It's Better In The Dark chords by Hamish Imlach

It's Better In the Dark

Capo 4

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

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

Chorus:
      G             A           D7        G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
    D             A               D      A      D
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark


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


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


Chorus:
      G             A           D7        G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
    D             A               D      A      D
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark


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


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


Chorus:
      G             A           D7        G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
    D             A               D      A      D
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark


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


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


Chorus:
      G             A           D7        G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
    D             A               D      A      D
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark


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


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


Chorus:
      G             A           D7        G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
    D             A               D      A      D
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark


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