Better Man Chords and Strumming Patterns
Strumming Patterns 1-DD-UUD-DDU
[Intro][C] [G] [F] [Am]
Strumming Patterns 2-DDD-UDUD-DDU
[Verse]
[C]I know I’m probably[G]better off on my own
Than lovin' a [F]man who didn’t know
What he had [F]when he had it
[C]And I see the permanent [G]damage you did to me
Never again,[F] I just wish
I could forget [F]when it was magic
Strumming Patterns 1-DD-UUD-DDU
[Pre-chorus]
[F]I wish it wasn’t 4am[F]standing in the mirror
[G]Saying to myself[G]you know you had to do it
[F]I know the bravest thing[F]I ever did was run
[Chorus]
[C]Sometimes, in the [C]middle of the night,
I can [G]feel you again
But I just [Am]miss you, and
[G]I just wish you [F]were a better man
And[C]I know why we had to say goodbye
Like the [G]back of my hand
And I just[Am]miss you, and
I just[G] wish you were [F]a better man
A better[C] man
[Verse]
[C]I know I’m probably[G] better off all alone
Then needing [G]a man who could
[F]change his mind at any [F]given minute
And it’s [C]always on your terms
I’m hanging on [G]every careless word
Hoping it [F]might turn sweet again
Like it was in [F]the beginning
[Pre-chorus]
[F]But your jealousy, [F]I can hear it now
[G]You’re talking down to me like [G]I’ll always be around
[F]You push my love away like it’s [F]some kind of loaded *
Boy,[G] you never thought [G] I’d run
[Chorus]
[C]Sometimes, in the middle [C]of the night,
I can [G]feel you again
But I just[Am]miss you, and
I just[G] wish you were a[F] better man
And [C]I know why we had to say goodbye
Like the[G]back of my hand
And I just[Am]miss you, and
[G]I just wish you were a [F]better man
A [C]better [G]mant[Am][G][F]
[Bridge]
[F]I hold onto this pride [G]because these days it’s all I have
And[F] I gave you my [Am]best and we [G]both know you can’t [F]say that
You can’t [F]say that
I wish you [C]were a better man
I [G]wonder what we would’ve become
If you were [F]a better man
We might [G]still be in love
If you [C]were a better man
You would’[G]ve been the one
If you were [F]a better man
Yeah,[F] yeah
[Chorus]
[C]Sometimes, in the middle of [C]the night,
I can [G]feel you again
But I just [Am]miss you, and
[G]I just wish you were [F]a better man
And[C] I know why we had to [C]say goodbye
Like the [G]back of my hand
And I just [Am]miss you, and
[G]I just wish you [F]were a[C] better man
[Outro]
[G]We might still be in love,[Am] if you were a [G]better man
Better[F] man...
