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Better

Jonathan Coulton
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
{section: Verse 1}
Where did we go?
When was the moment that we broke in two?
I think I know
{section: Chorus}
{section: Verse 2}
{section: Chorus}
{guitar solo]
{section: Verse 3}
{section: Chorus}
{section: Outro}

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Arrangement source for Better by Jonathan Coulton

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
 [C]  [Csus4] [C]  [Csus4]

{section: Verse 1}
[C]             [Csus4]

Where did we go?
[C]             [Csus4]                   [C]

When was the moment that we broke in two?
          [Csus4]

I think I know
[C] In fact I am [Csus4]sure I can blame it on [G]you
I remember the [F]first bi[C]g surprise
The [G]day you came home with your [F]infrare[C]d eyes
[Am]I looked [G/B]insi[C]de them, but [Dm7]all I could see
Were [F]tiny reflections o[G]f [C/G]me  [G7]

{section: Chorus}
But it’s not me it’s [F]you, what you’re turning [C]into
Is some kind of [Dm7]something that I never [C]knew
You used to be [F]OK and I liked yo[C]u that way
But I [Am]don’t think that [Am7/G]I like you [D7/F#]better
No I [F]don’t think tha[G]t I like yo[C]u bette[Csus4]r

{section: Verse 2}
[C] You started out [Csus4]small
[C] Some gills and some [Csus4]wings and a few extra [C]thumbs
[C] Now you’re thirteen feet [Csus4]tall
[C] Even when you’re a[Csus4]sleep your machinery [G]hums
And I’m tired of the [F]evenings [C]I spend
[G]Making small talk with your [F]new robo[C]t friends
And their [Am]stupid [G/B]insi[C]stence on [Dm7]scanning my iris
When [F]they know damn well who [G]I [C/G]am  [G7]

{section: Chorus}
And you look like the [F]victim of a surgica[C]l crime
A little Darth [Dm7]Vader, a little Optimus [C]Prime
You used to be [F]OK and I liked you [C]that way
But I [Am]don’t think that [Am7/G]I like you [D7/F#]better
No I [F]don’t think tha[G]t I like yo[Ab]u better

{guitar solo]
 [Absus4]  [Ab]  [Eb]  [Fm]  [Bb]  [Eb]  [Ab]  [C#]  [G]  [C]

{section: Verse 3}
[C] So that’s how it [Csus4]goes
[C] Snap your mandibles [Csus4]once to say you [C]understand
 Now hold me [Csus4]close
[C] Wait, now that’s [Csus4]too close, you’re crushing my [G]hand
I can tell by that [F]shriekin[C]g alarm
That [G]your weapons systems are [F]active an[C]d armed
[Am]Do m[G/B]e a [C]favor and [Dm7]power them down
[F]Just so we don’t have [G]a sce[C/G]ne  [G7]

{section: Chorus}
And I wish it was [F]different, but we’re just not th[C]e same
At least we got [Dm7]someone we know we can [C]blame
You used to be [F]OK and I liked yo[C]u that way
But I [Am]don’t think that [Am7/G]I like you [D7/F#]better
No I [F]don’t think tha[G]t I like yo[C]u better

{section: Outro}
 [C]  [Csus4] [C]  [Csus4] [C]

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