Sula Paperback chords by Jamila Woods

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


F#Maj7F#maj7 BMaj7Bmaj7  C#7C#7  Bmaj7**
E MajorE|-x------x------x------x-|
A augmentedA|-x------2------4------2-|
D MajorD|-4------4------3------4-|
G+G|-6------3------4------3-|
BB|-6------4------2------2-|
e|-6------2------x------2-|

Intro:
F#Maj7F#maj7    BMaj7Bmaj7 C#7C#7

Verse 1:
F#Maj7F#maj7
Down here in the bottom, there ain't no room for me
       G# minorG#m
I don't wanna make no babies
       C#7C#7
I don't need a man to save me
F#Maj7F#maj7
Secondhand loneliness pass on over me
          G# minorG#m
Yeah, I might wanna make some babies
       C#7C#7
Runnin' outta time for waiting
A#m7A#m7                      Am7Am7
Freedom and triumph, they weren't meant for me
G#m7G#m7           C#7C#7
Girls of my color, find somethin' else to be

Chorus:
F#Maj7F#maj7
I'm better I'm better I'm better
Bmaj7**    C#7C#7
I'm better I'm better I'm better
F#Maj7F#maj7
I'm better I'm better I'm better
Bmaj7**    C#7C#7
I'm better I'm better I'm better

Post-Chorus:
F#Maj7F#maj7
Ooh I'm better
BMaj7Bmaj7 C#7C#7
Ooh I'm better
F#Maj7F#maj7
Ooh I'm better
BMaj7Bmaj7  C#7C#7
Ooh I'm better

Verse 2:
F#Maj7F#maj7
Up here in the bottom, you linger over me
        G# minorG#m
I got all this space to fill
        C#7C#7
Somethin' only bodies heal
F#Maj7F#maj7
Promiscuous, holiness slope is slippery
           G# minorG#m
Yeah, I got all this time to kill
         C#7C#7
Somethin' like a prayer to kneel to
A#m7A#m7                   Am7Am7
Lay on my pillow, you think I'm so weak
G#m7G#m7         C#7C#7
Soft as my skin is my power’s discreet

Chorus:
F#Maj7F#maj7
I'm better I'm better I'm better
Bmaj 7** C#7C#7
I'm better I'm better I'm better
F#Maj7F#maj7
I'm better I'm better I'm better
Bmaj 7** C#7C#7
I'm better I'm better I'm better

Post-Chorus:
F#Maj7F#maj7
Ooh I'm better
BMaj7Bmaj7 C#7C#7
Ooh I'm better
F#Maj7F#maj7
Ooh I'm better
BMaj7Bmaj7  C#7C#7
Ooh I'm better

Bridge:
D#m7D#m7
Thick with birds, I met you in the dirt (I met you in the dirt)
G#m7G#m7             A#m7A#m7
We get burns, you left me so (You so left, oh, oh)
D#m7D#m7
Thick with birds, you met me in the dirt (You met me in the dirt)
G#m7G#m7             A#m7A#m7
Sick at first, but havin' our love

(This progression continues for the rest of the song)

Outro 3x:
    D#m7D#m7
I'm not sorry that I cut you out
    G#m7G#m7       A#m7A#m7
I'm not sorry
     D#m7D#m7
Can't be sorry that I cut you out
    G#m7G#m7
What's done is done
   A#m7A#m7
No crying over you