Better Chords

BETTER
As recorded by James Bay
(From the 2022 Album LEAP)
 
 
 
[Intro]
E
 
 
[Verse 1]
E                           C#m7
I grew up learning from the best of me
        E                               A
And I'm still not sure just who I am supposed to be
   Am
So hold me again
  E          C#m
Before I fall
      D
Hold tight
      Bsus4
Hold tight
 
 
[Verse 3]
E                                 C#m7
I hung back in the shadows in periphery
             E                                                  A
And you took my hand to through the bright lights when they blinded me
    Am
You kissed me again
    E                C#m
You pulled me in close
     D
You smiled
      B
So I smiled
 
 
[Chorus]
                    E
'Cause everything's better
                  C#m7
As soon as you're next to me
       D          F#m
I know I'll fall apart
           B
But you'll fix me with your heart
             E
Everything's better
             C#m
You there in the fight with me
    D
And when I fail to start
       B
You'll fix me with your heart
 
 
[Verse 4]
E                     C#m
I grew up tryna heal, lightspeed
      E                                         A
But I lost my nerve when the gig kids kicked it out of me
    Am
You save me the sin
   E             C#m
Of getting lost in
    D
My mind
    B
My mind
 
 
[Chorus]
                    E
'Cause everything's better
                  C#m7
As soon as you're next to me
       D          F#m
I know I'll fall apart
           B
But you'll fix me with your heart
             E
Everything's better
             C#m
You there in the fight with me
    D
And when I fail to start
       B
You'll fix me with your heart
 
 
[Post-Chorus]
E
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
C#m
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
B
Ooh, ooh
 
 
[Bridge]
    A
You feel this in your feet
        B
We were dancing in the street
        C#m                B               D
And you looked the deepest darkness in the air
   A
We missed the last bus home
        B
Found a park bench for a throne
        E            B     C#m
And the stars stayed out tonight
                 A                    B
And everything's better, everything's better
 
 
[Chorus]
                   E
Yeah, everything's better
                  C#m
As soon as you're next to me
       D
I know I'll fall apart
               B
But you'll fix me with your heart
             E
Everything's better
                 C#m
You there in the fight with me
         D         F#m
And when I fail to start
           B
You'll fix me with your heart
 
 
[Outro]
E
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
C#m7         D
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
F#m             B
I'm better with you
E
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
C#m7         D
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
                B   E
I'm better with you
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