Better Man

 
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 
 

 
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) 


 
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 
 

 
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 
 

 
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    
 

 
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