Artist: | Jam Night (English) |
User: | 450tachel |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Default |
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Comment: | - |
A Better Place to Be Harry Chapin capo 2
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It was an early morning barroom and the place had just opened up
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And a little man came in so fast and he started at his cups
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And the broad who served the whiskey she was a big old friendly girl
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Who tried to fight her empty nights by smiling at the world
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And she said "Hey, bub, it's been a while since you've been around
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Where the hell you been hiding and why you look so down
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But, the little man just sat there like he'd never heard a sound
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The waitress she gave out a cough
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And acting not the least put off she spoke once again
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She said "I don't want to bother you consider it's understood
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I know I'm not no beauty queen But I su-ure can listen good
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And the little man took his drink in his hand
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And he raised it to his lips He too-k a couple sips
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And then he tol--d the waitress this story
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I am the midnight watchman down at Miller's Tool and Die
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And I watch the metal rusting and I watch the time go by
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A week ago at the diner I stopped to get a bite
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And this here lovely lady she sat two seats from the right
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And Lord, lord, lord, she was alright
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Well she was so damn beautiful that she could warm a winters frost
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But she looked long past lonely and well nigh onto lost
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Now I'm not much of a mover or a pick'em up easy guy
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But I decided to glide on over and give her one good try
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And Lord, lord, lord she was worth a try
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Tongue tied like a schoolboy, I stammered out some words
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It did not seem to matter much 'cause I don't think she heard
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She just looked clear on through me to a space in the back of my head
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It shamed me into silence as quietly she said (slowly)
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If you want me to come with you then that's all right with me
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'Cause I know I'm going no-where
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And anywhere's a better place to be
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And anywhere's a better place to be
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I drove her to my boarding house And I took her up to my room
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And I went to turn on the only light to brighten up the gloom
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But she said, "Please leave the light off, Oh, I don't mind the dark
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And as her clothes all tumbled 'round her
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I could hear my heart
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The moonlight shone upon her as she lay back in my bed
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It was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my head
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I just could not believe it to think that she was real
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And as I tried to tell her, she said "Ssssh, I know just how you feel
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If you want me to come with you then that's all right with me
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Cause I've been oh so lonely
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And anywhere's a better place to be
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And anywhere's a better place to be
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Well the mornin' came so swiftly I held her in my arms
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And she slept like a baby, snug and safe from harm
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I did not want to share her or dare to break the mood
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So before she woke I went out to buy us both some food
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I came back with my paper bag to find that she was gone
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She'd left a six-word letter sayin' "It's time that I moved on"
(slowly)
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The waitress she took her bar rag and she wiped it across her eyes
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And as she spoke her voice came out as something like a sigh
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She said I wish that I was beautiful or that you were halfway blind
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And I wish I weren't so God-dog fat, I wish that you were mine
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And I wish that you'd come with me when I leave for home
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For we both know all 'bout loneliness and livin' all a--lone
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And the little man (pause) looked at the empty glass in his hand
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And he smiled a crooked grin
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He said "I guess I'm out of gin and I know we both have been so lonely
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And if you want me to come with you then that's all right with me
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'Cause I know I'm going no-where and anywhere's a better place to be
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