Well Better Than The Alternative

F Dm Bb C F Dm 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 Oh, yellow buzz-cuts, pulling out stingers Bb C You’re telling me I’m holding up eleven fingers F Dm And stranger things than death can happen Bb C To lab rat girls and pretty white rabbits Bb C But everybody knows that, nobody knows that F Am Dm Everybody’s in on everybody’s business Bb This isn’t my first Christmas C I know mistletoe when I see it 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 2x 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 laid out Bb C Wondering if we’ll fit into the yesterdays we played out Bb C Everybody knows that, nobody knows that F Am Dm Everybody’s all up in my god damn business Bb This isn’t my first kiss, C It's better to be lost than loved, now, isn’t it? 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 2x F Dm Bb F6/C C Walking bikes home with a scraped-knee, sunset smudged across your brow F Dm Bb Csus4 C Warmer tears than you’ve grown used to since then F A7 Dm Bbm6 A toast to the nosebleed seats and the big dream sequence where you’re found Gm7 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 This isn’t my first anything C This isn’t my first anything Bb A7 Everybody knows that, nobody knows that Dm G7 Everybody’s in on everybody’s business Bb This isn’t my first lyric C I know exactly how I should finish it 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 of that's been done to me, C Could you tell me how, could you tell me how, could you tell me Pre-Outro 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 Oh, I’m just trying to do what’s right by you F Baby, could you play along with me? Dm Baby, would that be alright with you? Bb After all of that's been done with me C Could you tell me how, could you tell me how F Could you tell me how?