Gordon Lightfoot – Better Off (Guitar)

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From the album Solo [Intro] A A6 A A6 A x2 [Verse 1]
A      C#m            D
You believe in all I say

         F#m       E   C#m
Then you throw it all away

   D        F#m       Bm  Bm7
Before you close the door

D        E     C#m
Are you really any

D
Better off than before?
[Verse 2]
A       C#m                 D
You go rambling through my day

          F#m       E        C#m
While I'm out here making my way

       D      F#m        Bm  Bm7
Yet, still, I walk the floor

D     E     C#m
Am I really any

D
Better off than before?
[Chorus]
A                            Bm7
Things ain't never looked so rosy

E                C#m
Everything'll be okay

A                   Bm7
I couldn't be much better

     D  E
If I tried
[Verse 3]
A      C#m            D
When I get myself to bed

          F#m        E        C#m
With the words that never got said

D       F#m     Bm  Bm7
Turning on the news

D      E    C#m
Are we ever any

D
Better off when we lose?

E                          Esus4
And we can pick and choose
[Verse 4]
A              C#m           D
You found the pathway to my heart

          F#m         E       C#m
'Til the cruel world took it apart

   D      F#m       Bm  Bm7
Before I close the door

D        E     C#m
Are you really any

D
Better off than before?
[Verse 5]
A     C#m           D
You meander in my dreams

          F#m    E     C#m
Leave me halfway in between

D    F#m       Bm  Bm7
So I hit the floor

D     E     C#m
Am I really any

D
Better off than before?
[Chorus]
F#m                          Bm7
Things ain't never looked so rosy

E                    C#m
Everything'll be all right

A                   Bm7
I couldn't be much better

     D  E
If I tried
[Verse 6]
A       C#m                 D
You go rambling through my mind

     F#m       E          C#m
On a path I'm hoping I'll find

D      F#m      Bm  Bm7
Turning on the news

D       E   C#m
Are we ever any

D
Better off when we lose?

E                          Esus4
And we can pick and choose
[Interlude] A C#m D F#m G# C#m [Verse 7]
D        F#m        Bm  Bm7
Still, I walk the floor

D       E     C#m
Are we really any

D
Better off than before?

Bm7
Better off than before?
[Coda] A