This is a very basic version of the song, will work for an acoustic guitar without backing. The studio version
plays it with a capo on the 3rd fret, but some live performances I've heard have the capo on the 5th fret.

The Dadd11 i like to play during the chorus is like a C Shape slid up to the third-fifth fret

E|-5-|
A|-5-|
D|-4-|
G|-0-|
B|-3-|
e|-0-|

Enjoy!

             
Oh that I woul

         
d go through s

torms 
            
Know my soul i

             
s better for i

   
t 
             
Oh my heart to

       
 face the pain

 
            
My mind would 

             
move past yest

       
erday 

             
Oh I just want

         
 to be a bette

r man
             
Oh I just want

         
 to be a bette

 
r man
           
As I go

        

  

             
Oh my life tha

        
t I would grow
            
Like a flower 

             
that comes up 

              
from a seed th

                 
at is sown
             
The spirit now

          
 to rise withi

 
n
            
reign over my 

            
carnal skin

             
Oh I just want

         
 to be a bette

r man
             
Oh I just want

         
 to be a bette


r man
           
As I go

      

 

             
Oh I just want

         
 to be a bette

r man
             
Oh I just want

         
 to be a bette


r man yeah
             
Oh I just want

         
 to be a bette

r man
             
Oh I just want

         
 to be a bette

 
r man
           
As I go

  

             
Oh my hands to

        
 serve and lov

e
            
My eyes to see

             
 and not to ju

         
dge
             
My spirit now 

      
to rise within
            
and reign over

             
 my carnal ski

  
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