Make You Better

Artist: The Decemberists
Title: Make You Better
Album: What a Terrible World, What a beautiful World
Colin playing on the street in NY

Standard tuning (EADGBe)

Chords

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Intro

Bm D G* (x2) (some sliding included)

Verse 1

Bm D
I want you, thin fingers
G
I wanted you, thin fingernails
Bm D
And when you bend backwards
G Bm
I wanted you, I needed you, ohh
D G*
To make me better

Bm D
I'll love you in springtime
G
I lost you when summer came
Bm D
And when you pulled backwards
G Bm
I wanted to, I needed to, ohh
D G
To make me better
Bm D G
Ohh, to make me better

Chorus

A G D
But we're not so starry-eyed anymore
G D A G
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters
A G D
And won't it all just come around to make you
G D A
Let it all un-break you to the day you met her
G
But it'd make you better
Bm D G*
It'd make you better

Verse 2

Bm D
I sung you your twinges
G
I suffered you your tattle-tales
Bm D
And when you broke sideways
G Bm
I wanted you, I needed you, ohh
D G
To make me better
Bm D G
Ohh, to make me better

Chorus 2

A G D
But we're not so starry-eyed anymore
G D A G
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters
A G D
And won't it all just come around to make you
G D A
Let it all un-break you to the day that you met her
G
And it'd make you better
Bm G D A (2x)
Did it make you better

Bridge

Bm G D A
And all I wanted was a sliver to call mine
Bm G D
And all I wanted was a shimmer of your shine
A
To make me bright

Chorus

A G D
Cause we're not so starry-eyed anymore
G D A G
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters
A G D
And won't it all just come around to make you
G D A
Let it all un-break you to the day you met her
G
But it'd make you better
Bm D G*
It'd make you better

Fade out with intro