You Can Do Better Than Me

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"You Can Do Better Than Me" off the album "Narrow Stairs"
G C G C
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G C G C Am G C G C
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I'm starting to feel we stay together out of fear of dying alone
G C G C
I've been slipping through the years, my old clothes don't fit like
Am C G C G C
(, , )
they once did, so they hang like ghosts of the people I've been.
G C G C Am
but it's like my heart can't contain i fall in love every day
G C G C
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and i feel like a fool.
G C G C Am
I have to face the truth, that no one could ever look at me like you do
C G C G C
(, , )
like I'm something worth holding on to.
D Am Em C
There's times I think of leaving, but it's something I'll never do.
G D E Am C G
Cause you can do better than me, but I can't do better than you.
G D E Am C G
You can do better than me, but I can't do better than you.

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"You Can Do Better Than Me" off the album "Narrow Stairs"
 G, C, G, C

You Can Do Better Than Me Chords by Death Cab for Cutie

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