A Better Place To Be chords by Harry Chapin

Chords with lyrics

From [email protected] Thu May 8 14:11:02 1997

This is my favorite Harry Chapin tune. I thought others might like it too.
It's pretty simple to play.

      D MajorD      Dmaj7Dmaj7      D7D7       G+G

It was an early morning barrom ...

    EM                       A7A7
and the little man came in ...

    D MajorD            DMAJ7    D7D7        G+G
and the broad who served the ...

    EM                       A7A7
who tried to fight her empty ...

      G+G     A augmentedA         F#M       B7B7
and she said hey bub it's ...

      EM         A augmentedA    G+G        D MajorD
where the hell have you been ...

      G+G       A augmentedA       G+G        A augmentedA    D MajorD
Well the little man just sat ...

    CM       G+G        Bb majorBb       FF
the waitress she gave out with a ...

    EM    A augmentedA
she spoke ...

       D MajorD       G+G      EM
She said I don't want to ....

  A augmentedA        EM         A augmentedA  EM     D MajorD
I know I'm not no .....

    G+G          A augmentedA             EM       D MajorD
And the little man took his ...

   G+G      D MajorD       EM       A augmentedA     D MajorD
He took a couple of sips and ...

  D MajorD      AM          C majorC    G+G     D MajorD
I am the midnight watchman ...

   G+G       F#M    BM       Cmaj7Cmaj7
I watch the metal rusting, I ....

  A augmentedA        G+G     F#M       B7B7
a week ago at the diner ...

    EM       A augmentedA        G+G EM    D MajorD
and this here lovely lady ....

   G+G   G+G  EM A,G,G       D MajorD
And lord, lord, lord    ...


(chorus)
If you want me to come with ...
and I went to turn on the only ...

       DM            GM
but she said please leave ...

      FF               A augmentedA
and as her clothes all ...

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(chorus)

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