Well Better Than The Alternative

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[Verse 1]

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Pink lemonade on autumn bomber coats
 Bb                       C
Peter Pan collars but my daughter’s growing up
 F               Dm
She’s gonna be a lot like me,
Bb                      C
but I don’t wanna be at all like me
 F                Dm
Yellow buzz-cuts, pulling out stingers,
 Bb                               C
you’re telling me I’m  holding up eleven fingers and
 F                   Dm
stranger things than death can happen
 Bb                  C
to lab rat girls and pretty white rabbits


[Pre-chorus]

    Bb                     C
But everybody knows that. Nobody knows that
F                 Am          Dm
everybody’s in on everybody’s business
Bb                             C
This isn’t my first Christmas, I know mistletoe when I see it


[Chorus]

 F
Baby, could you play along with me?
 Dm
Baby, would that be alright with you?
 Bb
And when we find out what’s wrong with me
 C
could you tell me how I’m right for you?
 F
Baby, could you play along with me?
 Dm
Baby, would that be alright with you?
 Bb
And when we find out what’s wrong with me
 C                                                            F
could you tell me how could you tell me how and if I’m still pretty?

F Dm Bb C x2


[Verse 2]

F                        Dm
Cigarette burns, laugh lines, wide dimples
 Bb                                    C
If they could see the future back when times were simple
           F                   Dm
would they kiss your cheek or yank the bandage off?
Bb                     C
Let you speak or take advantage of how
 F                           Dm
If everyone’s sick, well then nobody can catch it,
       Bb                               C
and if everybody’s different how could anybody match?
          F                                    Dm
And we’re looking through the pockets of the hand-me-downs we’ve laid out
 Bb                               C
Wondering if we’ll fit into the yesterdays we’ve played out


[Pre-chorus]

 Bb                    C
Everybody knows that. Nobody knows that
 F                       Am      Dm
everybody’s all up in my goddamn business
Bb                              C
This isn’t my first kiss, it’s better to be lost than loved, now, isn’t it?


[Chorus]

 F
Baby, could you play along with me?
 Dm
Baby, would that be alright with you?
 Bb
And when we find out what’s wrong with me
 C
could you tell me how I’m right for you?
 F
Baby, could you play along with me?
 Dm
Baby, would that be alright with you?
 Bb
And when we find out what’s wrong with me
 C                                                            F
could you tell me how could you tell me how and if I’m still pretty?

F Dm Bb C x2


[Bridge]

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Walking bikes home with a scraped-knee sunset smudged across your brow
 F                 Dm                  Bb           C
Warmer tears than you’ve grown used to since then
   F                      A7                      Dm                    Bb
A toast to the nosebleed seats and the big dream sequence where you’re found
 Bb                            C
Guilty of your innocence and gently sent right back to bed
 Bb                    C
Everybody knows that. Nobody knows that
 F                        Am           Dm
everybody’s all up in my motherfucking business
 Bb                            C
This isn’t my first anything. This isn’t my first anything
 Bb                    A7                Dm                G7
Everybody knows that. Nobody knows that everybody’s in on everybody’s business
 Bb                        C
This isn’t my first lyric, I know exactly how I should finish it


[Chorus]

F
Baby, could you play along with me?
 Dm
Baby, would that be alright with you?
 Bb
And when we find out what’s wrong with me
 C
could you tell me how I’m right for you?
F
Baby, could you play along with me?
 Dm
Baby, would that be alright with you?
 Bb
After all that's been done to me
 C
could you tell me how could you tell me how could you tell me
 F
What’s so wrong about what’s wrong with me?
Dm
I’m just trying to do what’s right by you
 Bb
What’s so wrong about what’s wrong with me?
 C
I’m just trying to do what’s right by you


[Outro]

 F                                   Dm
Baby, could you play along with me? Baby, would that be alright with you?
 Bb
After all that's been done to me
 C
could you tell me how could you tell me how, could you tell me how?