Better chords by Lily Kershaw

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
A E B

Verse 1:
   C#m          A         E
The silver screen couldn't hold all that you had
       B       C#m
You made such beautiful messes
       A       B
But now it's time to go to bed
E      C#m      A
Heaven's got one more angel
E       B       C#m A
One more nightmares come to rest
      E     B
I guess it is for the best

Chorus 1:
   C#m     A
But I wish you had known
   E       B
This town couldn't save you
  C#m  A
Oh I had hoped
  E        G#
My love would have made you
C#m   A
Better, better
E     B
Oh you're free now
C#m          B
Time will take its toll
    G#
On what you owe

Verse 2:
C#m       A       E
Gossip's gospel in this little world
       B     C#m
You taste the beautiful girls
       A       E
You come down hard and go to bed
  B
The visions simmer
C#m    A
In your head
E     B
In your head
      C#m A
Close your eyes
   G#
With tomorrow you will fly

Chorus 2:
   C#m     A
But I wish you had known
   E       B
This town couldn't save you
  C#m  A
Oh I had hoped
  E        G#
My love would have made you
C#m   A
Better, better
E     B
Oh you're free now
C#m          B
Time will take its toll
    G#
On what you owe
C#m  A
Better
      E   B
Do you feel better?
C#m  A
Better
      E   B
Do you feel better?

Chorus 3:
   C#m     A
But I wish you had known
   E       B
This town couldn't save you
  C#m  A
Oh I had hoped
  E        G#
My love would have made you
C#m   A
Better, better
E     B
Oh you're free now
C#m          B
Time will take its toll
    G#
On what you owe