This is a very basic version of the song, will work for an acoustic guitar without backing. The studio version
plays it with a capo on the 3rd fret, but some live performances I've heard have the capo on the 5th fret.
The Dadd11 i like to play during the chorus is like a C Shape slid up to the third-fifth fret
E|-5-|
A|-5-|
D|-4-|
G|-0-|
B|-3-|
e|-0-|
Enjoy!
G D/F# G
Oh that I would go through storms
Em C D/F# G
Know my soul is better for it
G D/F# G
Oh my heart to face the pain
Em C D/F# G
My mind would move past yesterday
G C
Oh I just want to be a better man
G Dadd11
Oh I just want to be a better man
G G C G Em C D/F# G
As I go
G D/F# G
Oh my life that I would grow
Em C D/F# G
Like a flower that comes up from a seed that is sown
G D/F# G
The spirit now to rise within
Em C D/F# G
reign over my carnal skin
G C
Oh I just want to be a better man
G Dadd11
Oh I just want to be a better man
G G C G Em C D/F# G
As I go
G C
Oh I just want to be a better man
G Dadd11
Oh I just want to be a better man yeah
G C
Oh I just want to be a better man
G Dadd11
Oh I just want to be a better man
G G C G
As I go
G D/F# G
Oh my hands to serve and love
Em C D/F# G
My eyes to see and not to judge
G D/F# G
My spirit now to rise within
Em C D/F# G
and reign over my carnal skin
