Make You Better Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | Bm |
Capo: | no capo |
Author blueskiesandaer [a] 113. 4 contributors total, last edit on May 30, 2022
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This is largely based on the video of Colin playing in New York, less so on the recording.
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
e|---0------0--------0-------0----|
B|---7------10-------3-------3----|
G|---6------9--------2-------2----|
D|---0------0--------0-------0----|
A|---X------X--------X-------0----|
E|---7------10-------3-------X----|
[Intro]
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
[Verse]
Bm9 Dsus2
I want you, thin fingers;
Gsus2 Dsus2/A
I wanted you, thin fingernails.
Bm9 Dsus2
And when you bend backward
Gsus2 Dsus2/A
I wanted you, I needed you
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
Oh-oh to make me better
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
[Verse]
Bm9 Dsus2
I'll love you in springtime
Gsus2 Dsus2/A
I lost you when summer came.
Bm9 Dsus2
And when you pulled backward
Gsus2 Dsus2/A
I wanted you, I needed you
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
Oh-oh, to make me better.
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
Oh-oh to make me better.
[Chorus]
A G D
But we're not so starry-eyed anymore
G D A G
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters
A G D
And won't it all just come around to make you
G D A
Let it all unbreak you to the day you met her
G
But it'd make you better.
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
It'd make you better.
[Verse]
Bm9 Dsus2
I sung you your twinges
Gsus2 Dsus2/A
I suffered you your tattletales.
Bm9 Dsus2
And when you broke sideways
Gsus2 Dsus2/A
I wanted you, I needed you
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
Oh-oh, to make me better.
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
Oh-oh, to make me better.
[Chorus]
A G D
But we're not so starry-eyed anymore
G D A G
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters
A G D
And won't it all just come around to make you
G D A
Let it all unbreak you to the day that you met her
G
And it'd make you better.
Bm G D A
And it'd make you better.
Bm G D A
Did it make you better?
[Instrumental]
Bm G D A
Bm G D A
[Bridge]
Bm G D A
And all I wanted was a sliver to call mine.
Bm G D
And all I wanted was a shimmer in your shine
A G A
To make me bright
[Chorus]
A G D
'Cause we're not so starry-eyed anymore
G D A G
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters
A G D
And won't it all just come around to make you
G D A
Let it all unbreak you to the day that you met her
G
And it'd make you better.
And it'd make you better.
[Outro]
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2 Gsus2
Bm9
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7 comments

Couple things. First, the verse part doesn't hit the high e string on any of those chords. Also, there is a fourth chord after the Gsus2, which is a D chord of the same shape, just don't fret the G on the 6th string. And from the look of it the G in the chorus is actually a Gadd4 (low > high 3-2-0-0-1-3). Otherwise looks good! Still getting 5 stars from me :)
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Playing from a piano the verse chords sound really odd if you play Bm D G Asus4. The Asus4 may be what he plays on guitar but the chord they’re accenting almost certainly a Dsus2.
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