Make You Better Acoustic chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

This is the accoustic version of the song played live at WFUV.


Bm9Bm9    D6/9
EADGBe  E MajorE ADGB e
7x0670  10x09100

G6/9   E11sus4(aka E4)
EADGBe  EADGBe
3x0230  000230

G+G     D4
EADGBe  EADGBe
3x0033  xx0032

A-chord D-chord Bm-chord
Are all played normally


Intro:
Bm9Bm9 D6/9 G6/9 E4 x2

Verse 1:
Bm9Bm9    D6/9
I want you, thin fingers
G6/9    E4
I wanted you, thin fingernails
Bm9Bm9    D6/9
And when you bend backwards
G6/9    E4
I wanted you, I needed you
Bm9Bm9  D6/9    G6/9  E4
Oh-oh, to make me better
Bm9Bm9  D6/9    G6/9  E4

Verse 2:
Bm9Bm9    D6/9
I'll love you in springtime
G6/9    E4
I lost you when summer came
Bm9Bm9     D6/9
And when you pulled backwards
G6/9    E4
I wanted to, I needed to
Bm9Bm9  D6/9    G6/9  E4
Oh-oh, to make me better
Bm9Bm9  D6/9    G6/9  E4 GGAA
Oh-oh, to make me better

Chorus:
A augmentedA            G+G    D MajorD
But we're not so starry-eyed anymore
     G+G      D MajorD           A augmentedA     G+G
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters
A augmentedA              G+G       D MajorD
And won't it all just come around to make you
    G+G       D MajorD        A augmentedA
Let it all unbreak you to the day you met her
         G+G
But it'd make you better
     Bm9Bm9     D6/9 G6/9 E4
It'd make you better


Verse 3:
Bm9Bm9    D6/7
I sung you your twinges
G6/9     E4
I suffered you your tattletales
Bm9Bm9     D6/7
And when you broke sideways
G6/7     E4
I wanted you, I needed you
Bm9Bm9  D6/7    G6/7  E4
Oh-oh, to make me better
Bm9Bm9  D6/7    G6/7  E4  GGAA
Oh-oh, to make me better


Chorus:
A augmentedA            G+G    D MajorD
But we're not so starry-eyed anymore
     G+G      D MajorD           A augmentedA     G+G
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters
A augmentedA              G+G        D MajorD
Won't it all just come around and make you
    G+G       D MajorD           A augmentedA
Let it all unbreak you to the day that you met her
         G+G
But it'd make you better
       B minorBm  G+G  D MajorD D4
Did it make you better?
A augmentedA    B minorBm  G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA
Make you better, oh


Bridge:
B minorBm           G+G         D MajorD D4 A augmentedA
And all I wanted was a sliver to call mine
B minorBm           G+G          D MajorD D4 A augmentedA
And all I wanted was a shimmer in your shine
          G+G
To make me bright


Chorus:
A augmentedA             G+G    D MajorD
Cause we're not so starry-eyed anymore
     G+G      D MajorD           A augmentedA     G+G
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters
A augmentedA              G+G        D MajorD
Won't it all just come around and make you
    G+G       D MajorD        A augmentedA
Let it all unbreak you to the day you met her
         G+G
But it'd make you better
     Bm9Bm9        D6/9  G6/9  E4
It'd make you better
Bm9Bm9  D6/7 G6/7 E4 x2
Bm9Bm9

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