Better Than I Used To Be Chords by Mat Kearney, Afsheen
Tempo:
94.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
A
F#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Used to be [E] kids in the [F#m]
backseat [D] wasting time
Talking about [E] high hopes and [A] daydreams
[D] Never thought love, never thought life could take [E] us far beyond what we [A] [D] believed
As long [A] as I've got your love next [F#m] to me
Better than I used to be
[C#m] [A]
[E] [D] Chasing [A]
[D] [F#m] [C#m] this dream, I'm [E] so glad [D] you understand
[F#m] [C#m] Climbing up a mountain, it'll leave [D] you hardly standing
[F#m] Things [C#m] don't go just [Bm] the way you planned [F#m] it
But I never [C#m] thought we'd have so much [Bm] to take for [D] granted
You [A] never know what you got till it's gone
[Em] Guess I never know, [D] cause I know you're my [A] only one
We [D] [F#m] used to be [A] kids in the backseat [E] wasting time
Talking [D] about high [A] hopes and daydreams
[E] Never thought love, never thought life [D] could take [A] us far beyond what we [F#m] believed
[E] As [D] long [A] as I've got your love next to [E] me
Better than I used to [D] [A] be
[F#m] [E] [D] [A]
[F#m] [E] [D] [A] It's
[F#m] [E] [D] [A] [F#m]
[E] been [F#m] a long [E] day alone, and I can [D] hardly stand it
[F#m] A plane [C#m] leaves tomorrow, but my heart is [D] already landing
Things [C#m] didn't go just the [Bm] way I planned
[F#m] But I never [C#m] thought we'd have so much to [D] take for granted
[F#m] You never know what you [E] got till it's gone
Guess I never know, cause [D] I know you're my only [F#m] one
[E]
[D] We used to be kids [A] in the backseat wasting [E] time
Talking about [F#m] high [A] hopes and daydreams
Never [E] thought love, never thought [D] life could take us [A] far beyond what we believed
[E] As [D] long as [A] I've got your love next to [E] me
Better than [D] I used to be
Better [A] than [F#m] I [E] [D] used to be
[A] [F#m]
[E] [D] [A] [F#m]
[E] We [D] [A] [F#m]
[E] used [D] to be kids [A] in the [F#m] backseat wasting [E] time
[D] Talking about high [A] hopes and [F#m]
daydreams
Never [E] thought love, never thought [D] life could take us [A] far beyond what [F#m] we believed
[E] [D] As long as [A] I've got your love next to me
[E] Better than I [B] used to be
backseat [D] wasting time
Talking about [E] high hopes and [A] daydreams
[D] Never thought love, never thought life could take [E] us far beyond what we [A] [D] believed
As long [A] as I've got your love next [F#m] to me
Better than I used to be
[C#m] [A]
[E] [D] Chasing [A]
[D] [F#m] [C#m] this dream, I'm [E] so glad [D] you understand
[F#m] [C#m] Climbing up a mountain, it'll leave [D] you hardly standing
[F#m] Things [C#m] don't go just [Bm] the way you planned [F#m] it
But I never [C#m] thought we'd have so much [Bm] to take for [D] granted
You [A] never know what you got till it's gone
[Em] Guess I never know, [D] cause I know you're my [A] only one
We [D] [F#m] used to be [A] kids in the backseat [E] wasting time
Talking [D] about high [A] hopes and daydreams
[E] Never thought love, never thought life [D] could take [A] us far beyond what we [F#m] believed
[E] As [D] long [A] as I've got your love next to [E] me
Better than I used to [D] [A] be
[F#m] [E] [D] [A]
[F#m] [E] [D] [A] It's
[F#m] [E] [D] [A] [F#m]
[E] been [F#m] a long [E] day alone, and I can [D] hardly stand it
[F#m] A plane [C#m] leaves tomorrow, but my heart is [D] already landing
Things [C#m] didn't go just the [Bm] way I planned
[F#m] But I never [C#m] thought we'd have so much to [D] take for granted
[F#m] You never know what you [E] got till it's gone
Guess I never know, cause [D] I know you're my only [F#m] one
[E]
[D] We used to be kids [A] in the backseat wasting [E] time
Talking about [F#m] high [A] hopes and daydreams
Never [E] thought love, never thought [D] life could take us [A] far beyond what we believed
[E] As [D] long as [A] I've got your love next to [E] me
Better than [D] I used to be
Better [A] than [F#m] I [E] [D] used to be
[A] [F#m]
[E] [D] [A] [F#m]
[E] We [D] [A] [F#m]
[E] used [D] to be kids [A] in the [F#m] backseat wasting [E] time
[D] Talking about high [A] hopes and [F#m]
daydreams
Never [E] thought love, never thought [D] life could take us [A] far beyond what [F#m] we believed
[E] [D] As long as [A] I've got your love next to me
[E] Better than I [B] used to be
Key:
D
E
A
F#m
C#m
D
E
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Used to be [E] kids in the [F#m]
backseat [D] wasting time
Talking about [E] high hopes and [A] daydreams
[D] Never thought love, never thought life could take [E] us far beyond what we [A] [D] believed
_ As long [A] as I've got your love next [F#m] to me
Better than I used to be
[C#m] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ [D] _ Chasing _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] [C#m] this dream, I'm [E] so glad [D] you understand
_ [F#m] [C#m] Climbing up a mountain, it'll leave [D] you hardly standing
[F#m] Things [C#m] don't go just [Bm] the way you planned [F#m] it
But I never [C#m] thought we'd have so much [Bm] to take for [D] granted
You [A] never know what you got till it's gone
[Em] Guess I never know, [D] cause I know you're my [A] only one _ _
We [D] _ [F#m] used to be [A] kids in the backseat [E] wasting time
Talking [D] about high [A] hopes and daydreams
[E] Never thought love, never thought life [D] could take [A] us far beyond what we [F#m] believed
[E] _ As [D] long [A] as I've got your love next to [E] me
Better than I used to [D] [A] be _ _
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] It's _
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ been [F#m] a long [E] day alone, and I can [D] hardly stand it
[F#m] A plane [C#m] leaves tomorrow, but my heart is [D] already landing
Things [C#m] didn't go just the [Bm] way I planned
[F#m] But I never [C#m] thought we'd have so much to [D] take for granted
[F#m] You never know what you [E] got till it's gone
Guess I never know, cause [D] I know you're my only [F#m] one
[E] _ _ _
_ [D] We used to be kids [A] in the backseat wasting [E] time
Talking about [F#m] high [A] hopes and daydreams
Never [E] thought love, never thought [D] life could take us [A] far beyond what we believed
[E] As [D] long as [A] I've got your love next to [E] me
Better than [D] I used to be
Better [A] than [F#m] I _ [E] _ [D] used to be
[A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] We [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] used [D] to be kids [A] in the [F#m] backseat wasting [E] time
[D] Talking about high [A] hopes and _ [F#m]
daydreams
Never [E] thought love, never thought [D] life could take us [A] far beyond what [F#m] we believed
[E] _ [D] As long as [A] I've got your love next to me
[E] Better than I [B] used to be _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Used to be [E] kids in the [F#m]
backseat [D] wasting time
Talking about [E] high hopes and [A] daydreams
[D] Never thought love, never thought life could take [E] us far beyond what we [A] [D] believed
_ As long [A] as I've got your love next [F#m] to me
Better than I used to be
[C#m] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ [D] _ Chasing _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] [C#m] this dream, I'm [E] so glad [D] you understand
_ [F#m] [C#m] Climbing up a mountain, it'll leave [D] you hardly standing
[F#m] Things [C#m] don't go just [Bm] the way you planned [F#m] it
But I never [C#m] thought we'd have so much [Bm] to take for [D] granted
You [A] never know what you got till it's gone
[Em] Guess I never know, [D] cause I know you're my [A] only one _ _
We [D] _ [F#m] used to be [A] kids in the backseat [E] wasting time
Talking [D] about high [A] hopes and daydreams
[E] Never thought love, never thought life [D] could take [A] us far beyond what we [F#m] believed
[E] _ As [D] long [A] as I've got your love next to [E] me
Better than I used to [D] [A] be _ _
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] It's _
[F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ been [F#m] a long [E] day alone, and I can [D] hardly stand it
[F#m] A plane [C#m] leaves tomorrow, but my heart is [D] already landing
Things [C#m] didn't go just the [Bm] way I planned
[F#m] But I never [C#m] thought we'd have so much to [D] take for granted
[F#m] You never know what you [E] got till it's gone
Guess I never know, cause [D] I know you're my only [F#m] one
[E] _ _ _
_ [D] We used to be kids [A] in the backseat wasting [E] time
Talking about [F#m] high [A] hopes and daydreams
Never [E] thought love, never thought [D] life could take us [A] far beyond what we believed
[E] As [D] long as [A] I've got your love next to [E] me
Better than [D] I used to be
Better [A] than [F#m] I _ [E] _ [D] used to be
[A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] We [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] used [D] to be kids [A] in the [F#m] backseat wasting [E] time
[D] Talking about high [A] hopes and _ [F#m]
daydreams
Never [E] thought love, never thought [D] life could take us [A] far beyond what [F#m] we believed
[E] _ [D] As long as [A] I've got your love next to me
[E] Better than I [B] used to be _ _ _