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Song:     Getting Better (Remix)
Artist    The Beatles
Album:    Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Deluxe) 2017, 1967
URL’s:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmXL3BRtvlw (McCartney Live)
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmXL3BRtvlw (Live from Red Square)
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Better
Tempo:    4|4
Tuning:   Standard
Chords:
          EADGbe
Fadd9
     XX3213
C
         X32010
C/G
       332010
G
         320003
F/C
       X33211   
Fmaj7
     XX3210
Dm7/C
     X30211
Em
        022000
F
         133211
Em/G
      322000
[Intro]
Riff #1: Over
e||—15—15-15^15—15-|—15—15-15-15—|(cont.)
B||—15—15—15^15—15-|—15—15-15-15—|
G||—12—12—12^12—12-|—12—12—12-12—|
D
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B
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E
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(Keyboards over)
Fadd9                       Fadd9
C                           Fadd9
It's getting better all the ti-me.
[Verse 1]
  G           C/G       G        C/G
I used to get mad at my school. (No, I can't complain)
    G            C/G               G      C/G
The teachers who taught me weren't cool, (No, I can't complain)
       G          C/G        G                  C/G
You're holding me down (Ah), turning me round. (Ah)
G             C                 G              C/G
Filling me up with your rules, (Foolish rules)
[Chorus 1]
     C                         F/C
I've got to admit it's getting bet-ter. (Better)
Riff #2: Over
e||—15—15^15^15--15—|—15—15-15-15—|(cont.)
B||—15—15^15^15-–15—|—15—15-15-15—|
G||—12—12^12^12–-12—|—12—12-12-12—|
D||—————————————--——|—————————————|
B
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E
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             C                 Fmaj7
A little bet-ter all the time, (It can't get no worse)
  C                          F/C
I have to admit it's getting bet-ter, (Better)
     Dm7/C   Em            Dm7         Fmaj7
It's getting bet-ter since you've been mine.
[Interlude 1]
G   G  C
[Verse 2]
   G                C/G
Me used to be angry young man,
   G         C/G              G  C/G
Me hiding me head in the sand.
    G           C/G     G           C/G
You gave me the word, I finally hea-rd,
    G         C/G              G  C/G
I'm doing the best that I ca-n.
[Chorus 2]
Riff #3: Over
e||—15—15-15-15—|—15—15^15-15-15—|(cont.)
B||—15—15—15-15—|—15—15^15-15-15—|
G||—12—12—12-12—|—12—12^12-15-12—|
D
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B
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E||—————————————|——————————--————|
     C                         F/C
I've got to admit it's getting bet-ter, (Better)
             C                   Fmaj7
A little bet-ter all the ti-me. (It can't get no worse)
  C                              F/C
I have to admit it's getting bet-ter, (Better)
     Dm7/C   Em            Dm7         Fmaj7
It's getting bet-ter since you've been mine.
Fmaj7 Em   F  Em   Fmaj7 Em  F   Em
Get - ting so much bet - ter all the ti-me.
[Chorus 3]
C                    C/G     F
It's getting bet-ter all the ti-me.
Riff #1: (Repeat) Over
e||—15—15-15^15—15-|—15—15-15-15—|(cont.)
B||—15—15—15^15—15-|—15—15-15-15—|
G||—12—12—12^12—12-|—12—12—12-12—|
D
||————————————-——-|—————————————|
B
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E
||————————————-——-|—————————————|
Em/G              Fmaj7
Bet-ter, bet-ter, bet-ter.
C                   C/G.    F
It's getting better all the ti-me,
Em/G              Fmaj7
Bet-ter, bet-ter, bet-ter.
[Interlude 2]
G C/G   G C/G
[Verse 2]
(Sitar over)
   G         C/G           G
  ()        ()            ()
I used to be cruel to my wom - an,
  C/G          G              C/G             G
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved.
(Keyboards over)
   G       C/G          G           C/G
Ma-n I was mean but I'm changing my scene,
        G         C/G         G     C/G
And I'm doing the best that I can. (Foolish rules)
[Chorus 4]
  C                  F/C
I admit it's getting bet-ter, (Better)
Riff #4: Over
e||—15—15^15^15^15—15-|—15—15-15-15—|(cont.)
B||—15—15^15^15^15—15-|—15—15-15-15—|
G||—12—12^12^12^12—12-|—12—12—12-12—|
D
||———————————————-——-|—————————————|
B
||—————————————-—-——-|—————————————|
E
||——————————-————-——-|—————————————|
             C                   Fmaj7
A little bet-ter all the ti-me. (It can't get no worse)
  C                              F/C
I have to admit it's getting bet-ter, (Better)
     Dm7/C   Em            Dm7         Fmaj7
It's getting bet-ter since you've been mine.
Fmaj7 Em   F  Em   Fmaj7 Em  F   Em
Get - ting so much bet - ter all the ti-me.
[Coda]
C                               Dm7/C
It's getting bet-ter all the ti-me,
Em/G              Fmaj7
Bet-ter, bet-ter, bet-ter.
C                    C/G     F
It's getting bet-ter all the ti-me,
Riff #5: Over
e||—15—15-15^15—15-|—15—15-15-15^15—|(cont.)
B||—15—15—15^15—15-|—15—15-15-15^15—|
G||—12—12—12^12—12-|—12—12—12-12^12—|
D
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B
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E
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    Em/G              F
Bet-ter, bet-ter, bet-ter.
Fmaj7 Em   F  Em   Fmaj7 Em  F   Em
Get - ting so much bet - ter all the ti-me.
Riff #6:                                                     (Fade Out)
e||—15—15-15^15—15-|—15—15^15-15—15-|—15^15-15—15-15^15|—15—15-15-15—||
B||—15—15—15^15—15-|—15—15^15-15—15-|—15^15-15—15-15^15|—15—15-15-15—||
G||—12—12—12^12—12-|—12—12^12-12—12-|—12^12-12—12-12^12|—12—12-12-12—||
D
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B
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E
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End
NOTES.
1.  The repeating riffs are essentially repeating octave G5 chords, in different arrangements. 
This was not an attempt at a full TAB, but to assist in highlighting the lead accompaniment, 
where it is most prominent, as they are not all the same.
2.  “…Referring to the lyric "I used to be cruel to my woman/I beat her and kept her apart from 
the things that she loved/Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene/And I'm doing the best that 
I can", Lennon admitted that he had done things in relationships in the past that he was not proud of. …” 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Better

Getting Better chords and lyrics

Free chords for Getting Better by The Beatles. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Song:     Getting Better (Remix)
Artist    The Beatles
Album:    Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Deluxe) 2017, 1967
URL’s:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmXL3BRtvlw (McCartney Live)
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmXL3BRtvlw (Live from Red Square)
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Better
Tempo:    4|4
Tuning:   Standard
Chords:
          EADGbe
Fadd9     XX3213
C         X32010
C/G       332010
G         320003
F/C       X33211   
Fmaj7     XX3210
Dm7/C     X30211
Em        022000
F         133211
Em/G      322000
D||————————————-——-|—————————————|
B||————————————-——-|—————————————|
E||————————————-——-|—————————————|
(Keyboards over)
Fadd9                       Fadd9
[Verse 1]
[Chorus 1]
B||———————————-—-———|—————————————|
E||——————————-—-————|—————————————|
[Interlude 1]
G   G  C
[Verse 2]
D||—————————————|————————————-———|
[Chorus 3]
D||————————————-——-|—————————————|
B||————————————-——-|—————————————|
E||————————————-——-|—————————————|
C                   C/G.    F
It's getting better all the ti-me,
[Interlude 2]
G C/G   G C/G
[Verse 2]
(Sitar over)
(Keyboards over)
[Chorus 4]
D||———————————————-——-|—————————————|
B||—————————————-—-——-|—————————————|
E||——————————-————-——-|—————————————|

Getting Better Chords by The Beatles

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