Better As A Memory Chords & Tabs
Capo 2nd fret
C
I move on like a sinner's prayer
C/B
I let go like a levee breaks
Am
Walk away as if I don't care
F
Learn to shoulder my mistakes
C
I'm built to fade like your favorite song
C/B
Get reckless when there's no need
Am
Laugh as your stories ramble on
F
Break my heart but it won't bleed
Am
My only friends are pirates
G
It's just who I am
F G
I'm better as a memory
C
Than as your man
C
I'm never sure when the truth won't do
C/B
I'm pretty good on a lonely night
Am
I move on the way a storm blows through
F
Never stay, but then again I might
C
I struggle sometimes to find the words
C/B
Always sure until I doubt
Am
Walk a line until it blurs
F
Build walls too high to climb out
Am
But I'm honest to a fault
G
It's just who I am
F G
I'm better as a memory
C
Than as your man
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kenny_chesney/better_as_a_memory_tab.html ]
F
I see you leaning
C/E
You're bound to fall
G C
I don't want to be that mistake
F
I'm just a dreamer
C/E
Nothing more
Dm G
You should know it before it gets too late
C
'Cause goodbyes are like a roulette wheel
C/B
Never know where they're gonna land
Am
First you're spinning, then you're standing still
F
Left holdin' a losing hand
C
One day you're gonna find someone
C/B
Right away you'll know it's true
Am
That all of your seeking's done
F
It's just a part of the passing through
Am
Right there in that moment
G
You'll finally understand
F G
that I was better as a memory
Am F
Than as your man
F G
Better as a memory
C
Than as your man
Acoustic guitar break:
E ---------------------------------------------------|
B ----1----3--1-----3--1--------1---3--1----3--1-----|
G ------0--------0--------0-------0------0-------0---|
D ---------------------------------------------------|
A --3-------------------------2----------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------|
B ----1----3--1-----3--1--------1---3--1----3--1------|
G ------0--------0--------0-------0------0-------0----|
D ----------------------------3-----------------------|
A --0------------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------|
Outro chords:
C C/B Am F
