Frank Turner - Get Better
NOTE: All "(RIFFS)" are completely optional.
It's something I came up with to 'thicken' the song when played acoustically.
It incorporates Ben's lead line into the playing of Frank's chords.
-CHORDS- E A D G B e
Am x 0 2 2 1 0
C 3 3 2 0 1 0
Csus2 x 3 x 0 3 3
D/F# 2 x 0 2 3 2
Dsus4/F# 2 x 0 2 3 3
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
Em7 0 2 2 0 3 3
G5 3 x 0 0 3 3
G5* x 10 0 0 8 10
G/A x 0 0 0 8 10
G/C 8 x 0 0 8 10
G/C# 9 x 0 0 8 10
G/D 10 x 0 0 8 10
G/F# 2 x 0 0 3 3
Gsus4 3 3 0 0 3 3
-RIFFS-
RIFF 1
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
RIFF 2
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|---3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2---|
RIFF 3
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
RIFF 4
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
A|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
E|---------------------|
RIFF 5
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
[Intro]
G5
G5
[Verse]
G5
I've got me a shovel
Em7
I'm digging a ditch
Gsus4 G5 D/F#
And I'm gonna fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son-of-a-bitch
G5
I've got me a future
Em7
I'm not stuck on the past
Gsus4 G5 D/F#
I've got no new tricks, yeah, I'm up on bricks, but, me, I'm a machine and I was built to last
[Chorus]
C D/F# G5
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best
C D/F# Em
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest
C D/F# G5 G/F# Em
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said "come on now let's fix this mess"
C D/F#
We can get better
G5 (RIFF 1)
Because we're not dead yet
[Verse]
G5
They threw me a whirlwind
Em
And I spat back the sea
C G5 D/F#
I took a battering but I've got thicker skin and the best people I know are looking out for me
G5
So, I'm taking the high road
Em
My engine's running high and fine
C G5 D/F#
May I always see the road rising up to me and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind
[Chorus]
C D/F# G5
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best
C D/F# Em
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest
C D/F# G5 G/F# Em
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said "come on now let's fix this mess"
C D/F#
We can get better
G5*
Because we're not dead yet
[Bridge]
G/D G/C#
It's just a knot in the small of your back
G/C G/A
You can work it out with your fingers
G/D G/C#
It's just a tune that gets stuck in your head
G/C G/A
You can work it out with your fingers
G/D G/C#
It's just some numbers tangled up in your songs
G/C G/A
You can work it out with your fingers
G/D G/C#
It's just a simple Braille missive from the person you miss
G/C Am D/F#
A reminder you could always be a little bit better than this
[Chorus]
C D/F# G5
So, try and get better and don't ever accept less
C D/F# Em
Take your plain black marker and write this on your chest
C D/F#
Draw a line underneath all of this unhappiness
G5 G/F# Em
Come on now let's fix this mess
C D/F#
We can get better
G5 G/F# Em (RIFF 2 & 3)
Because we're not dead yet
C D/F# (RIFF 4 & 5)
We can get better
G5 (RIFF 1)
Because we're not dead yet
