better than i was chords by
Mal Blum

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Key: C major

Intro 1

Verse 1
C C 
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I pour steaming milk into paper cups
F F 
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And start conversations
with new strangers
G G 
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F F 
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The awkwardness finally burning off
Like a fever
C C 
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Verse 2
But forgetting is a privilege
And I don't forget it
F F 
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I drove up your old block
Right past your apartment
G G 
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The roommate you hated
F F 
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Was carrying boxes of something
C C 
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F F 
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C C 
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Verse 3
G G 
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Has your face gotten older?
F F 
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Am Am 
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Has your voice gotten lower?
A A 
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Am Am 
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I  feel the same
Em Em 
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F F 
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But the world keeps getting slower
Dm Dm 
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D D 
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F F 
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Something inside of me says
I'm better than I was
C C 
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Verse 4
F F 
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C C 
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I couldn't come over
So I met you there
F F 
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And you'd grown a bit taller
Same gray in your hair
G G 
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That I  saw on your mother
Em Em 
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F F 
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The day that I met her in Portland
C C 
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Verse 5
You know,
Maine is such a pleasant place
F F 
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So I could see myself getting in the way
G G 
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As soon as I settle
F F 
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I'll know I  can't stay
C C 
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Verse 6
G G 
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Has my face gotten older?
F F 
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Am Am 
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Has my voice gotten lower?
I feel the same
F F 
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But the world keeps getting slower
Dm Dm 
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D D 
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F F 
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Something inside of me says

Interlude 1

I'm better than I was

Verse 7
G G 
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And I  heard the record
that she had bought
D D 
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In the coffee shop
But she had it wrong
F F 
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Because he writes of loss
And impermanence
C C 
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It's not a break up song
F F 
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C C 
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Verse 8
G G 
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While I pour steaming milk
Into a paper cup
D D 
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I start a conversation with
a new stranger
F F 
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Who says that being left by someone
Who don't get you isn't wrong
C C 
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It's a favor

Verse 9
C C 
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G G 
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And you're so scared of getting old
F F 
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And I'm so scared of growing slow
Am Am 
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Most of all we're scared
F F 
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We're always gonna be alone
D D 
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F F 
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But even so something inside of me says
D D 
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F F 
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Something inside of me says
D D 
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Dm Dm 
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F F 
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Something inside of me says

Outro 1

I'm better than before

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