Better Man Acoustic chords by Taylor Swift

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
E

Verse 1:
E               B
I know I’m probably better off on my own
   A
Than lovin' a man who didn’t know
    A
What he had when he had it
  E               B
And I see the permanent damage you did to me
          A
Never again, I just wish I could forget when it was magic
E

I wish it wasn’t 4am, standing in the mirror
B
Saying to myself, you know you had to do it
A                    B
I know the bravest thing I ever did was run

Chorus:
E                      B
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
      C#m                 A
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
   E
And I know why we had to say goodbye
     B
Like the back of my hand
      C#m                 A
And I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
A
A better man

Verse 2:
E               B
I know I’m probably better off all alone
               A
Than needing a man who could change his mind
  A
At any given minute
            E
And it’s always on your terms
           B
I’m hanging on every careless word
           A
Hoping it might turn sweet again
A
Like it was in the beginning
     E
But your jealousy, I can hear it now
        B
You’re talking down to me like I’ll always be around
      A
You push my love away like it’s some kind of loaded gun
     B
Boy, you never thought I’d run

Chorus:
E                      B
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
      C#m                 A
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
   E
And I know why we had to say goodbye
     B
Like the back of my hand
      C#m                 A
And I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
A      E B
A better man
E B A

Bridge:
 A                 B
I hold onto this pride because these days it’s all I have
    C#m                 B     C#m
And I gave you my best and we both know you can’t say that
C#m
You can’t say that
  A
No, you can’t say that
         E
I wish you were a better man
     B
I wonder what we would’ve become
       C#m
If you were a better man
  A
We might still be in love
       E
If you were a better man
  B
You would’ve been the one
       C#m
If you were a better man
A
Yeah, yeah

Chorus:
E                      B
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
      C#m                 A
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
   E
And I know why we had to say goodbye
     B
Like the back of my hand
      C#m                 A
And I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man

Outro:
       E
If you were a better man
  B
We might still be in love
       C#m
If you were a better man
  A         B
You would’ve been the one
       E
If you were a better man