The Better Of Me Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[A]We[Asus4][D][Bm][D][A][D][Bm]
[D]went back to the[A] shore[D][A]
For the crash of the waves
I love that [D]sound and [A]the curious
[Esus4]comfort we f[A]ound in [D]each other
Just [A]like we did back in [D]the day[A]

[Verse 2]
And the crackling [D]clouds
Of a storm out at [A]sea
And you broke me down just by
leaning a little bit closer to me
And yet still somehow leaning away

[Verse 3]
Well, nobody [Bm]told me
[G]Just how badly I'd gri[D]eve[A]
That I'd dig through my [Bm]past
That I'd keep looking [G]back
To find out [D]who I wanted to [A]be

[Verse 4]
[D]Have I forgotten
How I [A]let myself feel?
How the [G]slightest inflections
[A]Were lik[D]e cut[A]s that don't hea[D]l?[A]

[Verse 5]
And [D]don't be mistaken
That was [A]true, [Asus4]I be liev[A]e[D]
I was [G]something, I swear [Bm]it
Before [A]life got the better of
me
[D][Bm][D][Bm]

[Verse 6]
I think [A]I know how you [D]felt[A]
I didn't know how to leave
[D]But [A]looking [D]back it was [A]easy to
think you'd [D]be [A]better off
But I shouldn't have [D]left you that [A]way

[Verse 7]
Without saying it [D]right
Or even saying it [A]wrong
I just moved [D]on,
ripped you [Bm]out of my chest
And I picked up and left
[A]And just like a ghost I was gone

[Verse 8]
Well, nobody [Bm]told me
[G]Come on, kid, take you[D]r time
[A]Don't go rushing too fas[Bm]t
'Cause if you lose [G]your path
It's [D]gonna be so hard to find

[Verse 9]
[D]Have I forgotten
How I [A]let myself feel?
[D]How the sli[G]ghtest inflections
[D]Were like cut[A]s that don't heal?

[Verse 10]
And [D]don't be mistaken
That was true, I believe
I was [Bm]something, I swear it
Before [A]life got the better of [D]me

[Verse 11]
Life is [G]hard
Just [Bm]a series of battle [D]scars
[Asus4]From some fights we[A] won[D]
And some fights we [G]lost
In a [Bm]war that we never signed [D]on f[A]or
[Bm]We keep holding our head[G]s high
[Bm]Or hold each other and just [Asus4]cry
And [A]nobody's [D]wro[G]ng
And no lines are drawn
And everyone's here
[Gm]And nobody's gone

[Verse 12]
I was [D]something, I swear it
Before life got the better
Before [Bm]life [G]got the better
[D]Before lif[G]e got[A] the bet[D]ter of [G]me

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