{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1716036,"song":"Better As A Memory","artist":"Kenny Chesney","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11362576-better-as-a-memory-chords-by-kenny-chesney/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1716036?type=chord","rating":4.83985,"votes":71,"content":"If you have trouble with barre chords and still want the general sound of the song,\r\ntranspose it down 2 half steps and then put a capo on the 2nd fret. Still sounds great\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI move on like a sinners prayer   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nAnd letting go like a levee breaks   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\nWalk away as if I don't care   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nLearn to shoulder my mistakes   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nOr built to fade like your favorite song   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nGet reckless when there's no need   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\nLaugh as your stories ramble on   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nBreak my heart, but it won't bleed   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\nMy only friends are pirates   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nThat's just who I am   [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nBut I'm better as a memory than as your man   [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nNever sure when the truth won't do   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nI'm pretty good on a lonely night   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\nI move on the way a storm blows through   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nI never stay, but then again, I might.   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nI struggle sometimes to find the words   [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nAlways sure until I doubt   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\nWalk a line until it blurs   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nBuild walls too high to climb out   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\nBut I'm honest to a fault   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nThat's just who I am   [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nI'm better as a memory than as your man   [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nI see you leaning, you're bound to fall   [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nI don't want to be that mistake   [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nI'm just a dreamer and nothing more   [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G/B[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nYou should know it before it gets too late[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nCause goodbyes are like a roulette wheel   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nYou never know where they're gonna land   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\nFirst you're spinning, then you're standing still   [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nLeft holding a losing hand   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nBut one day you're gonna find someone   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nAnd right away you'll know it's true   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\nThat all of your sinking's done   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nIt was just a part of the passing through   [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nRight there in that moment you'll finally understand   [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]  \r\nThat I was better as a memory than as your man   [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBetter as a memory than as your man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"If you have trouble with barre chords and still want the general sound of the song,\ntranspose it down 2 half steps and then put a capo on the 2nd fret. Still sounds great\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nD   A   Bm   G  x2\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nD   A   Bm   G","chords":["D","A","Bm","G","G/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}