G Aadd9 Bm
I'd arrest you if I had handcuffs
G Aadd9 Bm
I'd arrest you if I had the time
G Aadd9 Bm
I'd throw you down in the backseat
Asus2/F# G
As if you'd committed a terrible crime
G Aadd9 Bm [x4]
G Aadd9 Bm
I'd break in a town's worth of houses
G Aadd9 Bm
And rob whole families blind
G Aadd9 Bm
I'd do it to you like you'd do it to me
Asus2/F# G
If you knew you would get away fine
G Aadd9 Bm
I'd drown all these crying babies
G Aadd9 Bm
If I knew that their mothers wouldn't cry
G Aadd9 Bm
I'd hold them down and I'd squeeze real soft
Asus2/F# G Aadd9
And let a piece of myself die
G/D Dadd11
It's hard to be the better man
Em7/B
When you forget you're trying
G Asus2/F# G Aadd9 G
It's hard to be the better man
G Aadd9 Bm
I'd arrest you if I had handcuffs
G Aadd9 Bm
I'd arrest you if I had the time
G Aadd9 Bm
I'd wait for you outside the courtroom
Asus2/F# G
And taunt you when all your appeals were declined
G Aadd9 Bm
I'd drive my car off of a bridge
G Aadd9 Bm
If I knew that you weren't inside
G Aadd9 Bm
With the pedal to the floor who could ask for a more
Asus2/F# G Aadd9
Fantastic way to kill some time
B5 Bm7/G
You could lay on your back and be beaten
D /B
You could put up your fists and fight
You could try and be way off
G/D Dadd11
It's hard to be the better man
Em7/B
When you forget you're trying
G D/F# Em D/F#
It's hard to be the better man
When you're still lying
G/D Dadd11
It's hard to be the better man
Em7/B
When you forget you're trying
G Dadd11/F# Em Dadd11/F#
It's hard to be the better man
G Dadd11/F# Em Dadd11/F#
When you're still lying
G Dadd11/F# Em Dadd11/F#
You're still lying
B5 F#5 G5