…Well, Better Than The Alternative chords by Will Wood
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Intro 1
(F major) (F major) (D minor) (D minor)
(B flat major) (B flat major) (C major) (C major)
Verse 1
(F major) Pink lemonade on (D minor) autumn bomber coats
(B flat major) Peter Pan collars
but my (C major) daughter's growing up
(F major) She's gonna be a (D minor) lot like me
(B flat major) But I don't wanna be at (C major) all like me
Oh, (F major) yellow buzz-cuts, (D minor) pulling out stingers
You're (B flat major) telling me I'm holding up
e (C major) leven fingers
And (F major) stranger things than (D minor) death can happen
To (B flat major) lab rat girls and (C major) pretty white rabbits
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Pre-chorus 1
But (B flat major) everybody knows that
(C major) nobody knows that
(F major) Everybody's in on (A minor) everybody's (D minor) business
(G minor) This isn't my first Christmas
(C major) I know mistletoe when I see it
Chorus 1
(F major) Baby, could you play along with me?
(D minor) Baby, would that be alright with you?
(B flat major) And when we find out what's wrong with me
(C major) Could you tell me how I'm right for you?
(F major) Baby, could you play along with me?
(D minor) Baby, would that be alright with you?
(B flat major) And when we find out what's wrong with me
(C major) Could you tell me how, could you tell me how
Interlude 1
And if I'm still
(F major) (pretty?) (D minor) (B flat major) (C major)
(F major) (D minor) (B flat major) (C major) (C major)
Verse 2
(F major) Cigarette burns, laugh (D minor) lines, wide dimples
If (B flat major) they could see the future back when (C major)
times were simple
Would they (F major) kiss your cheek
or (D minor) yank the bandage off
(B flat major) Let you speak or (C major) take advantage of how
(F major) If everyone's sick,
well then (D minor) nobody can catch it,
And if eve (B flat major) rybody's different
how could (C major) anybody match
And we're (F major) looking through the pockets
of the (D minor) hand-me-downs we've laid out
(B flat major) Wondering if we'll fit
into the (C major) yesterdays we've played out
Pre-chorus 2
(B flat major) Everybody knows that
(C major) nobody knows that
(F major) Everybody's all up in my
(A minor) god- damn (D minor) business
(G minor) This isn't my first kiss,
it's (C major) better to be lost than loved now, isn't it?
Chorus 2
(F major) Baby, could you play along with me?
(D minor) Baby, would that be alright with you?
(B flat major) And when we find out what's wrong with me
(C major) Could you tell me how I'm right for you?
(F major) Baby, could you play along with me?
(D minor) Baby, would that be alright with you?
(B flat major) And when we find out what's wrong with me
(C major) Could you tell me how, could you tell me how
Interlude 2
And if I'm still
(F major) (pretty?) (...growing up,
but you (D minor) can't grow down
Either (B flat major) way you're gonna wonder
'til you're (C major) done and underground)
(You can (F major) stop growing up,
but you (D minor) can't grow down
Either (B flat major) way you're gonna wonder
'til you're (C major) done and underground) (C major)
Verse 3
(F major) Walking bikes home with a (D minor) scraped-knee,
sunset (B flat major) smudged across your brow
(C major)
(F major) Warmer tears than you've (D minor) grown used to
(B flat major) since then (C major)
A (F major) toast to the nosebleed (A major) seats
And the big dream (D minor) sequence
where you're (B flat minor) found
(G minor) Guilty of your innocence
(C major) and gently sent right back to bed
Pre-chorus 3
(B flat major) Everybody knows that (C major) nobody knows that
(F major) Everybody's all up in my
(A minor) motherfucking (D minor) business
(G minor) This isn't my first anything
(C major) This isn't my first anything
Pre-chorus 4
(B flat major) Everybody knows that
(A major) nobody knows that
Eve (D minor) rybody's in on (G major) everybody's business
(B flat major) This isn't my first lyric,
(C major) I know exactly how I should finish it
Chorus 3
(F major) Baby, could you play along with me?
(D minor) Baby, would that be alright with you?
(B flat major) And when we find out
what's wrong with me
(C major) Could you tell me how I'm right for you?
(F major) Baby, could you play along with me?
(D minor) Baby, would that be alright with you?
(B flat major) After all of that's been done to me
(C major) Could you tell me how, could you tell me how
Could you tell me
(F major) What's so wrong about
what's wrong with me?
(D minor) I'm just trying to do what's right by you
(B flat major) What's so wrong about
what's wrong with me?
Oh, (C major) I'm just trying to do what's right by you
Outro 1
(F major) Baby, could you play along with me?
(D minor) Baby, would that be alright with you?
(B flat major) After all of that's been done with me
(C major) Could you tell me how, could you tell me how
Could you tell me (F major) how?
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