Better Off Dead - Elton John Refer to recording for intro, bridge, and outro rhythms. INTRO: Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (2x) 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 Ab 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 ADFBFGADbC 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 Ab 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 Bbmsus4 As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street CHORUS 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 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 BRIDGE: Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (x2) INSTRUMENTAL VERSE - VOICE "OOH/AH" CHORUS 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 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 OUTRO: Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db (x2) Ab/C Db Better off dead F/A Bbm Better off dead Db/F Gb Better off dead Ab/C Db Better off dead (x2)