Things Can Only Get Better chords by
D:ream (Official Version)

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Key: Eb majorDifficulty: Easy

Verse 1
Eb Eb 
 
You can walk my path
Bb Bb 
 
You can wear my shoes
Db Db 
 
Learn to talk like me
Ab Ab 
 
and be an angel too
Eb Eb 
 
But maybe
Bb Bb 
 
you ain't never gonna feel this way
Db Db 
 
You ain't never gonna know me,
Ab Ab 
 
but I know you

Chorus 1
I'm singing it now
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Things can only get better
Db Db 
 
Can only get better
if we see it through
Ab Ab 
 
That means me and I mean you too
So teach me now that
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
things can only get better
Db Db 
 
They can only get, they only get,
take it on from here
Ab Ab 
 
You know I know that
Eb Eb 
 
things can only get better

Verse 2
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
I,  sometimes lose myself in me
Db Db 
 
I lose track of time
Ab Ab 
 
Bb Bb 
 
And I can't see the woods for the trees
Eb Eb 
 
You set them alight
Bb Bb 
 
Burn the bridges as you go
Db Db 
 
I'm too weak to fight you
Ab Ab 
 
I've got my personal hell to deal with,
Bb Bb 
 
then you say

Pre-chorus 1

Eb7

Walk my path

Wear my shoes

Talk like that

Chorus 2
I'll be an angel then
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Things can only get better
Db Db 
 
Can only get better
Ab Ab 
 
Now I found you
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Things can only get better
Db Db 
 
They can only get, better
Ab Ab 
 
Now I found you
(and you and you)

Verse 3
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
You have shown me pre judice and greed
Db Db 
 
And you've shown me how
Ab Ab 
 
Bb Bb 
 
I must learn to deal with this disease
Eb Eb 
 
I look at things now
Bb Bb 
 
in a different light than I did before
Db Db 
 
And I've found the cause
Ab Ab 
 
Bb Bb 
 
And I think that you can be my cure

Pre-chorus 2
So teach me to
Eb7 Eb7 
 
Walk my path
Wear my shoes
Talk like that
I'll be an angel

Chorus 3
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
And things can only get better
Db Db 
 
Can only get better
Ab Ab 
 
Now I found you
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Things can only get better
Db Db 
 
They can only get, better
Now I found

Interlude 1

Ab

(you) Things can only get, can only get

Eb

Bb

Things can only get, can only get

Db

Things can only get,

Ab

Things can only get, can only get

Chorus 4
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Things can only get better
Db Db 
 
Can only get better
Ab Ab 
 
Now I found you
(things can only get, can only get)
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Things can only get better
Db Db 
 
only get, better
Ab Ab 
 
Now I found you

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsEb Bb Db Ab Eb7

Chords

Eb
Bb
Db
Ab
Eb7

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
Db: x-4-6-6-6-x
Ab: 4-6-6-5-4-4
Eb7: x-x-1-3-2-3

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

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This is the definitive original version of Things Can Only Get Better by D:Ream, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of Eb major. It suits players who want to learn Things Can Only Get Better the way D:Ream intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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