If I Had Been A Better Man Acoustic chords by Colin Hay

Chords with lyrics

Artist: Colin Hay
Song: If I Had Beem A augmentedA Better Man (acoustic)
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLaTY3bTqyw
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gg5-ufdVSo
Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Y-9oqVZ88
Video 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvJujMqnaDM
Video 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWP1d4xexmw
Transcription: SCA, [email protected]

Note:
Watch the videos in the links above!
It differs from version to version a little bit,
but this is the jist of it.

Tuning: standard
Capo: 2nd fret!

Chords used:
Dadd9: x.5.4.0.3.x
C:   x.3.2.0.1.0
C/B:  x.2.0.0.1.0
C/A:  x.0.0.0.1.0
G:   3.x.0.0.3.x
C/G:  3.x.2.0.1.3
D:   x.x.0.2.3.2
Dsus2: x.x.0.2.3.0
Em:  0.2.2.0.0.0
Am:  x.0.2.2.1.0
Bm:  x.2.4.4.3.x
Cadd9: x.3.2.0.3.3
G/F#: 2.x.0.0.3.3
D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.x
Cadd4: x.3.2.0.3.0
G/B:  x.2.0.0.3.0
C/B:  x.2.0.0.1.0
Em7:  x.2.0.0.0.0
Asus2: x.0.2.2.0.0
Asus4: x.0.2.2.3.0

Intro:
Dadd9Dadd9  C majorC C/BC/B C/AC/A
Dadd9Dadd9  C majorC C/BC/B
Dadd9Dadd9  C majorC C/BC/B C/AC/A
Dadd9Dadd9  C majorC C/BC/B

Verse:
      G+G          C majorC
There were kings and queens and could have beens
  Dadd9Dadd9    C majorC C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G   C/GC/G G+G
And pretenders to the throne
       E minorEm
I was a sweet contender then
A minorAm              D MajorD
Now my seeds they've all been sown
 G+G          B minorBm
I scorched the earth behind me
    A minorAm         D MajorD  Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
I could have made a better plan
Cadd9Cadd9      D MajorD        G+G  C/GC/G G+G
  Yeah if I had been a better man

Verse:
      C majorC
My promises were not to keep
  Dadd9Dadd9  C majorC C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G  C/GC/G G+G
But thrown into the dirt
           E minorEm
There must be more I told myself
   A minorAm       D MajorD
As I buttoned up my shirt
       G+G        B minorBm
Well I could paint myself in glory now
    A minorAm       D MajorD  Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
And be proud of who I am
Cadd9Cadd9      D MajorD        G+G  C/GC/G G+G
  Yeah if I had been a better man

Bridge:
G+G G/F# E minorEm          D/F#D/F#      Cadd4
    Stumbling through deep suburbs of my mind
G/BG/B      C/BC/B E minor 7Em7 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus4Asus4 A minorAm
 As secrets of silence unwind
E minorEm    D/F#D/F#  Cadd4
 I will sing you so long
G/BG/B   C/BC/B E minor 7Em7 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm
 Now only love
     D MajorD      Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
Only love makes me strong

Verse:
  G+G     C majorC
You charity I took as mine
 Dadd9Dadd9   C majorC C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G  C/GC/G G+G
I claimed it as my own
       C majorC
I followed my ascending star
  C/BC/B C/AC/A    D/F#D/F#
To far away from home
      G+G       B minorBm
Well I was mesmerized by shiny things
    A minorAm      D MajorD   Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Now in frozen time I stand
Cadd9Cadd9      D MajorD        G+G  C/GC/G G+G
  Yeah if I had been a better man

Verse:
           C majorC
Now I'm kneeling and I'm digging deep
Dadd9Dadd9  C majorC C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G  C/GC/G G+G
Deep into the ground
           E minorEm
I'm searching for my soul to keep
    A minorAm        D MajorD
Like a burried treasure found
  G+G         B minorBm
In dreams I speak in ancient tongues
A minorAm        D MajorD   Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD
Lost in wind and sand
Cadd9Cadd9         D MajorD        G+G  C/GC/G G+G
  Yeah if only I had been a better man


Note II:
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SCA, [email protected]