🎸 Better Than I Used To Be chords by Mat Kearney

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chorus:
       D    A      F#m   E
We used to be kids in the backseat wastin' time
       D     A
Talkin' 'bout high hopes and daydreams
F#m      E
 Never thought love, never thought life
   D      A           F#m E
Could take us far beyond what we believed
  D      A          F#m E
As long as I got your love next to me

I'm better than I used to be

Interlude:
D A F#m E
D A F#m E


Verse 1:
    D      A
I been chasin' this dream
    F#m      E
I'm so glad you understand
D       A         F#m       E
Climbing up a mountain, would it leave you hardly standing
D      A F#m     E
Things don't go just the way you planned it
   D       A       F#m       E
But I never thought we'd have, so much to take for granted


Pre-Chorus:
     D         A
You never know what you got till it's gone
          F#m     E         D A F#m E
Guess I never know cause I know you're my only one


Chorus:
       D    A      F#m   E
We used to be kids in the backseat wastin' time
       D     A
Talkin' 'bout high hopes and daydreams
F#m      E
 Never thought love, never thought life
   D      A           F#m E
Could take us far beyond what we believed
  D      A          F#m E
As long as I got your love next to me

I'm better than I used to be


Post-Chorus:
D A F#m E
D A F#m E

             D A F#m E
Better than I used to be

D A F#m E


Verse 2:
       D    A
It's been a long day alone
  F#m     E
And I can hardly stand it
  D       A
My plane leaves tomorrow
    F#m      E
But my heart has already landed
D       A  F#m     E
Things didn't go, just the way I planned it
   D       A       F#m       E
But I never thought we'd have, so much to take for granted


Pre-Chorus:
     D         A
You never know what you got till it's gone
          F#m     E         D A F#m E
Guess I never know cause I know you're my only one


Chorus:
       D    A      F#m   E
We used to be kids in the backseat wastin' time
       D     A
Talkin' 'bout high hopes and daydreams
F#m      E
 Never thought love, never thought life
   D      A           F#m E
Could take us far beyond what we believed
  D      A          F#m E
As long as I got your love next to me

I'm better than I used to be


Post-Chorus:
D A F#m E

             D A F#m E
Better than I used to be
             D A F#m E
Better than I used to be
             D A F#m E
Better than I used to be


Chorus:
       D    A      F#m   E
We used to be kids in the backseat wastin' time
       D     A
Talkin' 'bout high hopes and daydreams
F#m      E
 Never thought love, never thought life
   D      A           F#m E
Could take us far beyond what we believed
  D      A          F#m E
As long as I got your love next to me

I'm better than I used to be