WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Frank Turner - Get Better Chords | Ver. 1
Chords:
G Em7 Cadd2 A7sus4 C Cmaj9/B Bm
e|---3---3-----3------3-----0-----0------1----|
B|---3---3-----3------3-----1-----1------2----|
G|---0---0-----0------2-----0-----0------3----|
D|---0---2-----2------2-----2-----0------3----|
A|---2---2-----3------0-----3-----2------1----|
E|---3---0------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
G
I got me a shovel
Em7
And I'm digging a ditch
Cadd2 G A7sus4
And I'm going to fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son of a b**ch
G
I got me a future
Em7
I'm not stuck on the past
Cadd2 G A7sus4
I got no new trick yeah I'm, up on bricks but me, i'm a machine and i was built to last
Chorus:
C Cmaj9/B G
I'm trying to get better cos I haven't been my best
C Cmaj9/B G
She took a plain black marker started writing on my chest
C Cmaj9/B G A7sus4
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said said come on now lets fix this mess
C Bm G
We could get better, because we're not dead yet
Verse 2:
G
They threw me a whirlwind
Em7
And i spat back the seas
Cadd2 G A7sus4
I took a battering but i've got thicker skin and the best people i know are looking out for me
G
So i'm taking the highroad,
Em7
My engines running high and fine
Cadd2 G A7sus4
May I always see the road rising up to meet me and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind
Chorus:
C Cmaj9/B G
I'm trying to get better cos I haven't been my best
C Cmaj9/B G
She took a plain black marker started writing on my chest
C Cmaj9/B G A7sus4
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said said come on now lets fix this mess
C Bm G
We could get better, because we're not dead yet
Middle 8:
(play single notes on the A string - use 5th chords as it builds)
D5 C#5 C5 A5
|A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D5 C#5
It's just a knot in the small of your back
C5 A5
you could work it out, with your fingers
D5 C#5
It's just a tune that got stuck in your head
C5 A5
you could work it out, with your fingers
D5 C#5
It's just a numbness tangled up in your songs
C5 A5
you could work it out, with your fingers
D5 C#5
It's just a simple braille missing from the person you miss,
C5 A5 Cadd2
a reminder you could always be a little bit better than this
Chorus (alternate):
C Cmaj9/B G
So try and get better and don't ever accept less
C Cmaj9/B G
Take a plain black marker and write this on your chest
C Cmaj9/B
Draw a line underneath all this unhappiness
G A7sus4
Come on now let's fix this mess
C Bm G
We could get better because we're not dead yet
C Bm G
We could get better because we're not dead yet