Elton John – Better Off Dead (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[INTRO]
Ab/C Db
F/A Bbm
Db/F Gb
Ab/C Db
Ab/C Db
F/A Bbm
Db/F Gb
Ab/C Db
[VERSE]
Db Gb Db There was a face on a hoarding that someone had drawn on Gb Db/F And just enough time for the night to pass by without warning Eb Ab Gb Away in the distance there's a blue flashing light Bbm Gb Db Someone's in trouble somewhere tonight Gb/Db Db Ab Gb As the flickering neon stands ready to fuse Gb/Db Db Ab Bbm The wind blows away all of yesterday's news
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 1]
Ab/C Db
F/A Bbm
F Gb
Ab/C Db
[VERSE]
Db Gb Db Well they've locked up their daughters and they battened the hatches Gb Db/F They always could find us but they never could catch us Eb Ab Gb Through the grease streaked windows of an all night cafe Bbm Gb Db We watched the arrested get taken away Gb/Db Db Ab Gb And that cigarette haze has ecology beat Gb/Db Db Ab Bbm Bbsus4 Bbm As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street
[CHORUS]
F F/A F/C F Bbm Bbm/Ab 'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the fire Gb Ab Db If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired F F/A F/C F Bbm Bbm/Ab If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side Ebm Ab Db Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 2]
Ab/C Db
F/A Bbm
Db/F Gb
Ab/C Db
Ab/C Db
F/A Bbm
Db/F Gb
Ab/C Db
[CHORAL SECTION]
Db Gb Db
Db Gb Db/F
Eb Ab Gb
Bbm Ab Db
Gb/Db Db Ab Gb
Gb/Db Db Ab Gb
Bbm Bbsus4 Bbm
[CHORUS]
F F/A F/C F Bbm Bbm/Ab 'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the fire Gb Ab Db If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired F F/A F/C F Bbm Bbm/Ab If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side Ebm Ab Db Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 3]
Ab/C Db
F/A Bbm
Db/F Gb
Ab/C Db
Ab/C Db
F/A Bbm
Db/F Gb
Ab/C Db
[OUTRO]
Ab/C Db Better off dead F/A Bbm Better off dead Db/F Gb Better off dead Ab/C Db Better off dead Ab/C Db Better off dead F/A Bbm Better off dead Db/F Gb Better off dead Ab/C Db Better off dead