* means one strum
[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
             
I know I’m pro

              
bably better o

    
ff on my own
              
Than lovin' a 

        
man who didn’t

 know
              
What he had wh

     
en he had it
             
And I see the 

              
permanent dama

     
ge you did to 

me
              
Never again, I

            
 just wish I c

              
ould forget wh

          
en it was magi

c
              
I wish it wasn

            
’t 4am, standi

       
ng in the mirr

or
       
Saying to myse

lf, you know y

ou had to do i

t
            
I know the bra

              
vest thing I e

            
ver did was ru


n

[Chorus]
             
Sometimes, in 

              
the middle of 

             
the night, I c

    
an feel you ag

ain
            
But I just mis

              
s you, and I j

              
ust wish you w

  
ere a better m

an
       
And I know why

 we had to say

 goodbye
          
Like the back 

of my hand
            
And I just mis

              
s you, and I j

              
ust wish you w

    
ere a better m

an

A better man

[Verse 2]
             
I know I’m pro

              
bably better o

   
ff all alone
              
Than needing a

              
 man who could

            
 change his mi

              
nd at any give

 
n minute
              
And it’s alway

          
s on your term

s
              
I’m hanging on

        
 every careles

s word
              
Hoping it migh

        
t turn sweet a

gain
              
Like it was in

      
 the beginning

But your jealo

usy, I can hea

r it now
              
You’re talking

     
 down to me li

ke I’ll always

 be around
            
You push my lo

              
ve away like i

              
t’s some kind 

          
of loaded gun
            
Boy, you never

             
 thought I’d r


un

[Chorus]
             
Sometimes, in 

              
the middle of 

             
the night, I c

    
an feel you ag

ain
            
But I just mis

              
s you, and I j

              
ust wish you w

  
ere a better m

an
       
And I know why

 we had to say

 goodbye
          
Like the back 

of my hand
            
And I just mis

              
s you, and I j

              
ust wish you w

    
ere a better m

an

A better man

[Bridge]
            
I hold onto th

              
is pride becau

             
se these days 

it’s all I hav

e
            
And I gave you

              
 my best and w

             
e both know yo

           
u can’t say th

*
at
N.C.
You can’t say that
N.C.
I wish you were a better man
         
I wonder what 

we would’ve be

come
              
If you were a 

 
better man

We might still

 be in love
        
If you were a 

better man

You would’ve b

een the one
        
If you were a 

better man

Yeah, yeah

[Outro]
           
We might still

              
 be in love, i

           
f you were a b

etter man

*

Better man