Better Off Dead Music By: Elton John Lyrics By: Bernie Taupin Album: Captain Fantastic Intro: G/B - C - G - Am - E - F - G/B - C C F C There was a face on a hoarding that someone had drawn on F Am/E And just enough time for the night to pass by without warning D C G Away in the distance there's a blue flashing light Am F C Someone's in trouble somewhere tonight F/C C G F As the flickering neon stands ready to fuse F/C C G Am The wind blows away all of yesterday's news C F C Well they've locked up their daughters and they battened the hatches F Am/E They always could find us but they never could catch us D C G Through the grease streaked windows of an all night cafe Am F C We watched the arrested get taken away F/C C G F And that cigarette haze has ecology heat F/C C G Am As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street E Am Am7/E `Cause the steams in the boiler, the coals in the fire F G C If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired E Am Am7/E If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side F G Am Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died Outro: G/B - C - G - Am - E - F - G/B - C