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Better than nothing
by Sara jaffe
-Standard Tuning-
-Capo on 2nd Fret-
HGow can someone who wantDs to be loved
hEmate it when they're lCoved at all?
DGoes guilt really fDeel that baCd?
EGvery time I takDe a breath, honey
EmI feel the weight falCl back on me
GSomebody teDll me it's not so Cbad
CCollected thoughts drown in sleep
I Dhad forgotten what you mean to me
I Cforgot a lot of tDhings
What happens to the Cold girl, what happens to Emthe boy?
I Gsee their eyelids Dmoving
What happens to the Cold boy, will he be destroEmyed?
IGs this what I'm lDosing?
BCut I Emfeel, GfeelD  
BCut I Emfeel somGething, Doh it's better than nothing
C-Em-G-D  
IG've been sleeping Din his bed
IEm'm digging iCn my head
HGe pulls the caDsh from under the Ctable
TGake that breath and Dhold it in
OEmh it's sidlCing in, he saGys
IDt's not so Cbad
CCollected thoughts drown in sleep
I Dhad forgotten what you mean to me
I Cforgot a lot of tDhings
What happens to the Cold girl, what happens to Emthe boy?
I Gsee their eyelids Dmoving
What happens to the Cold boy, will he be destroEmyed?
IGs this what I'm lDosing?
BCut I Emfeel, GfeelD  
BCut I Emfeel somGething, Doh it's better than nothing 
C-Em-G-D  

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Better Than Nothing

by Sarah Jaffe

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Better than nothing

by Sara jaffe

-Standard Tuning-

-Capo on 2nd Fret-

G D

How can someone who wants to be loved

Em C

hate it when they're loved at all?

G D C

Does guilt really feel that bad?

G D

Every time I take a breath, honey

Em C

I feel the weight fall back on me

G D C

Somebody tell me it's not so bad

Collected thoughts drown in sleep

I had forgotten what you mean to me

C D

I forgot a lot of things

C Em

What happens to the old girl, what happens to the boy?

G D

I see their eyelids moving

C Em

What happens to the old boy, will he be destroyed?

G D

Is this what I'm losing?

C Em G D

But I feel, feel

C Em G D

But I feel something, oh it's better than nothing

C Em G D

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G D

I've been sleeping in his bed

Em C

I'm digging in my head

G D C

He pulls the cash from under the table

G D

Take that breath and hold it in

Em C G

Oh it's sidling in, he says

D C

It's not so bad

Collected thoughts drown in sleep

I had forgotten what you mean to me

C D

I forgot a lot of things

C Em

What happens to the old girl, what happens to the boy?

G D

I see their eyelids moving

C Em

What happens to the old boy, will he be destroyed?

G D

Is this what I'm losing?

C Em G D

But I feel, feel

C Em G D

But I feel something, oh it's better than nothing

C Em G D

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