Hamish Imlach
Its Better In The Dark Chords
It's Better In the Dark
Capo 4
Intro:
D D/C# D/B D/A D/B D/C#
D D/C# D/B D/A D
Verse 1:
D A G A
Come people pay attention, listen to my song
D A D A
There's only ninety verses, I'll not detain you long
G Bm A Bm G
How Uncle Sam he blew a fuse which caused the lights to fail
D A G A D
And plunged the nation into gloom, come listen to my tale
Chorus:
G A D7 G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
D A D A D
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark
Interlude:
D D/C# D/B D/A D/B D/C#
D D/C# D/B D/A D
Verse 2:
D A D
John Citizen came home from work like any other night
Bm A G A
Found his house in semi-darkness, his wife all in a fright
G Bm A Bm G
John, John, the power's gone, the TV's up the spout
D A G A D
But John just pulled his trousers down and blew the candle out
Chorus:
G A D7 G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
D A D A D
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark
Interlude:
D D/C# D/B D/A D/B D/C#
D D/C# D/B D/A D
Verse 3:
D A D
When things go wrong, this proves to all the world - if proof were wanted
Bm A G A
Mankind reverts to type, carries on undaunted
G Bm A Bm G
As they lay there struggling and breathless on the floor
D A G A D
She murmured, John, how come we never thought of this before
Chorus:
G A D7 G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
D A D A D
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark
Interlude:
D D/C# D/B D/A D/B D/C#
D D/C# D/B D/A D
Verse 4:
D A D
But nine long months have passed and gone and there's a bill to pay
Bm A G A
Doctor Kildare and all his men are working night and day
G Bm A Bm G
Love, they say, is a costly game and must be properly planned
D A G A D
But a packet of three is hard to see when darkness rules the land
Chorus:
G A D7 G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
D A D A D
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark
Interlude:
D D/C# D/B D/A D/B D/C#
D D/C# D/B D/A D
Verse 5:
D A D
John Citizen has changed his ways, he's joining in the fight
Bm A G A
For longer darker power cuts, he wants them every night
G Bm A Bm G
He won't go off to war, he has a better plan instead
D A G A D
For out of darkness comes the light, he'd rather go back to bed
Chorus:
G A D7 G
From Alaska down to Panama, Hawaii to New York
D A D A D
Ten people out of nine agree it's better in the dark
Outro:
D D/C# D/B D/A D/B D/C#
D D/C# D/B D/A D D7
