BETTER OFF DEAD by ELTON JOHN from the album CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY (1975) [INTRO] Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db [VERSE 1] 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/C 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 2] 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/C 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 As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street [CHORUS 1] 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 Eb Ab Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db [CHORAL VERSE] Db Gb Db Db Gb Db/F Eb Ab Gb Bbm Ab/C Db Gb/Db Db Ab Gb Gb/Db Db Ab Bbm 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 Eb Ab Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm F Gb Ab/C Db Db Ab/C Db F/A Bbm 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