Better by far  (1967)     (video)

 

    C ~

 

    C                          G                     F

1.    Better by far to turn and go away with him,

            Fm                                      C

    and stay with him and let him know the things

              D7                                      Dm  - G

    I can never know the way things are.

 

                  - C                          G                     F

2. Yes, it's,      better by far to tell myself it's been worthwhile,

            Fm                               C

    and try to smile and let me turn the key,

            D7                                Dm   - G

    and lock away, this aching heart.

 

                 C                    Dm                         G                     C

Better by far to turn and say, let's end this way with no regrets !

   G           C                 Dm                           G                    C

Better by far to end it now, pretend somehow we never met.

          Dm                                 G                         C

While things are the way they are, it's better by far.

 

   C                             G                         F

3.    Try as I may to make believe my heart was wrong,

          Fm                                            C

    the flame burns on then while we say goodbye.

                        D7                                     Dm      - G

    I'll hold my head up high just till you're gone.

 

                 C                    Dm                         G                     C

Better by far to turn and say, let's end this way with no regrets !

   G           C                 Dm                           G                    C

Better by far to end it now, pretend somehow we never met.

          Dm                                 G                         C

While things are the way they are, it's better by far.

 

 

    (Long John Baldry)