Verse
D# Aadd9 Gm
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs
D# Aadd9 Gm
I’d arrest you if I had the time
D# Aadd9 Gm
I’d throw you down in the backseat
F#madd11 D#
As if you'd committed a terrible crime
[Instrumental]
D# Aadd9 Gm (x4)
[Verse 2]
D# Aadd9 Gm
I'd break in a town's worth of houses
D# Aadd9 Gm
And rob whole families blind
D# Aadd9 Gm
I’d do it to you like you'd do it to me
F#madd11 D#
If you knew you would get away fine
[Verse 3]
D# Aadd9 Gm
I’d drown all these crying babies
D# Aadd9 Gm
If I knew that their mothers wouldn’t cry
D# Aadd9 Gm
I’d hold them down and I’d squeeze real soft
F#madd11 D# Aadd9
And let a piece of myself die
[Chorus]
D#/A# Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
Cm7/G D#/G
When you forget you’re trying
D# F#madd11 D# Aadd9 D#
It’s hard to be the better man
[Verse 4]
D# Aadd9 Gm
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs
D# Aadd9 Gm
I’d arrest you if I had the time
D# Aadd9 Gm
I’d wait for you outside the courtroom
F#madd11 D#
And taunt you when all your appeals were declined
[Verse 5]
D# Aadd9 Gm
I’d drive my car off of a bridge
D# Aadd9 Gm
If I knew that you weren’t inside
D# Aadd9 Gm
With the pedal to the floor, who could ask for a more
F#madd11 D# Aadd9
Fantastic way to kill some time
[Bridge]
G5 Gadd9
You could lay on your back and be beaten
Gm7
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** F7
[Chorus]
D#/A# Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
Cm7/G D#/G
When you forget you’re trying
G* A#/D Cm A#/D
It’s hard to be the better man
When you’re still lying
[Chorus]
D#/A# Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
Cm7/G D#/G
When you forget you’re trying
G* Dadd11/D Cm Dadd11/D
It’s hard to be the better man
G* Dadd11/D Cm Dadd11/D
When you’re still lying
G* Dadd11/D Cm Dadd11/D
You’re still lying
[Outro]
G5 D5 G5