Better Than Me chords by Dan Sutton

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Ab

Intro:

Ab Bbm Db Ab Eb

Verse 1:
 Ab
Lately I’ve been feeling down
Bbm
Underneath the darkest clouds
   Db                         Ab      Eb
Waiting for the day that the sun comes out
Ab
All my friends are doing great
Bbm
I can’t even graduate
 Db                Ab  Eb
Working 9 to 5 now everyday
Eb D Db
Everyday

Chorus:
               Ab           Db
I get knocked down I try to stand
            Bbm               Eb
Then I get knocked back on my ass
        Ab              Db
I look around and all I ever see
    Bbm           Eb
Is people doing better than me
Ab          Cm              Db
I’ll make a vow to not back down
             Eb
Throw in the towel i wont do that
  Ab        Bbm        Db
Cause all around all I ever see
   Eb             Ab       Bbm Db
Is people doing better than me
   Eb             Ab       Bbm Db
Is people doing better than me
   Eb             Ab       Bbm Db Eb
Is people doing better than me

Verse 2:
Ab
I promise I’m not mad
Bbm
I swear I really understand
 Db                           Ab         Eb
Everyone is dealt a hand and that’s just that
  Ab
Everybody makes mistakes
   Bbm
it feels like I can’t catch a break
 Db                         Ab   Eb
Putting all my eggs in the wrong baskets
Eb   D     Db
Ohh ohh oh ohhhh

Chorus:
               Ab           Db
I get knocked down I try to stand
            Bbm               Eb
Then I get knocked back on my ass
        Ab              Db
I look around and all I ever see
    Bbm           Eb
Is people doing better than me
Ab          Cm              Db
I’ll make a vow to not back down
             Eb
Throw in the towel i wont do that
  Ab        Bbm        Db
Cause all around all I ever see
   Eb             Ab       Bbm Db
Is people doing better than me
   Eb             Ab       Bbm Db
Is people doing better than me
   Eb             Ab       Bbm Db Eb
Is people doing better than me


Solo:
Ab Bbm Db Eb
Ab Bbm Db Eb

Bridge:
 Db           Ab             Eb           C
They tell me that I have to run before I fly
        Fm        Db           Ab              Eb
But I’m still struggling with walking and my dreams have passed me by
 Db            Ab            Eb          C
Just leave me here with my piano and my knife
          Fm          Db               Ab             Eb
And I’ll cut open my heart and bleed into the words I write
 Eb  D     Db
Ohh ohh oh ohhhh

Break:
               Ab        Bbm             Db            Eb
I get knocked down but I stay there for once I really look
    Ab            Bbm               Db                 Eb
Behind all of the captions and the pictures that they took
     Ab            Bbm             Db                  Eb
Everyone’s fucking miserable and I think that that’s alright
         Ab         Bbm               Db          Eb
Cause everyones got something they'd rather keep inside

Chorus:
                Ab              Db
We get knocked down who gives a fuck
             Bbm               Eb
We’re doing just fine just for us
           Ab               Db
Who needs beaches cash and fame
        Bbm                Eb
When it all just ends the same
  Ab        Cm            Db
Behind the mask you’d be surprised
        Eb                   Ab
At the things that you might find
              Bbm                Db
Won't waste my time on pointless jealousy
      Eb                Ab         Bbm Db
Cause no one does that better than me
     Eb               Ab          Bbm Db
Yeah no one does that better than me
     Eb               Ab          Bbm Db
Yeah no one does that better than me
Eb        Ab
Yeah Yeah Yeah