Better Man

[C]     [Em]    [D]     [Am]    [G]     [F]
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Intro & Verse picking:

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[C]   [Em]   [C]   [Em7]   [D]

[C]It was 1985
[Em]When your son and I drove [C]by
And saw you standing [Em]there[D]
[C]Outside the liquor store
[Em]With a bottle in your ha[C]nd
Living the life you [Em]chose[D]

[Am]I always wonder[G]ed wh[C]y
We just drove on [Am]by
I never saw you agai[D]n

[G]You never tried to be a [Am]better man
You c[Em]hose to run [C]instead
[G]All of the [Am]guilt you carried
Was w[Em]ritten on your [C]face
[G]I never knew the [Am]day you died
Would [Em]take it all awa[C]y

[C]Soon his mother died
[Em]And all the locked up pain inside
[C]Began to [Em]rear its hea[D]d
[C]And all the memories
[Em]Like some old bad disease
[C]Was finally [Em]put to be[D]d

[Am]I always wondered [G]why[C]
We just drove on [Am]by
But now I understand[D]

(Chorus)

[F]   [C]   [F]   [C]   [D]

(chorus)

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| [B]  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note