Jul232022

Benson Boone – Better Alone Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsG C Bm CmBm/F#EmG/DC7 FC/E

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[Verse 1]
   G
My heart drops dead every
time that I see her
Run upstairs so I can get
the picture clearer
   C
Walking past my room
In the early afternoon
  G
Long dark hair,
in an oversized sweater
Know you don't care but I
                     C
can pretend that you do
In the early afternoon

[Pre-Chorus]
    G
Oh, maybe one day suddenly
  Bm
You'll look up and notice me,
   C
up there
            Cm
But I'm too scared

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[Chorus]
                 G
Maybe I'm better alone
(Alone, alone)
                         C
I say I'll get better, I won't
(Ooh, ooh)
                 G
Maybe I'm better alone

[Verse 2]
I woke up in the morning,
talked myself up
                       C
Got the courage then I waited
in my room
Right before the afternoon
  G                Bm/F#
I saw you take the corner, I was
Em          G/D             C
opening the door when I saw two
               Cm
It wasn't only you

[Chorus]
                 G
Maybe I'm better alone
(Alone, alone)
                         C
I say I'll get better, I won't
(Ooh, ooh)
                 G
Maybe I'm better alone
Just the way that it's
always been
I'll be there for myself
                        C
Guess I have to let you go
I'm better off alone
                 G
Maybe I'm better alone

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[Bridge]
Imagine if it went another way
Imagine if I got the chance to say
     C
That all this time
                    C7
I've waited for you here
    G
Oh, imagine if it went another way
Imagine if I got the chance to say
     C
That all this time
                C7
I've waited for you

[Chorus]
                     G
But maybe I'm better alone
(Alone, alone)
I say I'll get better,
  C
I won't (Ooh, ooh)
                 G
Maybe I'm better alone
                       Bm/F#
Just the way that it's always been
        F
I'll be there for myself
        C/E     G       C
Guess I have to let you go
               Cm
I'm better off alone
                 G
Maybe I'm better alone

[Outro]
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm
                   C
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, hmm
Cm
Ooh, ooh

How to play Better Alone: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Better Alone by Benson Boone on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Better Alone by Benson Boone is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 10 chords in all: G, C, Bm, Cm, Bm/F#, Em, G/D, C7, F and C/E.

Listen for C – Cm – G – C (I – i – V – I in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – doh – soh – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm, Cm, Bm/F# and F are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.