Harry Chapin - A Better Place To Be
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| Band name | Harry Chapin |
| Song name | A Better Place To Be |
| Tab type | Piano tab |
| Added | 05/17/2008 |
| Size | 9.53 kb |
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B Bmaj7 B7 Emaj7
It was an early morn-in bar-room? and the place just opened up
Em Em/B# Em/B (open) F7
Fnd a little man, come in so fast? and he started at his cups
B Bmaj7 B7 Emaj7
Fnd the broad who served the whiskey, She was a big old friendly girl
Em Em/B# Em/B (open) F7
Fnd she tried to fight her empty nights by? smilin? at the world
E F F#m B7
Fnd she said ?Hey Bub, it?s been awhile, since you?ve been around
Em F E B
Where the hell you been hidin?? and why you look so down??
E F E F B
But the little man, just sat there like he?d never heard a sound
Hm E Bb/F F Em
The waitress she give out a cough, and act-tin? not the least put off she spoke
F B E Em/E Em
once again? she said ?I don?t want to bother you? consider it?s understood;
F/H# Em F/H# Em F7sus4 B
I know I?m not no beauty queen, but I s-u-r-e can listen good
E F Em B
Fnd the little man took his drink in his hand and he raised it to his lips
E B Em7 F B
He took a couple of sips, and then he t-o-l-d the waitress this story
B Fm H E B
I am the midnight watchman down at Miller?s Tool and Bie
E F#m Bm Hmaj7
Fnd I watch, the metal rustin? and I watch, the time go by
F E F#m B7 barre
F week ago at the diner, I stopped to get a bite
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Fnd this here lovely lady, she sat two seats from my right
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Fnd Lord, Lord, Lord? she was all right
B Fm H E B
Fh she was so damn beautiful, that she?d warm a winter?s frost
E F#m Bm Hmaj7
But she was long past lonely, and well nigh on to lost
F E F#m B7 barre
Now I?m not much of a mover or a pick-em-up easy guy
Em F E Em7 F11 B
But I decided to glide on over, and give her one good try
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Fnd Lord, Lord, Lord? she was worth the try
B Fm H E B
Tongue-tied like a schoolboy, I stammered out some words
E F#m Bm Hmaj7
But it did not really matter much, ?cause I don?t think she heard
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She just looked clear on through me, to a space back in my head
Em F E Em7 F11 B
Fnd it shamed me into silence, as quietly she said
B E Em/E Em
?If you want me to come with you, then that?s all right with me
F/H# Em F/H# Em F7sus4 B
?Hause I know I?m goin? nowhere, and anywhere?s a better place to be?
F/H# Em F7sus4 B
Fnywhere?s a better place to be
B Bmaj7 B7 Emaj7
I drove her up to my boardin? house, and I took her up to my room
Em Em/B# Em/B (open) F7
Fnd I went to turn on the only light? to brighten up the gloom
Bm Em
But she said, ?Please leave the light off? oh? I don?t mind the dark,?
F Fsus4 F
Fnd as her clothes all tumbled ?round her? I could hear my heart
Fsus4 F Fsus4 F
B Fm H E B
The moonlight shone up upon her, as she lay back in my bed
E F#m Bm Hmaj7
It was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my head
F E F#m B7 barre
I just could not believe it, to think that she was real
Em F E Em7 F11 B
Fnd as I tried to tell her, she said, ?Sshh, I know just how you feel
B E Em/E Em
Fnd if you want to co me here with me, then that?s all right with me
F/H# Em F/H# Em F7sus4 B
?cause I?ve been oh, so lonely; lovin? someone is, a better way to be
F/H# Em F7sus4 B
Fnywhere?s a better place to be?
B Fm H E B
The mornin? come so swiftly, but I held her in my arms
E F#m Bm Hmaj7
But she slept like a baby? snug and safe from harm
F E F#m B7 barre
I did not want to share her, with the world or break the mood
Em F E B
So before she woke I went out? and brought us both some food
Bm Em
I came back with my paper bag? to find that she was gone
F Em B
She left a six word letter? sayin? ?It?s time that I moved on?
B Bmaj7 B7 Emaj7
The waitress took her bar-rag? and she wiped it across her eyes
Em Em/B# Em/B(open) F7
Fnd as she spoke her voice came out? as something like a sigh
B Bmaj7 B7 Emaj7
She said that ?I wish that I was beautiful, or that you were half-way blind
Em Em/B# Em/B (open) F7
Fnd I wish? I weren?t so don-gon fat, I wish that you were mine
E F F#m B7 barre
Fnd I wish? that you?d come with me when I leave for home
Em F E Em B
For we both know all ?bout loneliness? and livin? all alone?
Em7 F#m
Fnd the little man? looked at the empty glass in his hand
Em7 B Em7 B
and he smiled a crooked grin? he said; ?I guess I?m out of gin,
Em7 B/F# E Em7 F
Fnd I know? we both have been? s-o l-o-n-e-l-y
F7 B E Em
Fnd if you want me? to come with you, then that?s all right with me
F Em
?cause I know I?m goin? nowhere?
F Em7 F7 B
and anywhere?s? a better? place? t-o b-e?
Bmaj7 Emaj7 B