{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":64595,"song":"A Better Place To Be","artist":"Harry Chapin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11543053-a-better-place-to-be-chords-by-harry-chapin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64595?type=chord","rating":4.50469,"votes":77,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n#\r\n\r\n\r\nSubject: Chords:  A better place to be by Harry Chapin\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was an early morning barrom and the place just opened up[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]EM[/ch]                                              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nand the little man came in so fast and he started at his cup[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the broad who served the whiskey was a big old friendly girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]EM[/ch]                                              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nwho tried to fight her empty nights by smiling at the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#M[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nand she said hey bub it's been a while  since you've been around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]EM[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhere the hell have you been hiding and why you look so down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell the little man just sat there like he'd never heard a sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]CM[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe waitress she gave out with a cough and acting not the least put off[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]EM[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nshe spoke once again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]EM[/ch]\r\nShe said I don't want to bother you consider it's understood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]EM[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]EM[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI know I'm not no beauty queen but I sure can listen good.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]EM[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the little man took his drink in his hand and he raise it to his lips[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]EM[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe took a couple of sips and he told the waitress his story.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am the midnight watchman down at Miller's tool and die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F#M[/ch]        [ch]BM[/ch]              [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nI watch the metal rusting, I watch the time go by[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F#M[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\na week ago at the diner I stopped to get a bite[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]EM[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]EM[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand this here lovely lady she sat two seats from my right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]EM[/ch] A,G,G              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd lord, lord, lord       she was alright.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou see she was so damn beautiful that she could warm a winter's frost[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nbut she look long past lonely and well nigh onto lost[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNow I'm not much of a mover or a pick em up easy guy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut I decided to glide on over and give her one good try[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nand lord lord lord, she was worth a try[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I was tongue tied like a schoolboy, I stammerred out some words[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nit did not seem to matter much, cause I don't think she heard[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nShe just looked clear on through me, to a space back in my head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt shamed me into silence as quietly she said[/tab]\r\n\r\n(chorus)\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you want me to come with you then that's alright with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A7sus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncause I know I'm going nowhere and anywhere's a better place to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A7sus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnywhere's a better place to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I drove her to my boarding house and I took her up to my room[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nand I went to turn on the only light to brighten up the gloom[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]DM[/ch]                         [ch]GM[/ch]\r\nbut she said please leave the light off, I don't mind the dark[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Asus4[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand as her clothes all tumbled round her, I could hear my heart.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe moonlight shone upon her as she lay back in my bed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nit was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI just could not believe it , to think that she was real[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand as I tried to tell her, she said, shhh I know just how you feel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd if you want to come here with me Then that's all right with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A7sus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause I've been so lonely Lovin' someone is a better way to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A7sus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnywhere's a better place to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell the morning came so swiftly as I held her in my arms[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nand She slept like a baby snug and safe from harm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI did not want to share her or dare to break the mood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nso before she woke I went out to buy us both some food[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI came back with my paper bag to find that she was gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nshe'd left a six word letter saying it's time that I moved on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know the waitress she took her bar rag and she wiped it across her eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                                                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nand as she spoke her voice came out as something like a sigh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said I wish that I was beautiful or that you were halfway blind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI wish I weren't so goddamned fat, I wish that you were mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nand I wish that you'd come with me when I leave for home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfor we both know all about emptiness and living all alone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em7[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd the little man looked at the empty glass in his hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em7[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand he smile a crooked grin He said, I, I guess I'm outta gin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I know we both have been so lonely.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(chorus)\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd if you want me to come with you then that's alright with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I know I'm going no-where and anywhere's a better place to be[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n#\n\n\nSubject: Chords:  A better place to be by Harry 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