Its Better In The Dark chords by Hamish Imlach

Chords with lyrics

It's Better In the Dark

Capo 4

Intro:
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D/B  D/C#
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D MajorD

Verse 1:
   D MajorD      A augmentedA     G+G      A augmentedA
Come people pay attention, listen to my song
    D MajorD      A augmentedA      D MajorD       A augmentedA
There's only ninety verses, I'll not detain you long
  G+G      B minorBm        A augmentedA     B minorBm    G+G
How Uncle Sam he blew a fuse which caused the lights to fail
  D MajorD         A augmentedA        G+G   A augmentedA   D MajorD
And plunged the nation into gloom, come listen to my tale

Chorus:
   G+G       A augmentedA      D7D7    G+G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
  D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD   A augmentedA   D MajorD
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark


Interlude:
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D/B  D/C#
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D MajorD


Verse 2:
D MajorD                   A augmentedA     D MajorD
John Citizen came home from work like any other night
     B minorBm      A augmentedA       G+G       A augmentedA
Found his house in semi-darkness, his wife all in a fright
G+G        B minorBm        A augmentedA  B minorBm   G+G
John, John, the power's gone, the TV's up the spout
  D MajorD          A augmentedA         G+G    A augmentedA   D MajorD
But John just pulled his trousers down and blew the candle out


Chorus:
   G+G       A augmentedA      D7D7    G+G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
  D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD   A augmentedA   D MajorD
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark


Interlude:
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D/B  D/C#
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D MajorD

Verse 3:
D MajorD                   A augmentedA     D MajorD
When things go wrong, this proves to all the world - if proof were wanted
     B minorBm      A augmentedA       G+G       A augmentedA
Mankind reverts to type, carries on undaunted
G+G        B minorBm        A augmentedA  B minorBm   G+G
As they lay there struggling and breathless on the floor
  D MajorD          A augmentedA      G+G     A augmentedA   D MajorD
She murmured, John, how come we never thought of this before


Chorus:
   G+G       A augmentedA      D7D7    G+G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
  D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD   A augmentedA   D MajorD
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark


Interlude:
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D/B  D/C#
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D MajorD


Verse 4:
D MajorD                   A augmentedA     D MajorD
But nine long months have passed and gone and there's a bill to pay
     B minorBm      A augmentedA       G+G       A augmentedA
Doctor Kildare and all his men are working night and day
G+G        B minorBm        A augmentedA  B minorBm   G+G
Love, they say, is a costly game and must be properly planned
  D MajorD          A augmentedA      G+G     A augmentedA   D MajorD
But a packet of three is hard to see when darkness rules the land


Chorus:
   G+G       A augmentedA      D7D7    G+G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
  D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD   A augmentedA   D MajorD
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark


Interlude:
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D/B  D/C#
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D MajorD


Verse 5:
D MajorD                   A augmentedA     D MajorD
John Citizen has changed his ways, he's joining in the fight
     B minorBm      A augmentedA       G+G       A augmentedA
For longer darker power cuts, he wants them every night
G+G        B minorBm        A augmentedA  B minorBm   G+G
He won't go off to war, he has a better plan instead
  D MajorD          A augmentedA        G+G     A augmentedA   D MajorD
For out of darkness comes the light, he'd rather go back to bed


Chorus:
   G+G       A augmentedA      D7D7    G+G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
  D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD   A augmentedA   D MajorD
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark


Outro:
D MajorD  D/C#  D/B  D/AD/A  D/B  D/C#