Normal tuning, no capo
Intro- E Bsus4 A Bsus4 (2x)
Couplet 1
E Bsus4
Hey I hear the voice of a preacher from the back room.
A Bsus4
Calling my name and I follow just to find you.
E Bsus4 A Bsus4
I trace the faith to a broken down television and put on the weather.
E Bsus4
And i've trained myself to give up on the past.
A Bsus4
Cause I frozen time between hearses and caskets.
E Bsus4
Lost control when I panicked at the acid test.
A Bsus4
I wanna get better.
E Bsus4 A
While my friends were getting high and chasing girls down parkway lines I was
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losing my mind.
E Bsus4 A Bsus4
Cause the love, the love, the love, the love, the love that I gave wasted on a nice face.
E Bsus4 A Bsus4
In a blaze of fear I put a helmet on a helmet counting seconds through the night and got
carried away.
(no chords)
So now I'm standing on the overpass screaming at the cars: Hey, I wanna get better!
Refrain
E Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I didn't know I was lonely til I saw your face.
Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I wanna get better,better, better, better, I wanna get better.
E Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I didn't know I was broken til I wanted to change.
Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I wanna get better,better, better, better, I wanna get better.
Couplet 2
E Bsus4
I go up to my room and there's girls on the ceiling.
A Bsus4
Cut out their pictures and I chase that feeling
E Bsus4
of an eighteen year old, who didn't know what loss was.
A Bsus4
Now I'm a stranger.
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E Bsus$
And I miss the days of a life still permanent.
A Bsus4 E
Mourn the years before I got carried away.
(no chords)
So now I'm staring at the interstate, screaming at myself: hey, I wanna get better!
Refrain
E Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I didn't know I was lonely til I saw your face.
Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I wanna get better,better, better, better, I wanna get better.
E Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I didn't know I was broken til I wanted to change.
Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I wanna get better,better, better, better, I wanna get better.
Bridge
F# Bsus4
Cause I'm sleeping in the back of a taxi.
F#
I'm screaming from my bedroom window.
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Even if it's gonna kill me.
E Bsus4 A Bsus4(4x)
E Bsus4
Woke up this morning early before my family.
A Bsus4
From this dream where she was trying to show me.
E Bsus4 A Bsus4
How a life can move from the darkness, she said to get better.
E Bsus4 A Bsus4
So I, put a bullet where I shoulda out a helmet and I, crash my car cause I wanna get
carried away.
E Bsus4 (no chords)
That’s why I'm standing on the overpass screaming at myself, hey, I wanna get better!
Refrain
E Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I didn't know I was lonely til I saw your face.
Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I wanna get better,better, better, better, I wanna get better.
E Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I didn't know I was broken til I wanted to change.
Bsus4 A Bsus4 E
I wanna get better,better, better, better, I wanna get better.
Outro: E Bsus4 A Bsus4
