Better Man chords by Clint Black

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Intro:
| G+G  D/F#D/F#  E minorEm  D MajorD  |  A augmentedA  |  A augmentedA  |    | G+G  D/F#D/F#  |  A7A7  |  D MajorD  D MajorD  |

D MajorD               E minorEm
....What do you say when it's over?
      G+G              D MajorD
Don't know if I should say anything at all....
D MajorD                E minorEm
....One day we're rollin' in the clover....
G+G                  D MajorD
....Next thing you know we take the fall....

    D MajorD                  E minorEm
Still I think about the years since I first met you....
    G+G                 D MajorD
and the way it might have been without you here....
    D MajorD                 E minorEm
I don't know if words from me can still upset you....
        G+G        A augmentedA      D MajorD
But, I've just got to make this memory stand clear……

Chorus:
      G+G D/F#D/F#   E minorEm  D MajorD  A augmentedA
I know I'm leav - in'  here....a better man....
   G+G D/F#D/F#   E minorEm  D MajorD   A augmentedA
For know - in'  you  this  way....
     G+G   D/F#D/F#   E minorEm  D MajorD   A augmentedA
Things I couldn't do….be-fore…now I think I can....
     G+G  D/F#D/F#  A augmentedA (pause)  D MajorD
and I'm leav - in' here a better man....

Intrumental Break:
| G+G  D/F#D/F#  E minorEm  D MajorD  | A augmentedA | A augmentedA |   | G+G  D/F#D/F#  |  A7A7  |  D MajorD  D MajorD  |

D MajorD                 E minorEm
....Guess I always knew I couldn't hold you....
    G+G              D MajorD
But I'd never be the one to set you free....
     D MajorD                E minorEm
Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you....
  G+G        A augmentedA           D MajorD
You still believe in some old meant - to - be's

Chorus:
      G+G D/F#D/F#   E minorEm  D MajorD  A augmentedA
Still, I'm leav - in'  here....a better man....
   G+G D/F#D/F#   E minorEm  D MajorD   A augmentedA
for know - in'  you  this way....
     G+G   D/F#D/F#    E minorEm  D MajorD   A augmentedA
Things I couldn't do....be-fore…now I think I can....
     G+G  D/F#D/F#   A augmentedA       D MajorD
and I'm leav - in'  here a better man....

     G+G D/F#D/F#    E minorEm  D MajorD  A augmentedA
Yes, I'm leav - in'  here....a better man....
   G+G D/F#D/F#   E minorEm  D MajorD   A augmentedA
for know - in'  you  this way....
     G+G   D/F#D/F#    E minorEm   D MajorD   A augmentedA
Things I couldn't do....be-fore....now I know I can……
     G+G  D/F#D/F#   A augmentedA       D MajorD
and I'm leav - in'  here a better man....

Outro:
| G+G  D/F#D/F#  E minorEm  D MajorD  |  A augmentedA  |  A augmentedA  |

     G+G D/F#D/F#    A augmentedA        D MajorD   (Let Ring)
Yes, I'm leav - in'  here…..a better man....