{"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":2512317,"song":"Better Than I Was","artist":"Mal Blum","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11510532-better-than-i-was-chords-by-mal-blum/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2512317?type=chord","rating":4.88679,"votes":20,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI pour steaming milk into paper cups[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd start conversations with new strangers[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe awkwardness finally burning off like a fever[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut forgetting is a privilege, and I don't forget it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI drove up your old block, right past your apartment[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe roommate you hated was carrying boxes of something[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHas your face gotten older?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHas your voice gotten lower?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI feel the same[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the world keeps getting slower[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSomething inside of me says[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm better than I was[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI couldn't come over, so I met you there[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd you'd grown a bit taller, same gray in your hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat I saw on your mother the day that I met her in Portland[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou know, Maine is such a pleasant place[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo I could see myself getting in the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs soon as I settle, I'll know I can't stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHas my face gotten older?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHas my voice gotten lower?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI feel the same[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the world keeps getting slower[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSomething inside of me says[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm better than I was[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I heard the record that she had bought[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the coffee shop, but she had it wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBecause he writes of loss and impermanence[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's not a break up song[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhile I pour steaming milk into a paper cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI start a conversation with a new stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho says that being left by someone who don't get you isn't wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a favor[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you're so scared of getting old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm so scared of growing slow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMost of all we're scared[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe're always gonna be alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut even so something inside of me says[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSomething inside of me says[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSomething inside of me says[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm better than before[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G","Am","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}