A Better Place to Be
A Better Place to Be

A Better Place to Be chords by Harry Chapin

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  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • B

    2
  • Cm

    3
  • Bb

  • F

  • Am

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • G#dim

    6
  • Dm

  • Gm

    3
  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • B

    2
  • Cm

    3
  • Bb

  • F

  • Am

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • G#dim

    6
  • Dm

  • Gm

    3
  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    It 
    was 
    an early 
    morning 
    bar 
    room, 

    And 
    the place 
    just 
    opened 
    up. 

    And 
    the little 
    man 
    come 
    in 
    so 
    fast 
    and 

    Started 
    at 
    his 
    cup. 

    And 
    the broad 
    who 
    served 
    the whiskey 

    She 
    was 
    big 
    old 
    friendly 
    girl. 

    And she 
    tried 
    to fight 
    her 
    empty 
    nights 

    By 
    smilin' 
    at 
    the 
    world. 

    Verse 2
    And 
    she said 
    "Hey 
    Bub, 

    It's 
    been 
    awhile 

    Since 
    you been 
    around. 

    Where 
    the 
    hell 
    you 
    been 
    hid
    in'? 

    And 
    why 
    you 
    look 
    so 
    down 
    ?" 

    Verse 3
    But the 
    little 
    man 
    just 
    sat 
    there 
    like 

    he'd 
    never 
    heard 
    a sound. 

    Verse 4

    The 
    waitress 
    she 
    gave 
    out 
    with 
    a cough, 

    And 
    acting 
    not 
    the 
    least 
    put 
    off, 

    She spoke 
    once 
    again. 

    Verse 5
    She 
    said, 
    "I 
    don't 
    want 

    to bother 
    you, 

    Consider 
    it's 
    understood. 

    know 
    I'm 
    not 

    no 
    beauty 
    queen, 

    But 
    I sure 
    can 
    listen 
    good." 

    Verse 6

    And 
    the little 
    man 
    took 
    his 
    drink 

    in 
    his hand 

    And he raised 
    it 
    to 
    his 
    lips. 

    He 
    took 
    couple 
    of sips. 

    And 
    he 
    told 
    the 
    waitress 
    this 
    story. 

    Verse 7

    "I 
    am 
    the 
    midnight 
    watch
    man 

    down 
    at 
    Miller's 
    Tool 
    and 
    Die. 

    And 
    watch 
    the metal 
    rust
    ing, 

    and 
    watch 
    the time 
    go 
    by. 

    A week 
    ago 
    at 
    the diner 

    stopped 
    to get 
    bite. 

    And 
    this 
    here 
    lovely 
    lady 
    she 
    sat 

    two 
    seat
    from 
    my 
    right. 

    And 
    Lord, 
    Lord, 

    Lord 
    she 
    was 
    alright. 

    Verse 8

    "Well, 
    she 
    was 
    so 
    damned 
    beau
    tiful 
    she 

    could 
    warm 
    a win
    ter's 
    frost. 

    But 
    she 
    was 
    long 
    past 
    lonely, 

    and 
    well 
    nigh 
    kinda 
    lost. 

    Now 
    I'm 
    not 
    much 
    of 
    a mover

    or 
    pick
    -em-up 
    easy 
    easy 
    easy 
    guy, 

    But 
    de
    cided 
    to glide 
    on 
    over, 

    and 
    give 
    her 
    one 
    good 
    try. 

    And 
    Lord, 
    Lord, 

    Lord 
    she 
    was 
    worth 
    a try. 

    Verse 9

    "I 
    was 
    Tongued-tied 
    like 
    like 
    school 
    boy, 

    and 
    I stammered 
    out 
    some 
    words. 

    But 
    it 
    did 
    not 
    seem 
    to matter 
    much, 

    'cause 
    don't 
    think 
    she 
    heard. 

    She 
    just 
    looked 
    clear 
    on 
    through 

    me 
    to a 
    space 
    back 
    in 
    my 
    head. 

    And 
    it shamed 
    me 
    into 
    si
    lence, 

    as 
    quietly 
    she 
    said, 

    'If 
    you 
    want 
    me 
    to 
    come 
    with 
    you, 

    then 
    that's 
    all 
    right 
    with 
    me. 

    Cause 
    I know 
    I'm 
    going 
    nowhere, 

    and 
    anywhere's 
    a bet
    ter 
    place 
    to 
    be. 

    Anywhere's 
    a bet
    ter 

    place 
    to 
    be.' 

    Verse 10

    "I drove 
    her 
    to 
    my 
    boarding 
    house, 

    and 
    I took 
    her 
    up 
    to 
    my 
    room. 

    And 
    I went 
    to 
    turn 
    on 
    the 
    only 
    light 

    to 
    brighten 
    up 
    the 
    gloom. 

    But 
    she said, 
    'Please 
    leave 
    the light 
    off, 

    Oh 
    don't 
    mind 
    the 
    dark.' 

    And as 
    her clothes 
    all 
    tumbled 
    'round 
    her, 

    could 
    hear 
    my 
    heart. 

    The 
    moonlight 
    shown 
    upon 
    her 

    as 
    she 
    lay 
    back 
    in 
    my 
    bed. 

    It 
    was 
    the 
    kind 
    of scene 
    only 

    had 
    ima
    gined 
    in 
    my 
    head. 

    just 
    could 
    not 
    believe 
    it, 

    to 
    think 
    that 
    she 
    was 
    real. 

    And 
    as 
    tried 
    to 
    tell 
    her 
    she said 

    'Shhh.. I know 
    just 
    how 
    you feel. 

    And 
    if 
    you 
    want 
    to come 
    here 
    with 
    me, 

    then 
    that's 
    all 
    right 
    with 
    me. 

    'Cause 
    I've 
    been 
    oh 
    so 
    lonely, 

    lovin' 
    someone 
    is 
    bet
    ter 
    way 
    to be. 

    Anywhere's 
    better 
    way 
    to 

    be.' 

    Verse 11

    "The morning 
    came 
    so 
    swiftly 
    as 

    held 
    her 
    in 
    my 
    arms. 

    But she 
    slept 
    like 
    baby, 

    snug 
    and 
    safe 
    from 
    harm. 

    I did 
    not 
    want 
    to 
    share 
    her 
    or 

    dare 
    to break 
    the 
    mood, 

    So 
    be
    fore 
    she 
    woke 
    I went 
    out 
    to buy 

    us 
    both 
    some 
    food. 

    Verse 12

    "I came 
    back 
    with 
    my 
    paper 
    bag, 

    to find 
    that 
    she 
    was 
    gone. 

    She'd 
    left 
    a six 
    word 
    letter 
    say
    ing 
    'It's 

    time 
    that 
    moved 
    on.'" 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 13

    The 
    waitress 
    took 
    her 
    bar 
    rag, 

    and 
    she 
    wiped 
    it across 
    her 
    eyes. 

    And 
    as 
    she 
    spoke 
    her voice 
    came 
    out 

    as 
    something 
    like 
    a sigh. 

    She 
    said 
    "I 
    wish 
    that 
    was 
    beautiful, 

    or 
    that you 
    were halfway 
    blind. 

    And 
    I wish 
    weren't 
    so 
    god-damned 
    fat, 

    fat, 
    wish 
    that you 
    were mine. 

    And 
    I wish 
    that you'd 
    come 
    with 
    me, 

    when 
    leave 
    for 
    home. 

    For 
    we 
    both 
    know 
    all 
    about 
    loneliness, 

    and 
    livin' 
    all 
    alone." 

    Verse 14

    And 
    the 
    little 
    man, 

    Looked 
    at 
    the 
    empty 
    glass 
    in his 
    hand. 

    And he 
    smiled 
    a crooked 
    grin, 

    He said, 
    " I 
    guess 
    I'm 
    out 
    of gin. 

    And 
    know 
    we 
    both 
    have 
    been 
    so 
    lonely. 

    And 
    if 
    you 
    want 
    me to 
    come 
    with 
    you, 

    then 
    that's 
    all 
    right 
    with me. 

    'Cause I 
    know 
    I'm 
    goin' 
    nowhere 
    and 

    anywhere's 
    better 
    place 
    to 
    be." 

    Outro 1

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