The Last 5 Years - I Can Do Better Than That chords by Soundtracks 🎦

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
A2   F#m11
Dmaj9  Bm11  Bm11/E

Verse 1:

A2
  My best friend had a little situation
       F#m11
At the end of our senior year
Dmaj9
  And like a shot,
                                   Bm11    Bmin7/E
she and Mitchell got married that summer
A2
  Carolann getting bigger every minute
          F#m11
Thinking, "What am I doing here?"
Dmaj9
  While Mitchell's out every night
                    A2
Being a heavy-metal drummer
             F#m11
They got a little cute house
     A2/E
on a little cute street
        D6/9
With a crucifix on the door
A2/C#                     D6/9
Mitchell got a job at the record store
A2/D#  Bm11/E
in the mall
         F#m11              A2/E
Just the typical facts of a typical
         D6/9
life in a town on the Eastern Shore
A2/C#                  A2/D
I thought about what I wanted
   A2/C#                 F#m/D#
It wasn't like that at all
A2/E        F#m11      Bm11    D6/9
   Made Carolann a cute baby sweater
          D/E                  A2
Thinking "I can do better than that"

Interlude:
F#m11 Dmaj9
Bm11   Bm11/E

Verse 2:

A2
    In a year or so, I moved to the city
           F#m11
Thinking "What have I got to lose?"
Dmaj9
  Got a room, got a cat,
                       Bm11   Bm11/E
and got twenty pounds thinner
A2                                           F#m11
   Met a guy in a class I was taking
        F#m11
who you might say with some very well placed tatoos
Dmaj9
   He wouldn't leave me alone
                         A2
'less I went with him to dinner
     F#m11
And I guess he was cute
      A2/E
And I guess he was sweet
      D6/9
ANd I guess he was good in bed
A2/C#                   D6/9   A2/D#          Bm11/E
I gave up my life for a better part of a year
F#m11                                  A2/E
And so I'm starting to think that this maybe might work
        D6/9
And the second it entered my head
   A2/C#                     A2/D
He needed to take some time off
A2/C#         F#m/D#
Focus on his "career"
   A2/E    F#m11      Bm11      D6/9
He blew me off with a heartfelt letter
          D/E                   A2
I thought "I can do better than that"

Bridge:

          D6/9
You don't have to get a haircut
          Bm11
You don't have to change your shoes
          D6/9         D6/9/E
You don't have to like Duran Duran
     Asus4
Just love me
A         D6/9
You don't have to put the seat down
          Bm11
You don't have to watch the news
          D6/9              B7/D#
You dont' have to learn to tango
          A6/E              C#7/E#
You don't have to eat prosciutto
         F#m      E/F#        F#m
You don't have to change a thing
      F#m11   B7sus4  B7 B7sus4 B7
Just stay with    me
A/B    D6/9
I want you and you and nothing but you
  Bm11
Miles and piles of you
        G6/9                C7#11
Finally I'll have something worthwhile
                    D2
To think about each morning
  G2
You and you and nothing but you
 E7sus4              E9
No substitution will do
            G2                  C7#11
Nothing but fresh, undiluted and pure
           G/A  D/G D6/F#
Top of the line
Bm9/E             D/E   E/D  A/C#  Bm11  Bm7/E
      and totally mine!

Verse 3:
A2
  I don't need any lifetime commitments
        F#m11
I don't need to get hitched tonight
Dmaj9                                      Bm11
    I don't want to throw up your walls and  defenses
A2
   I don't mean to put on any pressure
      F#m
But I know what a thing is right
Dmaj9
    And I spend every day
                 A2
reconfiguring my senses
        F#m11
When we get to my house,
       Fm11/E
take a look at that town
       F#m11/D
Take a look at how far I've gone
A2/C#
I will never go back
     A2/D            A2/D#  Esus4
Never look back anymore
       F#m11                 Fm11/E
And it feels like my life led right to your side
         F#m11/D
And will keep me there from now on
A2/C#                A2/D
Think about what you wanted
A2/C#                  A2/D
Think about what could be
A2/C#              A2/D
Think about how I love you
A2/C#                  F#m/D#
Say you'll move in with me
A2/E                        F#m11
Think of what's great about me and you
A2/E                        F#m11
Think of the bullsh*t we've both been through
  A2/E
Think of what's past
         F#m11   G6/9
because we can do   better!
         Bm7/E
We can do   better!
D/E             A2/D
We can do better  than that!
A/C#  Bm9 A/C# D6/9

D/E                   A
We can do better than that!