The Better Of Me chords by
Dashboard Confessional
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Key: Gb major

Verse 1
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
We
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
went back to the shore
For the crash of the waves
D D 
 
A A 
 
I love that sound and the curious
Esus4 Esus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
comfort we found in each other
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
Just like we did back in the day

Verse 2
D D 
 
And the crackling clouds
A A 
 
Of a storm out at sea
And you broke me down just by
leaning a little bit closer to me
And yet still somehow leaning away

Verse 3
Bm Bm 
 
Well, nobody told me
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
Just how badly I'd grieve
Bm Bm 
 
That I'd dig through my past
G G 
 
That I'd keep looking back
D D 
 
A A 
 
To find out who I wanted to be

Verse 4

Have I forgotten

How I let myself feel?

How the slightest inflections

Were like cuts that don't heal?

Verse 5
D D 
 
And don't be mistaken
A A 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
That was true, I        be lieve
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I was something, I swear it
A A 
 
Before life got the better of
me
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 

Verse 6
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
I think I know how you felt
I didn't know how to leave
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
But looking back it was easy to
D D 
 
A A 
 
think you'd be better off
D D 
 
A A 
 
But I shouldn't have left you that way

Verse 7
D D 
 
Without saying it right
A A 
 
Or even saying it wrong
D D 
 
I just moved on,
Bm Bm 
 
ripped you out of my chest
And I picked up and left
A A 
 
And just like a ghost I was gone

Verse 8
Bm Bm 
 
Well, nobody told me
G G 
 
D D 
 
Come on, kid, take your time
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Don't go rushing too fast
G G 
 
'Cause if you lose your path
D D 
 
It's gonna be so hard to find

Verse 9

Have I forgotten

How I let myself feel?

How the slightest inflections

Were like cuts that don't heal?

Verse 10

And don't be mistaken

That was true, I believe

I was something, I swear it

Before life got the better of me

Verse 11
G G 
 
Life is hard
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
Just a series of battle scars
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
From some fights we won
G G 
 
And some fights we lost
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
In a war that we never signed on for
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
We keep holding our heads high
Bm Bm 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Or hold each other and just     cry
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
And nobody's wrong
And no lines are drawn
And everyone's here
Gm Gm 
 
And nobody's gone

Verse 12

I was something, I swear it

Before life got the better

Before life got the better of me

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