Ab/C
Db
Ab
Bbm
Fm
Gb
Ab/Eb
Db
Db
There was a face on a hoarding that s
Gb
omeone had d
Db
rawn
on
And just enough time for the night to pass by without
Gb
warning
Db/F
Eb
Away in the distance there’s a blue flashing
Ab
lig
Gb
ht
Bbm
Someone’s in trouble
Gb
somewhere
to
Db
night
As the
Gb/Db
flickering
Db
neon stands
Ab
ready to
Gb
fuse
The
Ebm
wind blows
Db
away all of
Ab
yesterday’s
Bbm
news
Ab/C
Db
Ab
Bbm
Fm
Gb
Ab/Eb
Db
Well they’ve locked up their daughters and they battened the hatches
They always could find us but they never could catch us
Through the grease streaked windows of an all night cafe
We watched the arrested get taken away
And that cigarette haze has ecology heat
As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street
{soc}
F7
`Cause the steams in the boiler, the coals in the
Bbm
fire
Db/Ab
Gb
If you ask how I am then I’ll
Ab7
just say ins
Db
pired
F7
If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your
Bbm
side
Db/Ab
Ebm
Then you’re better off
Gb
dead if you
Ab7
haven’t yet died
{eoc}
{c:Inst Verse with OOH}
{c:Repeat Chorus}
{c:Repeat “Better Off Dead” over Intor Line}
very good
Nice… I just play all those flats as open chords a half step up it’s a lot easier… but harder to sing!
Nice to see this in the correct key, I’ve been playing it in Db since i was a kid. Thanks!
Just a small correction – if you don’t mind…
Intro:
Ab/C – Db
F/A – Bbm
F – Gb
Ab/c – Db