I Wanna Get Better - The Bleachers

Alignment may be an issue. Also, I'm not sure if I got the right key; so add a capo where needed...

Tabbed By Noah Suarez

Standard Tuning

All chords are barre, but I think you could pull it off using regular chords.

              

D/A -   (5 5 7 7 7 5)
Dsus2-  (5 5 7 7 5 5)
G -     (3 5 5 4 3 3)
A -     (5 7 7 6 5 5)

[Intro]
 ,  ,  , 

[Verse 1]
           
Hey, I hear th

              
e voice of a p

     
reacher from t

he back room 
             
Calling my nam

         
e and I follow

 just to find 

you 
           
I trace the fa

             
ith to a broke


n down televis

ion 
             
And put on the

      
 weather 
           
And I've train

              
ed myself to g

     
ive up on the 

past 'cause
             
I frozen time 

         
between hearse

s and caskets 
           
Lost control w

          
hen I panicked


 at the acid t

est 
             
I wanna get be

 
tter 


           
While my frien

             
ds were gettin

          
g high and cha

              
sing girls dow

             
n parkway line

              
s I was losing

   
 my mind 
           
Because the lo

              
ve, the love, 

         
the love, the 

              
love, the love

             
 that I gave, 

  
wasted on a ni

ce face 
           
In a blaze of 

         
fear I put a h

             
elmet on a hel

              
met, counting 

        
seconds throug

h the night 
           
and got carrie

              
d away So now 

         
I'm standing o

              
n the overpass

  
 screaming at 

the cars,

"Hey, I wanna 

get better!"


[Chorus]
      
I didn’t know 

             
I was lonely '

             
til I saw your

     
 face 
           
I wanna get be

            
tter, better, 

                 
better, better
         
I wanna get be

tter
      
I didn't know 

             
I was broken '

             
til i wanted t

        
o change 
           
I wanna get be

            
tter, better, 

                 
better, better
         
I wanna get be

tter 


[Verse 2]
           
I go up to my 

              
room and there

     
's girls on th

e ceiling 
             
Cut out their 

              
pictures and I

  
 chase that fe

eling 
           
Of an eighteen

              
 year old who 

       
didn't know wh

at loss was
            
Now I'm a stra

nger 
           
And I miss the

              
 days of a lif

        
e still perman

ent 
             
Mourn the year

             
s before I got

           
 carried away!

 
 
              
So now I'm sta

         
ring at the in

              
terstate screa

     
ming at myself

,
              
"Hey, I wanna 

     
get better!"


[Chorus]
      
I didn’t know 

             
I was lonely '

             
til I saw your

     
 face 
           
I wanna get be

            
tter, better, 

                 
better, better
         
I wanna get be

tter
      
I didn't know 

             
I was broken '

             
til i wanted t

        
o change 
           
I wanna get be

            
tter, better, 

                 
better, better
         
I wanna get be

tter 

           
'Cause I'm sle

              
eping in the b

   
ack of a taxi 
             
I'm screaming 

             
from my bedroo


m window 
           
Even if its go

 
nna kill me 

[Instrumental Break]
 ,  ,  , 

[Verse 3]
           
Woke up this m

              
orning early b

     
efore my famil

y
             
From this drea

              
m where she wa

          
s trying to sh

ow me 
           
How a life can

              
 move from the

     
 darkness 
             
She said to ge

      
t better 
           
So I put a bul

              
let where I sh

     
ould have put 

a helmet 
             
And I crash my

              
 car cause I w

         
anna get carri

ed away 
           
That's why I'm

            
 standing on t

              
he overpass sc

         
reaming at mys

elf,
         
"Hey, I wanna 

get better!"


[Chorus]
      
I didn’t know 

             
I was lonely '

             
til I saw your

     
 face 
           
I wanna get be

            
tter, better, 

                 
better, better
         
I wanna get be

tter
      
I didn't know 

             
I was broken '

             
til i wanted t

        
o change 
           
I wanna get be

            
tter, better, 

                 
better, better
         
I wanna get be

tter