Harry Chapin – A Better Place To Be (Guitar)
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From [email protected] Thu May 8 14:11:02 1997
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 14:32:35 -0300
From: Tim Wartman
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Chords: A better place to be by Harry Chapin
This is my favorite Harry Chapin tune. I thought others might like it too.
It's pretty simple to play.
D Dmaj7 D7 G It was an early morning barrom and the place just opened up EM A7 and the little man came in so fast and he started at his cup D Dmaj7 D7 G and the broad who served the whiskey was a big old friendly girl EM A7 who tried to fight her empty nights by smiling at the world G A F#M B7 and she said hey bub it's been a while since you've been around EM A G D where the hell have you been hiding and why you look so down G A G A D Well the little man just sat there like he'd never heard a sound CM G Bb F the waitress she gave out with a cough and acting not the least put off EM A she spoke once again D G EM She said I don't want to bother you consider it's understood A EM A EM D I know I'm not no beauty queen but I sure can listen good. G A EM D And the little man took his drink in his hand and he raise it to his lips G D EM A D He took a couple of sips and he told the waitress his story. D Am C G D I am the midnight watchman down at Miller's tool and die G F#M BM Cmaj7 I watch the metal rusting, I watch the time go by A G F#M B7 a week ago at the diner I stopped to get a bite EM A G EM D and this here lovely lady she sat two seats from my right G G EM A,G,G D And lord, lord, lord she was alright. D Am C G D You see she was so damn beautiful that she could warm a winter's frost G F#m Bm Cmaj7 but she look long past lonely and well nigh onto lost A G F#m B7 Now I'm not much of a mover or a pick em up easy guy Em A G Em7 D but I decided to glide on over and give her one good try G G Em7 G G Em7 D and lord lord lord, she was worth a try D Am C G D Well I was tongue tied like a schoolboy, I stammerred out some words G F#m Bm Cmaj7 it did not seem to matter much, cause I don't think she heard A G F#m B7 She just looked clear on through me, to a space back in my head Em A G Em7 D It shamed me into silence as quietly she said
(chorus)
D G Em Em If you want me to come with you then that's alright with me A Em A Em A7sus4 D cause I know I'm going nowhere and anywhere's a better place to be A Em A7sus4 D Anywhere's a better place to be D Dmaj7 D7 G Well I drove her to my boarding house and I took her up to my room Em Em A7 and I went to turn on the only light to brighten up the gloom DM GM but she said please leave the light off, I don't mind the dark F Asus4 A and as her clothes all tumbled round her, I could hear my heart. D Am C G D The moonlight shone upon her as she lay back in my bed G F#m Bm Cmaj7 it was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my head A G F#m B7 I just could not believe it , to think that she was real Em A G Em7 D and as I tried to tell her, she said, shhh I know just how you feel D G Em And if you want to come here with me Then that's all right with me A Em A Em A7sus4 D Cause I've been so lonely Lovin' someone is a better way to be A Em A7sus4 D Anywhere's a better place to be D Am C G D Well the morning came so swiftly as I held her in my arms G F#m Bm Cmaj7 and She slept like a baby snug and safe from harm A G F#m B7 I did not want to share her or dare to break the mood Em A G Dm so before she woke I went out to buy us both some food Dm Gm I came back with my paper bag to find that she was gone F Gm D she'd left a six word letter saying it's time that I moved on. D Dmaj7 D7 G You know the waitress she took her bar rag and she wiped it across her eyes Em A7 and as she spoke her voice came out as something like a sigh D Dmaj7 D7 G She said I wish that I was beautiful or that you were halfway blind Em A7 I wish I weren't so goddamned fat, I wish that you were mine A7 G A F#m B7 and I wish that you'd come with me when I leave for home Em A G Em D for we both know all about emptiness and living all alone. D Em7 F#m And the little man looked at the empty glass in his hand Em7 D and he smile a crooked grin He said, I, I guess I'm outta gin Em7 D G Em7 A and I know we both have been so lonely.
(chorus)
D G Em And if you want me to come with you then that's alright with me A Em A Em7 A7 D D - G - D 'Cause I know I'm going no-where and anywhere's a better place to be