails from old Japan
He searches for redemption
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In this strange and foreign land
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And now

Verse 10
he works for Lilly
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To earn his      daily bread
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But the most that one can say
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Is that he's     better off      dead
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Please welcome

Verse 11
young Christopher
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He's come here on a train
His father flew to heaven
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On a fiery airplane
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Verse 12
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He's come to live with Lilly
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And he's got      visions
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in his head
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He may be our main attraction
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But he's better   off
dead
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Verse 13
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Gm Gm 3
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When everything is done
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And everything is said
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Life is naught but pain
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It's better      to be dead
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Release your

Verse 14
heavy heart
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Rest your weary head
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When all the world's at war
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It's better to be dead
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Everything

Verse 15
is done
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All things are said
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It's good to be a ghost
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It's better,
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it's better to be  dead
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Verse 16

F#dim

Adim

It's good to be a ghost (it's to

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be a ghost)

It's better to be dead

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