Better Than I Was chords by Mal Blum

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC


Verse 1:
C majorC
I pour steaming milk into paper cups
     FF
And start conversations with new strangers
  G+G          FF      C majorC
The awkwardness finally burning off like a fever

Verse 2:
C majorC
But forgetting is a privilege, and I don't forget it
FF
I drove up your old block, right past your apartment
  G+G           FF         C majorC
The roommate you hated was carrying boxes of something


Chorus:
G+G
Has your face gotten older?
     FF
Has your voice gotten lower?
A minorAm
I feel the same
FF
But the world keeps getting slower
D MajorD           FF
Something inside of me says
C majorC
I'm better than I was


Verse 3:
C majorC
I couldn't come over, so I met you there
     FF
And you'd grown a bit taller, same gray in your hair
    G+G           FF          C majorC
That I saw on your mother the day that I met her in Portland


Verse 4:
C majorC
You know, Maine is such a pleasant place
      FF
So I could see myself getting in the way
  G+G           FF      C majorC
As soon as I settle, I'll know I can't stay

Chorus:
G+G
Has my face gotten older?
     FF
Has my voice gotten lower?
A minorAm
I feel the same
FF
But the world keeps getting slower
D MajorD           FF
Something inside of me says
C majorC
I'm better than I was


Bridge:
    D MajorD
And I heard the record that she had bought
    FF
In the coffee shop
    FF
But she had it wrong
      G+G
Because he writes of loss
G+G
And impermanence
      C majorC
It's not a break up song
       D MajorD
While I pour steaming milk
D MajorD
Into a paper cup
     FF
I start a conversation with a new stranger
        G+G
Who says that being left by someone
G+G
Who don't get you isn't wrong
    C majorC
It's a favor


Chorus:
G+G
And you're so scared of getting old
FF
And I'm so scared of growing slow
A minorAm
Most of all we're scared
       FF
We're always gonna be alone
D MajorD                 FF
But even so something inside of me says
D MajorD           FF
Something inside of me says
D MajorD           FF
Something inside of me says
        C majorC
I'm better than before