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

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

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

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Verse 2

I, sometimes lose myself in me

I lose track of time

And I can't see the woods for the trees

You set them alight

Burn the bridges as you go

I'm too weak to fight you

I've got my personal hell to deal with,

then you say

Pre-chorus 1

Walk my path

Wear my shoes

Talk like that

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

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

Pre-chorus 2
So teach me to
Eb7 
 (E flat7) Walk my path
Wear my shoes
Talk like that
I'll be an angel

Chorus 3
Eb 
Bb 
And  (E flat major) things can only get  (B flat major) better
Db 
Can only get  (D flat major) better
Ab 
Now I found  (A flat major) you
Eb 
Bb 
 (E flat major) Things can only get  (B flat major) better
Db 
They can only get,  (D flat major) better
Now I found

Interlude 1

(you) Things can only get, can only get

Things can only get, can only get

Things can only get,

Things can only get, can only get

Chorus 4
Eb 
Bb 
 (E flat major) Things can only get  (B flat major) better
Db 
Can only get  (D flat major) better
Ab 
Now I found  (A flat major) you
(things can only get, can only get)
Eb 
Bb 
 (E flat major) Things can only get  (B flat major) better
Db 
only get,  (D flat major) better
Ab 
Now I found  (A flat major) you

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: Eb majorBPM: 125

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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

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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.