Difficulty
Intermediate 💪
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: G
🎸 Intro:
G Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4/F#
🎸 Verse 1:
G
It’s too late, I’ve missed the boat
Em7
The ferry left to the shores of gold
Cadd9
I went the wrong direction
Dsus4/F# G
And there’s no sign for salvation
G
I’m on this lonesome road
Em7
And I got nowhere left to go
Cadd9
It’s hard to walk it alone
Dsus4 G
When you don’t wait back home
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Am F C G
Am F D
🎸 Chorus:
Cadd9 G Dsus2
I wish I could be a better me for you
Cadd9 G
Behind my smile is a hurtin’ heart
Cadd9 Dsus2
Behind my laugh I’m fallin’ apart
Cadd9 G Dsus2
I wish I could be a better me for you
Cadd9 G D D
I wish I could be a better me for you
🎸 Verse 2:
G Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4/F#
Maybe I was designed to be alone
G Em Cadd9 Dsus4/F#
Burn the past, turn the page, move on
G Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4
Loved you once, love you still, always have and always will
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Am F C G
Am F D
🎸 Chorus:
Cadd9 G Dsus2
I wish I could be a better me for you
Cadd9 G
Behind my smile is a hurtin’ heart
Cadd9 Dsus2
Behind my laugh I’m fallin’ apart
Cadd9 G Dsus2
I wish I could be a better me for you
Cadd9 G D D
I wish I could be a better me for you
🎸 Bridge:
Am C
The world around is burnin’
G D
But we are so cold
Am
Loud thoughts
C
Silent nights
G
Deep feelings and
D D
Crying eyes
🎸 Chorus:
Cadd9 G Dsus2
I‘ll never could be good enough for you
Cadd9 G
No matter who I try to be
Cadd9 Dsus2
You never will return to me
Cadd9 G Dsus2
I wish I could be a better me for you
Cadd9 G D
I never can be good enough for you
Cadd9 G
I wish I could be a better me
Cadd9 Dsus2
I was never what you want me to be
Cadd9 G Dsus2
I wish I could be a better me for you
Cadd9 G D
I wish I could be a better me for you
🎸 Outro:
Cadd9 Dsus4 G
A better me for you
Song History
Published: August 4, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025