Verse
D Aadd9 F#m
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs
D Aadd9 F#m
I’d arrest you if I had the time
D Aadd9 F#m
I’d throw you down in the backseat
F#madd11 D
As if you'd committed a terrible crime
[Instrumental]
D Aadd9 F#m (x4)
[Verse 2]
D Aadd9 F#m
I'd break in a town's worth of houses
D Aadd9 F#m
And rob whole families blind
D Aadd9 F#m
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 F#m
I’d drown all these crying babies
D Aadd9 F#m
If I knew that their mothers wouldn’t cry
D Aadd9 F#m
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
Bm7/F# D/F#
When you forget you’re trying
D F#madd11 D Aadd9 D
It’s hard to be the better man
[Verse 4]
D Aadd9 F#m
I’d arrest you if I had handcuffs
D Aadd9 F#m
I’d arrest you if I had the time
D Aadd9 F#m
I’d wait for you outside the courtroom
F#madd11 D
And taunt you when all your appeals were declined
[Verse 5]
D Aadd9 F#m
I’d drive my car off of a bridge
D Aadd9 F#m
If I knew that you weren’t inside
D Aadd9 F#m
With the pedal to the floor, who could ask for a more
F#madd11 D Aadd9
Fantastic way to kill some time
[Bridge]
F#5 Gadd9
You could lay on your back and be beaten
F#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** E7
[Chorus]
D/A Dadd11
It’s hard to be the better man
Bm7/F# D/F#
When you forget you’re trying
G* A/C# Bm A/C#
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
Bm7/F# D/F#
When you forget you’re trying
G* Dadd11/C# Bm Dadd11/C#
It’s hard to be the better man
G* Dadd11/C# Bm Dadd11/C#
When you’re still lying
G* Dadd11/C# Bm Dadd11/C#
You’re still lying
[Outro]
F#5 C#5 G5