Getting Better chords by The Beatles

Chords with lyrics

GETTING BETTER - The Beatles
Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
>From the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (1967)

This tab is all my own work.
This song was tabbed by myself - Luís Carlos Moutinho.
It's "certainly a thrill" to tab a song from the most famous album of all time!

Chords used:
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EADGBe
000232 D MajorD
320033 G+G
X02200 Asus2Asus2
X02230 Asus4Asus4
002220 A augmentedA
022000 E minorEm
244222 F# minorF#m

Intro:
----- D MajorD                  G+G
     It's getting better all the time

Verse 1:
-------  Asus2Asus2
    I used to get...
       Asus4Asus4       A augmentedA
    The teachers who... cool
            Asus2Asus2
    But you're holding me...
    Asus4Asus4
    Turning me...
    A augmentedA
    Filling me...

Chorus:
------  D MajorD    G+G
    I have... better
          A augmentedA     G+G
    A augmentedA little better... time
     D MajorD    G+G
    I have... better
            A augmentedA     G+G      D MajorD
    It's getting better... you've... mine.

Verse 2:
-------    Asus2Asus2
    Me used to...
       Asus4Asus4    A augmentedA
    Me hiding me... sand
           Asus2Asus2
    But you gave me...
     Asus4Asus4
    I finally heard
          A augmentedA
    And I'm doing the...

Chorus
------

Bridge:
------ E minorEm     D MajorD
    Getting... time
      G+G   F# minorF#m   A augmentedA    E minorEm
    ... time (better, better, better)
   D MajorD          G+G   F# minorF#m   A augmentedA    E minorEm
    It's getting... time (better, better, better)

Verse 3:
------- Asus2Asus2
    I used to be...

    I beat her...

    Man I was mean...
          Asus4Asus4  A augmentedA
    And I'm doing... can

Chorus: (SLIGHT VARIATIONS IN THE LYRICS, INDICATED BELOW)
------ D MajorD
     I admit...

     ...
     D MajorD
     Yes, I admit...

     ...

Ending:
------- E minorEm     D MajorD
    Getting... time
      G+G   F# minorF#m   A augmentedA    E minorEm
    ... time (better, better, better)
   D MajorD          G+G   F# minorF#m   A augmentedA    E minorEm
    It's getting... time (better, better, better)
    E minorEm     D MajorD
    Getting... time.


TIP: Listen to the song to catch the correct guitar play, because this song is mainly based on keyboards (so, play yhe guitar a bit reggae-like, specially in the chorus).

This tab is probably not 100% correct, so feel free to send comments, questions and corrections to my mail.

                      ENJOY! THE BEATLES FOREVER!

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