Get Better chords by Frank Turner

Frank Turner - Get Better

NOTE: The 'Optional Riff' is something I came up with to 'thicken' the song when played acoustically.
It incorporates Ben's lead line into the playing of the G5 chord.

-CHORDS- E  A  D G B e
Am       x  0  2 2 1 0
C        3  3  2 0 1 0
D/F#     2  x  0 2 3 2
Em       0  2  2 0 0 0
Em7      0  2  2 0 3 3
G5       3  x  0 0 3 3
G5*      x  10 0 0 8 10
G/A      x  0  0 0 8 10
G/C      8  x  0 0 8 10
G/C#     9  x  0 0 8 10
G/D      10 x  0 0 8 10
G/F#     2  x  0 0 3 3
Gsus4    3  3  0 0 3 3

-TABS-
G5 (Optional Riff)
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|

-INTRO-
G5 (Optional Riff)
G5 (Optional Riff)

-VERSE-
               G5
I've got me a shovel
               Em7
I'm digging a ditch
               Gsus4                                          G5                D/F#
And I'm gonna fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son-of-a-bitch

               G5
I've got me a future
                      Em7
I'm not stuck on the past
                 Gsus4                                            G5                       D/F#
I've got no new tricks, yeah, I'm up on bricks, but, me, I'm a machine and I was built to last


-CHORUS-
     C                             D/F#        G5
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best
           C                               D/F#      Em
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest
            C                            D/F#                   G5                   G/F# Em
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said "come on now let's fix this mess"
            C      D/F#
We can get better
                       G5 (Optional Riff)
Because we're not dead yet


-VERSE-
                 G5
They threw me a whirlwind
                   Em
And I spat back a sea
              C                                                     G5                      D/F#
I took a battering but I've got thicker skin and the best people I know are looking out for me

                    G5
So, I'm taking the high road
                              Em
My engine's running high and fine
                       C                                     G5                    D/F#
May, I always see the road rising up to me and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind


-CHORUS-
     C                             D/F#        G5
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best
           C                               D/F#      Em
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest
            C                            D/F#                   G5                   G/F# Em
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said "come on now let's fix this mess"
            C      D/F#
We can get better
                       G5*
Because we're not dead yet


-BRIDGE-
            G/D                            G/C#
It's just a knot in the small of your back
                   G/C         G/A
You can work it out with your fingers

            G/D                             G/C#
It's just a knot that's tangled up in your songs
                   G/C         G/A
You can work it out with your fingers

            G/D                            G/C#
It's just a tune that is stuck in your head
                   G/C         G/A
You can work it out with your fingers

             G/D                         G/C#
It's just a simple --- missing from the parts of your mess
     G/C                          Am                      D/F#
A reminder you could always be a little bit better than this


-CHORUS-
C                             D/F#   G5
Try and get better and don't ever accept less
           C                      D/F#          Em
Take your plain black marker and write this on your chest
        C                             D/F#
Draw a line underneath all of this unhappiness
 G5                  G/F#  Em
Come on now let's fix this mess
            C      D/F#
We can get better
                       G5  G/F# Em
Because we're not dead yet
            C      D/F#
We can get better
                       G5 (Optional Riff)