Verse
F# Aadd9 A#m
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs
F# Aadd9 A#m
I’d arrest you if I had the time
F# Aadd9 A#m
I’d throw you down in the backseat
F#madd11 F#
As if you'd committed a terrible crime
[Instrumental]
F# Aadd9 A#m (x4)
[Verse 2]
F# Aadd9 A#m
I'd break in a town's worth of houses
F# Aadd9 A#m
And rob whole families blind
F# Aadd9 A#m
I’d do it to you like you'd do it to me
F#madd11 F#
If you knew you would get away fine
[Verse 3]
F# Aadd9 A#m
I’d drown all these crying babies
F# Aadd9 A#m
If I knew that their mothers wouldn’t cry
F# Aadd9 A#m
I’d hold them down and I’d squeeze real soft
F#madd11 F# Aadd9
And let a piece of myself die
[Chorus]
F#/C# Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
D#m7/A# F#/A#
When you forget you’re trying
F# F#madd11 F# Aadd9 F#
It’s hard to be the better man
[Verse 4]
F# Aadd9 A#m
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs
F# Aadd9 A#m
I’d arrest you if I had the time
F# Aadd9 A#m
I’d wait for you outside the courtroom
F#madd11 F#
And taunt you when all your appeals were declined
[Verse 5]
F# Aadd9 A#m
I’d drive my car off of a bridge
F# Aadd9 A#m
If I knew that you weren’t inside
F# Aadd9 A#m
With the pedal to the floor, who could ask for a more
F#madd11 F# Aadd9
Fantastic way to kill some time
[Bridge]
A#5 Gadd9
You could lay on your back and be beaten
A#m7
You could put up your fists and fight
You could try and be way off (way off)
way off (way off) way off (way off) way off (way off)
G** G#7
[Chorus]
F#/C# Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
D#m7/A# F#/A#
When you forget you’re trying
G* C#/F D#m C#/F
It’s hard to be the better man
When you’re still lying
[Chorus]
F#/C# Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
D#m7/A# F#/A#
When you forget you’re trying
G* Dadd11/F D#m Dadd11/F
It’s hard to be the better man
G* Dadd11/F D#m Dadd11/F
When you’re still lying
G* Dadd11/F D#m Dadd11/F
You’re still lying
[Outro]
A#5 F5 G5