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The Better Of Me chords by Dashboard Confessional

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

Chord diagramD MajorD


Verse :
                      Chord diagramD MajorD
We went back to the shore

For the crash of the waves
                            Chord diagramG+G
I love that sound and the curious comfort we found in each other
      Chord diagramA augmentedA
Just like we did back in the day
                     Chord diagramD MajorD
And the crackling clouds
                  Chord diagramA/C#A/C#
Of a storm out at sea
                                Chord diagramG+G
And you broke me down just by leaning a little bit closer to me
          Chord diagramA augmentedA
And yet still somehow leaning away
Pre-Chorus:
             Chord diagramB minorBm      Chord diagramG+G
Well nobody told me
                      Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Just how badly I'd grieve
                         Chord diagramB minorBm
That I'd dig through my past
                       Chord diagramG+G
That I'd keep looking back
         Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramA augmentedA
To find out who I wanted to be

Chorus:
 Chord diagramD MajorD
Have I forgotten
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
How I let myself feel?
           Chord diagramG+G
How the slightest inflections
            Chord diagramA augmentedA
Were like cuts that don't heal?
     Chord diagramD MajorD
And don't be mistaken
           Chord diagramA augmentedA
That was true
I believe
        Chord diagramG+G
I was something
I swear it
         Chord diagramA augmentedA                    Chord diagramD MajorD
Before life got the better of me
Interlude:
Chord diagramD MajorD


Verse :
                         Chord diagramD MajorD
I think I know how you felt
                     Chord diagramA/C#A/C#
I didn't know how to leave
                         Chord diagramG+G
But looking back it was easy to think you'd be better off
         Chord diagramA augmentedA
But I shouldn't have left you that way
                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Without saying it right
                  Chord diagramA/C#A/C#
Or even saying it wrong
                            Chord diagramB minorBm
I just moved on, ripped you out of my chest

And I picked up and left
    Chord diagramA/C#A/C#                     Chord diagramA augmentedA
And just like a ghost I was gone

Pre-Chorus:
              Chord diagramB minorBm    Chord diagramG+G
Well nobody told me
                         Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Come on, kid, take your time
                      Chord diagramB minorBm
Don't go rushing too fast
                         Chord diagramG+G
'Cause if you lose your path
      Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramA augmentedA
It's gonna be so hard to find

Chorus:
 Chord diagramD MajorD
Have I forgotten
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
How I let myself feel?
           Chord diagramG+G
How the slightest inflections
            Chord diagramA augmentedA
Were like cuts that don't heal?
     Chord diagramD MajorD
And don't be mistaken
           Chord diagramA augmentedA
That was true
I believe
Chord diagramG+G
I was something
I swear it
         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Before life got the better of me

Bridge:
Chord diagramF# minorF#m       Chord diagramG+G
Life is hard
         Chord diagramB minorBm               Chord diagramA augmentedA
Just a series of battle scars
                    Chord diagramF# minorF#m
From some fights we won
                    Chord diagramG+G
And some fights we lost
     Chord diagramB minorBm                        Chord diagramA augmentedA
In a war that we never signed on for
Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramG+G
We keep holding our heads high
Chord diagramB minorBm                       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Or hold each other and just cry
              Chord diagramG+G
And nobody's wrong

And no lines are drawn
                Chord diagramG minorGm
And everyone's here

And nobody's gone

Chorus:
        Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramA/C#A/C#
I was something
I swear it
        Chord diagramB minorBm
Before life got the better
         Chord diagramG+G
Before life got the better
        Chord diagramA augmentedA
Before life got the better of me

Outro:
Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramB minorBm   Chord diagramD MajorD

Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramB minorBm   Chord diagramD MajorD

Chord diagramD MajorD

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