Better Man - Taylor Swift
Capo: Fret 4
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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320010
x02010
3x2010
x03211
Note: the (C/G) in the chorus is optional, she doesn't do it in the studio version.
Note: this is the album version, her Bluebird Cafe version is the same,
except the intro is C and you hammer on your middle finger to the D string.
[Intro]
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[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 when he ha
d 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
[Pre-Chorus]
I wish it wasn
't 4 AM, stand
ing in the mir
ror
Saying to myse
lf, "You know
you had to do
it"
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
But 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 given m
inute
And it was alw
ays on your te
rms
I waited on ev
ery careless w
ord
Hoping they mi
ght turn sweet
again
Like it was in
the beginning
[Pre-Chorus]
But your jealo
usy, oh, I can
hear it now
Talking down t
o me like I'd
always be arou
nd
Push my love a
way like it wa
s some kind of
loaded gun
Oh, you never
thought I'd 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
But 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 to
you my best an
d we both know
you can't say
that
I wish you wer
e 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
[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
But I just mis
s you, and I j
(
ust wish you w
ere a better m
an
A better man
(Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again)
We might still
be in love, i
f you were a b
etter man
(But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man)
Yeah, yeah
I know why we
had to say goo
dbye like the
back of my han
d
But I just mis
s you, and I j
(
ust wish you w
ere a better m
an
A better man
[Outro]
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