The Better Of Me chords by Dashboard Confessional

Intro:

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Verse :
                      D
We went back to the shore

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

Chorus:
 D
Have I forgotten
       A
How I let myself feel?
           G
How the slightest inflections
            A
Were like cuts that don't heal?
     D
And don't be mistaken
           A
That was true
I believe
        G
I was something
I swear it
         A                    D
Before life got the better of me
Interlude:
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Verse :
                         D
I think I know how you felt
                     A/C#
I didn't know how to leave
                         G
But looking back it was easy to think you'd be better off
         A
But I shouldn't have left you that way
                     D
Without saying it right
                  A/C#
Or even saying it wrong
                            Bm
I just moved on, ripped you out of my chest

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

Pre-Chorus:
              Bm    G
Well nobody told me
                         D    A
Come on, kid, take your time
                      Bm
Don't go rushing too fast
                         G
'Cause if you lose your path
      D                    A
It's gonna be so hard to find

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

Bridge:
F#m       G
Life is hard
         Bm               A
Just a series of battle scars
                    F#m
From some fights we won
                    G
And some fights we lost
     Bm                        A
In a war that we never signed on for
Bm                    G
We keep holding our heads high
Bm                       A
Or hold each other and just cry
              G
And nobody's wrong

And no lines are drawn
                Gm
And everyone's here

And nobody's gone

Chorus:
        D           A/C#
I was something
I swear it
        Bm
Before life got the better
         G
Before life got the better
        A
Before life got the better of me

Outro:
G   A   Bm   D

G   A   Bm   D

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