…Well, Better Than The Alternative Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][C][Am][Am]
[F][F][G][G]

[Verse 1]
[C]Pink lemonade on aut[Am]umn bomber coats
[F]Peter Pan collars
but my [G]daughter's growing up
[C]She's gonna be a lot[Am] like me
[F]But I don't wanna be at all[G] like me
Oh, [C]yellow buzz-cuts, [Am]pulling out stingers
You're [F]telling me I'm holding up
e[G]leven fingers
And [C]stranger things than [Am]death can happen
To [F]lab rat girls and [G]pretty white rabbits

[Pre-chorus 1]
But [F]everybody knows that
[G]nobody knows that
[C]Everybody's in on [Em]everybody's [Am]business
[Dm]This isn't my first Christmas
[G]I know mistletoe when I see it

[Chorus 1]
[C]Baby, could you play along with me?
[Am]Baby, would that be alright with you?
[F]And when we find out what's wrong with me
[G]Could you tell me how I'm right for you?
[C]Baby, could you play along with me?
[Am]Baby, would that be alright with you?
[F]And when we find out what's wrong with me
[G]Could you tell me how, could you tell me how

[Interlude 1]
And if I'm still
[C](pretty?)[Am][F][G]
[C][Am][F][G][G]

[Verse 2]
[C]Cigarette burns, laugh [Am]lines, wide dimples
If [F]they could see the future back [G]when
times were simple
Would they [C]kiss your cheek
or [Am]yank the bandage off
[F]Let you speak or [G]take advantage of how
[C]If everyone's sick,
well then [Am]nobody can catch it,
And if [F]everybody's different
how could [G]anybody match
And we're [C]looking through the pockets
of the [Am]hand-me-downs we've laid out
[F]Wondering if we'll fit
into the [G]yesterdays we've played out

[Pre-chorus 2]
[F]Everybody knows that
[G]nobody knows that
[C]Everybody's all up in my
[Em]god- damn [Am]business
[Dm]This isn't my first kiss,
it's [G]better to be lost than loved now, isn't it?

[Chorus 2]
[C]Baby, could you play along with me?
[Am]Baby, would that be alright with you?
[F]And when we find out what's wrong with me
[G]Could you tell me how I'm right for you?
[C]Baby, could you play along with me?
[Am]Baby, would that be alright with you?
[F]And when we find out what's wrong with me
[G]Could you tell me how, could you tell me how

[Interlude 2]
And if I'm still
[C](pretty?) (...growing up,
but you [Am]can't grow down
Either [F]way you're gonna wonder
'til you're [G]done and underground)
(You can [C]stop growing up,
but you [Am]can't grow down
Either [F]way you're gonna wonder
'til you're [G]done and [G]underground)

[Verse 3]
[C]Walking bikes home with a [Am]scraped-knee,
sunset [F]smudged across your brow
[G]
[C]Warmer tears than you[Am]'ve grown used to
[F]since [G]then
A [C]toast to the nosebleed [E]seats
And the big dream [Am]sequence
where you're [Fm]found
[Dm]Guilty of your innocence
[G]and gently sent right back to bed

[Pre-chorus 3]
[F]Everybody knows [G]that nobody knows that
[C]Everybody's all up in my
[Em]motherfucking [Am]business
[Dm]This isn't my first anything
[G]This isn't my first anything

[Pre-chorus 4]
[F]Everybody knows that
[E]nobody knows that
[Am]Eve rybody's in on e[D]verybody's business
[F]This isn't my first lyric,
[G]I know exactly how I should finish it

[Chorus 3]
[C]Baby, could you play along with me?
[Am]Baby, would that be alright with you?
[F]And when we find out
what's wrong with me
[G]Could you tell me how I'm right for you?
[C]Baby, could you play along with me?
[Am]Baby, would that be alright with you?
[F]After all of that's been done to me
[G]Could you tell me how, could you tell me how
Could you tell me
[C]What's so wrong about
what's wrong with me?
[Am]I'm just trying to do what's right by you
[F]What's so wrong about
what's wrong with me?
Oh, [G]I'm just trying to do what's right by you

[Outro 1]
[C]Baby, could you play along with me?
[Am]Baby, would that be alright with you?
[F]After all of that's been done with me
[G]Could you tell me how, could you tell me how
Could you tell me [C]how?