A Better Place To Be by Harry Chapin - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

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It was an early morning barrom and the place just opened up

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and the	little man came in so fast and he started at his	cup

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and the broad who served the whiskey was a big old friendly girl

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who trie	d to fight her empty nights by smiling at the wo	rld

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and she sai	d hey bub i	t's been a while	since you've bee	n around

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where the he	ll have you been hid	ing and	why you look so	down

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Well the li	ttle man just s	at there like	he'd never heard	a sound

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the wait	ress she gave ou	t with a cough a	nd acting not th	e least put off

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she spok	e once ag	ain

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She said I do	n't want to bo	ther you cons	ider it's understood

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I kn	ow I'm not no be	auty queen but I sur	e ca	n listen goo	d.

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And the	little man took his d	rink in his hand and he rai	se it to his lip	s

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He to	ok a couple o	f sips and he	told the waitres	s his story	.

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I a	m the midnigh	t watchman down at Mi	ller's t	ool and dim	e

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I watc	h the metal rus	ting, I wat	ch the time go b	y

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a we	ek ago at the din	er I stoppe	d to get a bite

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and this	here lovely lad	y she sat two se	ats	from my r	ight

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And lord, lord, lord she was alright.

She was so damn beautiful that she could warm a winter's frost

but she look long past lonely and I, I was lost

I'm not much of a mover or a pick em up easy guy

but I decided to glide on over and give it one good try

and lord lord lord she was worth a try

Tongue tied like a schoolboy, I stammerred out some words

it did not seem to matter much, cause I don't think she heard

She just looked clear on through me, to a place back in my head

It shamed me into silence as quietly she said

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If you want me to come with you than that's alright with me

cause I know I'm going nowhere and anywhere's a better place to be

Well 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

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but she said p	lease leave the light on,	I don't mind the dark

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and as her c	lothes all tumbled round her,	I could hear my heart.

The moonlight shone upon her as she lay back in my bed

it was the kind of thing I only had imagined in my head

I just could not believe it , to think that she was real

and as I tried to tell her, she said, shhh I know just how you feel

and lord, lord, lord, she was alright.

Well the morning came so swiftly as I held her in my arms

She slept like a baby snug and safe from harm

I did not want to share her or dare to break the mood

so before she woke I went out to buy us both some food

I came back with my paper bag

to find that she was gone

she'd left a six word letter saying

it's time that I moved on.

You know the waitress she 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 I was beautiful or that you were halfway blind

I wish I weren't so goddamned fat, I wish that you were mine

and I wish that you'd come with me when I leave for home

for we both know all about emptiness and living all alone.

And the little man looked at the empty glass in his hand

and he smile a crooked grin

He said, I, I guess I'm outta gin

and I know we both have been so lonely.

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A Better Place To Be

Harry Chapin

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