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Something Better - Marianne Faithfull
[Intro]
D D/C# D/B D/A G D Em A
[Verse]
 DHe walks along
 D/C#singing his fairy song,
 D/Bpicking up magic that
 Dgrows at his feet.
 DShe says her same
 D/C#her peculiar way,
 D/Bdreaming good fortune on
 Deveryone's Gstreet.
[Chorus]
 CSay, hey,
 Fhave you heard
 blue Cwhiskey's the Frage ?
 I'll Amsend you a Cjug in the Fmor-Cning.
 DIt is abGsurd to Dlive in a Gcage,
 you Emknow there's got to F#mbe something Abetter.
[Verse]
 DAs they go by,
 D/C#don't look with eagle's eyes,
 D/Bsmile on your jailors
 Duntil they grow weak.
 DNothing can compare
 D/C#to something that's almost there
 D/Bto tear up the madness
 Dthat all of us Gseek.
[Chorus]
 CSay, hey,
 Fhave you heard
 blue Cwhiskey's the Frage ?
 I'll Amsend you a Cjug in the Fmor-Cning.
 DIt is abGsurd to Dlive in a Gcage,
 you Emknow there's got to F#mbe something Abetter.
[Outro]
  D   D/C#   D/B   D/A   G   D   Em    Ax4

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Something Better

by Marianne Faithfull

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D/C#

D/B

D/A

F#m

Something Better - Marianne Faithfull

[Intro]

D D/C# D/B D/A G D Em A

[Verse]

He walks along

D/C#

singing his fairy song,

D/B

picking up magic that

grows at his feet.

She says her same

D/C#

her peculiar way,

D/B

dreaming good fortune on

D G

everyone's street.

[Chorus]

Say, hey,

have you heard

C F

blue whiskey's the rage ?

Am C F C

I'll send you a jug in the mor-ning.

D G D G

It is absurd to live in a cage,

Em F#m A

you know there's got to be something better.

[Verse]

As they go by,

D/C#

don't look with eagle's eyes,

D/B

smile on your jailors

until they grow weak.

Nothing can compare

D/C#

to something that's almost there

D/B

to tear up the madness

D G

that all of us seek.

[Chorus]

Say, hey,

have you heard

C F

blue whiskey's the rage ?

Am C F C

I'll send you a jug in the mor-ning.

D G D G

It is absurd to live in a cage,

Em F#m A

you know there's got to be something better.

[Outro]

D D/C# D/B D/A G D Em A

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