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I Can Do Better Than That - The Last Five Years by Soundtracks 🎦

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Intro:
A  F#m D  Bm  E

Verse:
 A                                                F#m                        
  My best friend had a little situation at the end of our senior year

 D                                                      Bm            E   
  And like a shot, she and Mitchell got married that summer      

 A                                                 F#m                         
 Carolann getting bigger every minute Thinking, "What am I doing here?"

 D                                                       A         
 While Mitchell's out every night being a heavy-metal drummer


Chorus:
              F#m                       E                             D                A    
They got a little cute house on a little cute street With a crucifix on the door

 C#m                              D           B        E      
Mitchell got a job at the record store in the mall

F#m                    E                   D                     A       
Just the typical facts of a typical life in a town on the Eastern Shore

   C#m                      D           C#m                     B     
I thought about what I wanted It wasn't like that at all

   E         F#m        Bm          D                           E              A       
Made Carolann a cute baby sweater Thinking "I can do better than that"


A  F#m D  Bm E

Verse:
 A                                                  F#m                           
  In a year or so, I moved to the city Thinking "What have I got to lose?"

 D                                               Bm            E   
 Got a room, got a cat, and got twenty pounds thinner     

 A                                              F#m                           
  Met a guy in a class I was taking with some very well placed tattoos

 D                                                       A        
  He wouldn't leave me alone 'less I went with him to dinner


Chorus:
       F#m                         E                          D                      A     
And I guess he was cute And I guess he was sweet And I guess he was good in bed

    C#m                      D             B        E    
I gave up my life for a better part of a year

            F#m                             E                           D                     A      
And so I'm starting to think that this maybe might work And the second it entered my head

    C#m                     D          C#m               B         
He needed to take some time off Focus on his "career"

 E            F#m              Bm         D                            E             A       
He blew me off with a heartfelt letter I thought "I can do better than that"


Bridge:
           D                                 B                           
You don't have to get a haircut You don't have to change your shoes

           D                 E               A         
You don't have to like Duran Duran Just love me

           D                                     B                        
You don't have to put the seat down You don't have to watch the news

           D                  B                 E                    C#7     
You dont' have to learn to tango You don't have to eat prosciutto

           F#m                                       B    
You don't have to change a thing Just stay with me


        D                                 Bm                        
I want you and you and nothing but you Miles and piles of you

         G                           C                       D            
Finally I'll have something worthwhile To think about each morning

   G                               E                         
You and you and nothing but you No substitution will do

             G                      Gm                 A     G    F#m     E   
Nothing but fresh, undiluted and pure Top of the line        

               E           D    C#m     Bm     E   
And totally mine!                   


Verse:
 A                                                 F#m                             
  I don't need any lifetime commitments I don't need to get hitched tonight

 D                                       Bm           E    
  I don't want to throw up your walls and defenses

 A                                             F#m                            
  I don't mean to put on any pressure But I know what a thing is right

 D                                         A         
 And I spend every day re-configuring my senses


Chorus:
         F#m                         E                          D                      A      
When we get to my house, take a look at that town Take a look at how far I've gone

         C#m                    D           B     E     
I will never go back never look back anymore

        F#m                         E                            D                        A    
And it feels like my life led right to your side And will keep me there from now on

   C#m                    D        C#m                        D    
Think about what you wanted Think about what could be

   C#m                 D          C#m                         B    
Think about how I love you Say you'll move in with me

    E                          F#m             E                           F#m                    
Think of what's great about me and you Think of the bullsh*t we've both been through

    E                           F#m           G                   E         
Think of what's past because we can do better! We can do better!


Outro:
                          D               C#m     Bm     C#m     D   
We can do better than that!                         

  E                           A  
We can do better than that!