Id Be Better Off Chords

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Id Be Better Off by Doug Stone is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			submitted by: Michelle Sherman 
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I'D BE BETTER OFF (in a pine box) 
 
 
(G)I SAID THE NIGHT YOU LEFT ME 
NOTHIN (C)WORSE COULD EVER (G)HAPPEN 
BUT (C)SEEING YOU WITH (G)SOMEONE ELSE 
PROVED THAT I WAS (D)WRONG 
(C)AND WHEN YOUR EYES MET MINE, I KNEW 
(G)THAT YOU WERE GONE FOREVER 
ALONG WITH ALL THE REASONS (D)I HAD FOR HANGING (G)ON 
 
CHO: 
I'D BE (C)BETTER OFF IN A PINE BOX 
ON A SLOW TRAIN BACK FROM (G)GEORGIA 
IN A GRAY WALLS OF A (D)PRISON DOING (C)TIME 
I (C)THINK I'D RATHER (D)DIE AND GO TO (G)HELL AND FACE THE (C)DEVIL 
(G)THAN TO LIE HERE WITH (C)YOU AND HIM (D)TOGETHER ON MY (G)MIND 
 
I (G)ALWAYS THOUGHT SOMEDAY, WE (C)MIGHT GET BACK (G)TOGETHER 
I (C)JUST THOUGHT (G)YOU NEEDED TIME  
TO SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND (D)FLY 
(C)BUT WHEN I SAW THE LIVIN WAY, YOU (G)HELD ONTO EACH OTHER 
IT WAS ALL THAT I COULD DO, (D)NOT TO BREAK RIGHT DOWN AND (G)CRY 
REPEAT CHO: 2X'S 
 
 

    	

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