Casey Donahew Band

Better Off Alone



Intro:  D  Cadd9   G  

(pick twice through, then strum twice)


Verse:

D        
Empty on the hours

    Cadd9        G
And empty on the days

     D          
I've locked up all the doors

Cadd9         G
Take me on my way

       D
Down a broken road of questions

     Cadd9        G
That lead me to a lie

     D
To a cold night in December 

        Cadd9            D
When we both sat down to cry


            D             
Now will you carve my name upon a stone?

         Cadd9          G
Will you lay me down to rest?

       D 
Do you think I'll see my father's father

       Cadd9               G
Do you think I'll pass his test?

         D
Will you whisper "Lord please keep me,

       Cadd9            G
always walk right by my side"?

         D
Will you place the coins upon my eyes

           Cadd9            D
To pay the boatman for the ride?


Chorus:

            D              A         D
Well I was standing in the drizzling rain

         D                A      D
Just long enough to wash away my pain

       D               A            Bm
And realize that she's never coming home

                       G
She said "I won't come back"

                  A                      D
I said "Don't come back, I'm better off alone"


Break - D  Cadd9  G


Verse:

She called me from a pay phone
South of San Antone
And I could hear somebody talking
But she swore she was alone
You know it sounded so familiar
I pray to God that I am wrong
I always thought she'd leave me
I never dreamed he'd go along


Chorus

Solo - D   Cadd9  G  (X2)


Chorus


I'm better off alone


Outro:

D   Cadd9   G    Cadd9







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