Better As A Memory chords by
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney

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Key: D major
Intro 1
G
G

D
D

Em
Em

C
C

G
G

D
D

Em
Em

C
C

Verse 1
G
G

I move on like a sinner's prayer
D
D

Bm
Bm

Letting go like a levee breaks
Em
Em

Walk away as if I don't care
C
C

Learn to shoulder my mistakes
G
G

I'm built to fade like your favorite song
D
D

I get reckless when there's no need
Em
Em

Laugh as your stories ramble on
C
C

Break my heart but it won't bleed
Em
Em

My only friends are pirates,
D
D

it's just who I am
C
C

D
D

I'm better as a memory than
G
G

as your man
Verse 2
G
G

I'm never sure when the
truth won't do
D
D

I'm pretty good on a lonely night
Em
Em

I move on the way a storm
blows through
C
C

I never stay, but then again, I might
G
G

I struggle sometimes to find the words
D
D

Always sure until I doubt
Em
Em

Walk a line until it blurs
Build the walls too high
C
C

to climb out
Em
Em

I'm honest to a fault,
D
D

it's just who I am
C
C

D
D

I'm better as a memory
G
G

C
C

than as your man
Verse 3
G
G

D
D

I see you lean in, you're bound to fall
I don't wanna be that mistake
G
G

C
C

G
G

I'm just a dreamer, nothing more
Am
Am

You should know it before
D
D

it gets too late
Verse 4
G
G

'Cause good-bye's are like a
roulette wheel
You never know where
D
D

they're gonna land
First you're spinning,
Em
Em

then you're standing still
C
C

Left holding a losing hand
G
G

One day you're gonna find someone
D
D

Right away, you'll know it's true
Em
Em

That all of your seeking's done
Was just a part of the
C
C

passing through
Em
Em

Right there in that mo ment
D
D

You'll finally understand
Dsus4
Dsus4

D
D

C
C

That I was better as
D
D

Em
Em

C
C

a memory than as your man
D
D

G
G

Better as a memory than as your man
Outro 1
G
G

D
D

Em
Em

C
C

Am
Am

C
C

G
G

D
D

Em
Em

C
C

G
G

D
D

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

G
G

D
D

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

G
G

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