Get Better

Chords: GECACCBmj9/B e|---3---3-----3------3-----0-----0------1----| B|---3---3-----3------3-----1-----1------2----| G|---0---0-----0------2-----0-----0------3----| D|---0---2-----2------2-----2-----0------3----| A|---2---2-----3------0-----3-----2------1----| E|---3---0------------------------------------| Verse 1: G I got me a shovel Em7 And I'm digging a ditch Cadd2 G A7sus4 And I'm going to fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son of a b**ch G I got me a future Em7 I'm not stuck on the past Cadd2 G A7sus4 I got no new trick yeah I'm, up on bricks but me, i'm a machine and i was built to last Chorus: C Cmaj9/B G I'm trying to get better cos I haven't been my best C Cmaj9/B G She took a plain black marker started writing on my chest C Cmaj9/B G A7sus4 She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said said come on now lets fix this mess C Bm G We could get better, because we're not dead yet Verse 2: G They threw me a whirlwind Em7 And i spat back the seas Cadd2 G A7sus4 I took a battering but i've got thicker skin and the best people i know are looking out for me G So i'm taking the highroad, Em7 My engines running high and fine Cadd2 G A7sus4 May I always see the road rising up to meet me and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind Chorus: C Cmaj9/B G I'm trying to get better cos I haven't been my best C Cmaj9/B G She took a plain black marker started writing on my chest C Cmaj9/B G A7sus4 She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said said come on now lets fix this mess C Bm G We could get better, because we're not dead yet Middle 8: (play single notes on the A string - use 5th chords as it builds) DCCA5 |A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| D5 C#5 It's just a knot in the small of your back C5 A5 you could work it out, with your fingers D5 C#5 It's just a tune that got stuck in your head C5 A5 you could work it out, with your fingers D5 C#5 It's just a numbness tangled up in your songs C5 A5 you could work it out, with your fingers D5 C#5 It's just a simple braille missing from the person you miss, C5 A5 Cadd2 a reminder you could always be a little bit better than this Chorus (alternate): C Cmaj9/B G So try and get better and don't ever accept less C Cmaj9/B G Take a plain black marker and write this on your chest C Cmaj9/B Draw a line underneath all this unhappiness G A7sus4 Come on now let's fix this mess C Bm G We could get better because we're not dead yet C Bm G We could get better because we're not dead yet