Better Man

[Verso 1]
 
G          Em7            Csus2   Dsus D 
   Can you hear my mother cry 
G                 Em7/A    G/B  Cadd9           Dsus D 
   While my three wary brothers ask for reasons why 
       Em7               Dadd11 
Their fathers come home late again 
     Csus2            Dadd11            Em7   Dadd11 
When out is where you never should have been 
 


[Refrão]
 
Csus2           Dadd11            Em7   Dadd11 
   Theres only so much one can take 
Csus2             Dadd11     Dadd11/F# G               Fsus2 
   You broke our hearts, now youre a choice I have to make 
        C                   G 
Youve let the bridge burn slow 
Csus2              Em7 Dadd11 
Take your matches, go 
   Csus2   Dsus2 D 
No more 
   Em7 
No more 
 

Interlude: 
Em7   Dadd11   Csus2   Dsus2, D   (x2) 



[Verso 2]
 
G            Em7             Csus2   Dsus D 
   Spend the pain on silver spoons 
G           Em7/A        G/B  Cadd9              Dsus D 
   Pass the time with candled cake and cheap balloons 
Em7            Dadd11 
I know you know I dont know 
Csus2         Dadd11       Em7   Dadd11 
How far I can make a smile go 
 


[Refrão]
 
Csus2           Dadd11          Em7   Dadd11 
   Theres only so much one can give 
Csus2         Dadd11    Dadd11/F# G          Fsus2 
   Police the death   beneath my appetite to live 
       C               G 
Empty bottles, broken vows 
        Csus2          Em7 Dadd11 
Damning God what he allows 
     Csus2   Dsus2 D 
What for 
      E 
What for 
 


[Ponte]
 
Cadd9     D     Dadd11/F#    G 
I am the man of the         house 
Cadd9    D Dadd11/F# G 
Un-recognizable      boy 
Cadd9          D           Em7 
Damned if Im man, if Im mouse 
                 Em7         Dadd11     Csus2 
If Im anything less than you want me to be when you want me to 
Csus2     F#dim/Eb     Am7/E 
I can run, but I cant hide 
       Bm7/F#  (Am) 
Its impossible now 


{Solo} 
Am   Dm   G   Abdim Am G 
Fsus2   Gadd11   Fsus2   Gadd11 
Am   F/B    
 


[Ponte]
 
Cadd9     D          G 
I am the man of the house 
Cadd9    D       G 
Un-recognizable boy 
Cadd9          D           Em7 
Damned if Im man, if Im mouse 
                 Em7         Dadd11     Csus2 
If Im anything less than you want me to be when you want me to 
Csus2     F#dim/Eb     Am7/E 
I can run, but I cant hide 
       Bm7/F#     Em7  Em9  Em7  Em 
Its impossible   now, now, now, no 
 

Outro: 
          Cadd9 
Ive got nothing to lose 
         D                         Em7 Dadd11/F# G Dsus/A 
But the life that I choose to live without       you 
G/B    Cadd9 
Making haste of the waste of time 
D                    G        Csus2      G 
Proving to you that Im not you, and Im not you 
F                   Dm 
Rising above compromising my love 
          G           Dadd11/F#   Em7   Dadd11 
You will never get the best of me 
     Cadd9                  D 
Forgetting you, slowly forgiving you 
            Eb   F 
Setting me free 
Eb                       F                      G   Bdim/F 
Setting me, setting me, setting me, setting me free 
Gm/Bb  Cadd9 
Oh God 
G   Bdim/F                  Gm/Bb   Cadd9 
            Can you hear me cry 
(Ad Lib) 
G   Bdim/F   Gm/Bb   Cadd9   (x4) 


Solo:
G   Bdim/F   Gm/Bb   Cadd9   (x4) 
Cadd9