Intro
Dmaj7  Cmaj7  Dmaj7  Cmaj7 
 
Verse
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Better than cream cheese and bagels 
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Better than honey on bread 
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Better than champagne and pretzels 
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Better than breakfast in   bed 
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Better than chili rellenos 
Fmaj7       Gmaj7       Fmaj7 
Better than chocolate e'clairs 
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Better than hothouse tomatoes 
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Better than fresh Bartlett pears 
Cmaj7       Ab13        G7 
Better than dining a la carte 
G7          F#aug       F13 
Or sampling gastronomic art 
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Better than anything except being in love 
Cmaj7  Dmaj7  Cmaj7 
 
Verse
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Better than making a million 
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Better than being a queen 
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Better than oil wells and gold mines 
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Better than pastures of   green 
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Better than finding a horseshoe 
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Better than losing your head 
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Better than anything ever thought of 
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Better than anything ever said 
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Ah, ha, better than singing right out loud 
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Or being, ha, spotted in a crowd 
Abdim 
Better than (better than anything) 
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anything except being (except being) in love 
 
Guitar Solo
Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 
Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 
Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 
Cmaj7 Bm7 Bbm7 Am7 
D7 Gmaj7 Fmaj7 
Fmaj7 Gmaj7 Fmaj7 
Fmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 
Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Dmaj7 
Cmaj7 Ab13 G7 
G7 F#aug F13 
Abdim Bdim Dmaj7 
 
Verse
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Better than elephants, elephants are dancing 
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Better than clowns on parade 
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Better than peanuts and popcorn 
Dbmaj7      Cm7  Bm7 Bbm7 
Better than pink lemonade 
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Better than rides on the midway 
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Better than seals blowing horns 
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Better than men shot through cannons 
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Better than fresh ears of corn 
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Ah, better than balancing on a wire 
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Or watching tigers jump through fire 
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Better than anything except being in love 
 
Bridge
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Better than driving 'round the park 
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Or watching fireflies after the dark 
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Better than anything except being in love 
 
Outro
(Spoken over chords) 
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Hey, Diana? Yeah? 
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Are you sure that love is even better than shopping? 
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Well, there's a little sale on late floor at Barneys 
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but it's still better 
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Oh, come on, come on 
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What about that thirty percent sale at Jimmy's shoes 
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And Sachs Friends and Family Day? Ha? 
NC 
Still better 
Well, maybe close second 
NC 
Very close second 
 
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Better, 
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more better 
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Better, better, better 
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