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