Better Place To Be Chords

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DIt was an earlyD7M morning barroom

And the plaD7ce had just opened G7Mup

And a lEmittle man came Emin D♯so fast

And hEm/De started at his cups A7

And the brDoad who served the whD7Miskey

She was a D7big old friendly G7Mgirl

Who tEmried to fight her eEmmptD♯y nights

ByEm/D smiling at the world A7

And she Gsaid "Hey, bub, it's bAeen a while

F♯mSince you've been around B7

Where the Emhell you been hidiAng

And wGhy you look so down D

Well, the Glittle man sAat there

Like he'd neGver heAard a sound D

The wCmaitress she gave outG with a cough

And A♯acting not the leastF put off she spokeEm once agAain

She said D"I don't want to bothGer you

ConEm/Gsider it's understoodEm Em D♯ Em/D

I A/C♯know I'm not no EmbeautEmy qD♯ueen Em/D

But I A/C♯sure cEman lA7sus4isten good D

And the Glittle man

Took his Adrink in his hand

And he rEmaised it to his lips D

He Gtook a couple sips D

And then he Em7told the waitAress this sDtory

I Dam the midnight watchmAman down at CMiller's GTool and Die D

And I watchG the metal rusF♯mting, I Bmwatch the time go by C7M

A Aweek ago at the dinGer I F♯mstopped to get a bite B7

And tEmhis here lovely laAdy she sat Gtwo seatEm7s fromA11 my Dright

G [G/f#] Em7 G G/F♯ Em7 D

And Lord, lord, lord, (Lord, Lord, Lord) she was alright

YoDu see she was so damn Ambeautiful that she could waCrm a wiGnters froDst

But sGhe looked long past lF♯monely and wBmell nigh onto C7Mlost

Now IA'm not much of a moGver or a piF♯mck'em up easy B7guy

But I deEmcided to glide on ovAer and give hGer Em7one good tDry

G [G/f#] Em7 G G/F♯ Em7 D

And Lord, lord, lord, (Lord, Lord, Lord) she was worth a try

WeDll I was tongue tied like a schAmoolboy, I stamCmered oGut some woDrds

It did nGot seem to mF♯matter much 'cause BmI don't think she C7Mheard

She juAst looked clear on thrGough me to a sF♯mpace back in my hB7ead

It shEmamed me into silAence as quiGetly Em7she sDaid

If you wDant me to come wGith you

Then tEm/Ghat's all right with Emme Em D♯ Em/D

'Cause I A/C♯know I'm going Emno-whEmereD♯ Em/D

And aA/C♯nywhere's a Embetter A7sus4place to Dbe

D - G - [G/f#] - Em - Em/D♯ - Em/D

A Em Em D♯ Em/D

A

A/C♯Anywheres a Embetter plA7sus4ace to Dbe

Well, I Ddrove her to my boaD7Mrding house

And I D7took her up to my room G7M

And I Emwent to turn on the EmonlD♯y light

Em/DTo brighten up the gloom A7

But she Dmsaid, "Please leave the light off,

Oh, GmI don't mind the dark"

And as her clFothes all tumbled 'round her

Asus4I could hear my Aheart Asus4 A Asus4 A

The Dmoonlight shone uAmpon her as she lCay back Gin my bDed

It was the Gkind of scene I F♯monly had imaBmgined in my C7Mhead

I Ajust could not Gbelieve it to F♯mthink that she was rB7eal

And aEms I tried to tAell her, she said "SssGsh, I knEm7ow just how you fDeel

And if you Dwant to come here Gwith me

Then Em/Gthat's all right with Emme Em D♯ Em/D

Cause A/C♯I've been so lonEmely Em D♯ Em/D

Lovin' sA/C♯omeone is a bEmetter waA7sus4y to beD

D - G - [G/f#] - Em - Em/D♯ - Em/D

A Em Em D♯ Em/D

A

A/C♯Anywhere's a Embetter A7sus4place to Dbe

Well the Dmornin' came so Amswiftly I Cheld her Gin my aDrms

And sGhe slept like a F♯mbaby, Bmsnug and safe from C7Mharm

I Adid not want to shGare her or F♯mdare to break the mB7ood

So befEmore she woke I Awent out to Gbuy us both some fDmood

I cDmame back with my paper bag to Gmfind that she was gone

She'd Fleft a six-word letter sayin' "It's tGmime that I moved Don"

You know the Dwaitress she took her baD7Mr rag and she wiD7ped it across her eyeG7Ms

And Emas she spoke her EmvoiD♯ce came out asEm/D something like a sigh A7

She said I wDish that I was D7Mbeautiful or that yD7ou were halfway bG7Mlind

And EmI wish I weren't so GEmod-D♯damned fat, Em/DI wish that you were miA7ne

A7And I wish Gthat you'd come wiAth me F♯mwhen I leave for home B7

For we Emboth know all 'bout empAtiness and Glivin' Emall alone D

And the Em7little man looked at the F♯mempty glass in his hand and he smiEm7led a crooked grin D

He said "IEm7 guess I'm out of gDin and I knoEm7w we both have D/F♯been so GloneEm7ly A

And if you wDant me to come Gwith you then that's alright with Emme

'Cause I Aknow I'm going Emno-where and Aanywhere's aEm7 better A7place to Dbe D7M G7M D