Verse
F Aadd9 Am
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs
F Aadd9 Am
I’d arrest you if I had the time
F Aadd9 Am
I’d throw you down in the backseat
F#madd11 F
As if you'd committed a terrible crime
[Instrumental]
F Aadd9 Am (x4)
[Verse 2]
F Aadd9 Am
I'd break in a town's worth of houses
F Aadd9 Am
And rob whole families blind
F Aadd9 Am
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 Am
I’d drown all these crying babies
F Aadd9 Am
If I knew that their mothers wouldn’t cry
F Aadd9 Am
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
Dm7/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 Am
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs
F Aadd9 Am
I’d arrest you if I had the time
F Aadd9 Am
I’d wait for you outside the courtroom
F#madd11 F
And taunt you when all your appeals were declined
[Verse 5]
F Aadd9 Am
I’d drive my car off of a bridge
F Aadd9 Am
If I knew that you weren’t inside
F Aadd9 Am
With the pedal to the floor, who could ask for a more
F#madd11 F Aadd9
Fantastic way to kill some time
[Bridge]
A5 Gadd9
You could lay on your back and be beaten
Am7
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** G7
[Chorus]
F/C Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
Dm7/A F/A
When you forget you’re trying
G* C/E Dm C/E
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
Dm7/A F/A
When you forget you’re trying
G* Dadd11/E Dm Dadd11/E
It’s hard to be the better man
G* Dadd11/E Dm Dadd11/E
When you’re still lying
G* Dadd11/E Dm Dadd11/E
You’re still lying
[Outro]
A5 E5 G5