CHORDS: Alt-J – Get Better Chords on Piano & Ukulele
These are the chords for Get Better by Alt-J on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
[Verse 1]
A D
Hallelujah, I'm listening
G
to a recording of
D A
you sleeping next to me
D
A cappella, I'm listening to you
G D A
cover Elliot Smith's "Angeles"
G
It's these times
D A
I'll need if you go
G
It's these times
D A
I'll need if you go, so
[Chorus]
D Bm
Get better, my darling
G D
I know you will
Bm G
Get better, my darling
D E
I know you will
Get better
[Verse 2]
D Bm
I'm drawn to the motorway
D G
The cold whoosh of trucks passing
D Bm
This nightmare under sodium
light
D
The orange spread
G
is soul-quietening
D G
A younger you and a younger me
D
Meeting at The Serpentine
G E D
I am yours, you are mine
A D G A
E D
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[Verse 3]
A G
Happy birthday
D
Staff smuggled in a card I made
G D A
It rests under your pillow
G D
When out of ICU I'll cringe
at all the "I love you"s
G D
The card retired the life
A
of one biro
G D A
At this time I wanted you to know
G D A
At this time I wanted you to know
[Chorus]
D Bm
Get better, my darling
G D
I hope you will
Bm G
Get better, my darling
D E
I hope you will
Get better
[Verse 4]
D Bm
I'll start the day with tiramisu
D
Raise a spoon to front
G
line workers
D Bm
An underfunded principle
D G
They risk all to be there for us
D
A younger you and a younger me
G
Meeting at The Serpentine
E D
I am yours, you are mine
A D G A
Em D
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[Verse 5]
A G
You were the baker
D
I'll christen this new era with
G D A
the smell of freshly baked bread
G D
Your Nutella, I'll keep
it in the cellar
G D
You were always a fan
A
of that spread
G
Six months on,
D A
there's a car crash outside
G D
The fire brigade using
A
the jaws of life
G D
No flush at night to sound
A
your return
G D
I still pretend you're only
A
out of sight
G
Front garden bouquet,
D
I threw it at the fire brigade
G D
I was admonished and told
A
to go back inside
G
From the living room window
D
I stand and
watch the white sheet go
G D
over the family car and
A
I close my eyes
G D
I still pretend you're only out
A G
of sight in another room
D A
Smiling at your phone
G D
I still pretend you're only
A G
out of sight in another room
D A
Smiling at your phone
G D
I still pretend you're only
A G
out of sight in another room
D A
Smiling at your phone
G D
I still pretend you're only
A G
out of sight in another room
D A
Smiling at your phone
G
I still pretend
[Outro]
D A G
A younger me, a younger you
D A G
Meeting at The Serpentine
D
The beginning of spring,
A G
you wore those yellow ripped jeans
D A G
Your look defined my 2009
D A G
Your shyness stoked my boldness
D A G
"Shall we go in?", I smiled
D
Your hand warmed walking
A G
through the gallery
D Bm
(Get better)
G D
I know I will
Bm
(Get better)
G D E
My darling, I know I will