Get Better

Chords

Standard




            G                       Em7

I got me a shovel and I'm digging a ditch

                 Gsus4                      G            

And I'm going to fight for this four square feet of land 

                          D

like a mean old son of a bitch

            G                           Em7

I got me a future, I'm not stuck on the past

             Gsus4                                 
I got no new tricks, yeah I'm up on bricks but me, 

         G                       D

I'm a machine and I was built to last




     C                             D               G    
 
I'm trying to get better because I haven't been my best. 

           C                            D             Em

She took a plain black marker, started writing on my chest

           C                             D                    
  
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart, and said: 

 G                  G7        Em

"Come on now, let's fix this mess"

           C                    D        G

We can get better because we're not dead yet




                G                             Em

They threw me a whirlwind and I spat back the sea

               C                             

I took a battering but I've got thicker skin 

                      G                    D

and the best people I know looking out for me

                       G                                 Em

So I'm taking the high road, my engines running high and fine

                     C                         

May I always see the road rising up to meet me 

                 G                      D

and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind




     C                             D               G     

I'm trying to get better because I haven't been my best. 

           C                            D             Em

She took a plain black marker, started writing on my chest

           C                             D                      

She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart, and said: 

 G                  G7        Em

"Come on now, let's fix this mess"

           C                    D        G

We can get better because we're not dead yet








             G                         G5   

It's just a knot in the small of your back, 

                  G4             G9

you could work it out with your fingers


             G                           G5   

It's just a tune that got stuck in your head, 

                  G4             G9

you could work it out with your fingers


               G                           G5   

It's just some numbers tangled up in your sums, 

                  G4             G9

you could work it out with your fingers


             G                              G5         G4    

It's just a simple braille mission from the person you miss, 

                                 Am                     D

a reminder you could always be a little bit better than this




    C                           D           G

So try and get better and don't ever accept less 

        C                       D                 Em

Take a plain black marker and write this on your chest

        C                             D         

Draw a line underneath all of this unhappiness, 

 G                 G7       Em

come on now, let's fix this mess

             C      D                      G        Em

We could get better because we're not dead yet


             C     D                       G

We could get better because we're not dead yet