Better Things In Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Bb][Eb][C][F][Bb][Eb][C][F]
[Bb]Last

[Verse 1]
[Eb]night I slept in a
[Ab]hobo camp down [G]south of Cairo, Geor[C]gia
About [F]five miles out of [Bb]town by
the railroad [Eb]track[C][F]
[Bb]Well I eat t[Eb]heir stew,
I [Ab]drunk their brew and I
[G]smoked their stale to[C]bacco
I stood [F]up to their open fire
and I warmed my back
[Bb]

[Verse 2]
And in the meantime [Eb]me and this one
par[Ab]ticular hobo [G]we struck
up a conversa[C]tion
And I'm [F]sure he must have
[Bb]noticed my sur[Eb]prise
[C]Whe[F]n he tol[Bb]d me how[Eb]
his old man [Ab]died
and left him sole [G]heir to a million dol[C]lars
And how he [F]gave it all away and
he chose a hobo's life
[Bb]

[Verse 3]
Because he said [Eb]son,
there's better things in [C]life
Well there's [F]some things gold
and [Bb]silver just can't [Eb]buy[C]
[F]He said boy I'd[Bb] rath[Eb]er sleep
here on this dry creek bed
With a wrinkled up overcoat
to [C]pillow my head
Than [F]fight that livin' high
up on the hog
[Bb]Tryin' to keep ahead till my
head's in a [Eb]fog
Son, there's [Ab]better things in [G]life than
growing [C]ulcers over [F]money
There's [Bb]better things in [Eb]life![C]

[Verse 4]
[F]Sing chi[Bb]ldren, hey!
[Eb](Da da da da da da da da...) Yeah, h[C]ey!
(Da da da da da da da da...)
[F]Yea[Bb]h!
(Da da da da da [Eb]da da da...)[C]

[Verse 5]
[C]Sing [F]now [Bb]children, hey!
[Eb](Da da da da da [C]da da da...)
(Da da da da da da da [F]da...)
(Da da da da da da da da...)
[Bb][Eb]

[Verse 6]
Well I left Georgia,
[Ab]got me a job i[G]n [C]Opelika, Alabama
Workin' for a [F]man who drove me [Bb]hard
and he paid me [Eb]cheap, yes he [C]did[F]
[Bb]Well I watch[Eb]ed this poor fool work[Ab] so
hard tryin' to [G]make that almighty dol[C]lar
That he had to [F]live on pills from a
drugstore down the street
[Bb]

[Verse 7]
Now like last [Eb]spring when
income [Ab]tax came
due he just [G]sat around for
days and wor[C]ried
Losing good [F]sleep tryin'
to figure how
[Bb]to cheat on the [Eb]government, yes he [C]did
He [F]worked so [Bb]hard that
his [Eb]nerves collapsed
and [Ab]he woke up i[G]nside Central
State Hospit[C]al
And on his [F]taxes he got back fourteen
dollars and some few cent[Bb]s
So let [Eb]me tell you friends,

[Verse 8]
[Eb]
there's better things in [C]life
There's [F]some things gold and
[Bb]sil ver just can't b[Eb]uy[C]
[F]Because now[Bb] he's lay[Eb]ing out
flat on his back on the bed
His nerves all shot and
[F]he's [C]out of his head
That [F]hospital bill,
that'll make him holler!
When he [Bb]sees what he spent tryin'
to save himself [Eb]a dollar
Son, there's [Ab]better things in [G]life than
[C]growing squirrelly over [F]money
There's [Bb]better things in [Eb]life[C]

[Verse 9]
[F]Sing chi[Bb]ldren, sin[Eb]g!
(Da da da da da da da da...) [C]Yeah, hey!
(Da da [F]da da da da da da...) Yeah, yeah!
(Da da da [Bb]da da da[Eb] da da...)

[Verse 10]
One more time with [F]feeling, [Eb]sing!
(Da da da da da da da da...) Yeah, [C]hey!
(Da da da da da [F]da da da...) Yeah!
(Da da [Bb]da da da da da da...)