cavetown – Better Chords on Piano & Ukulele

cavetown – Better Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsDA/C#AGBmEm

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[Intro]
D

[Verse 1]
D              A/C#
I look so much better so
    A          G
 I guess I'm alright
               D
And I've got everything
  A/C#              A       G
together and I'm glad I'm alive
     D               A/C#
But everything feels better
         A          G
 on the edge of a knife
D            A/C#
And I really wish I didn't
  A      G       D    G
 have to lie to you

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[Chorus]
       Bm    G      D     G
Start crying in my room
   Bm       G       D     G
I wanna be someone you...
          Bm      G      D
You feel better around but
         G             Bm
I don't know if I can get
     G       D
 better for you

[Verse 2]
               A/C#
Feel like I've turned by
      A       G
 body inside out
              D
My head is burning like a
  A/C#            A       G
machine, tryna cool it down
      D                A/C#
I've figured I'd have gotten
           A      G
used to this by now
I gotten nearly everything
 I ever hoped I'd have

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[Chorus]
   Bm     G        D    G
So why am I still sad?
   Bm       G       D    G
I teared myself in half
       Bm      G     D
Narcoleptic insomniac
          G
I didn't think that it
        Bm   G        Em
would ever get this bad

[Instrumental]
G    Bm    A
Em    G    Bm    A
Em    G    Bm    A
Em    G    Bm    A
Em    G    Bm    A
Em    G    Bm    A
Em    G    Bm    A
Em    G    Bm    A

[Outro]
D    A/C#    Bm    G
D    A/C#    Bm    G
D    A    Bm    G
D    A    Bm    G

How to play Better: key, chords and progression

These are Better chords by cavetown on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Better by cavetown is written in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯) and moves through 6 chords: D, A/C#, A, G, Bm and Em.

Most of the song cycles through Em – G – Bm – A (ii – IV – vi – V in D major). In solfa, that is reh – fah – lah – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, D, C, Em, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B

Need another chord or a different shape? Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator.

Better chords: questions

What key is Better in?

Better by cavetown is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Better?

Better uses 6 chords: D, A/C#, A, G, Bm, Em.

What is the chord progression of Better?

The main progression is Em – G – Bm – A (ii – IV – vi – V).

Is Better easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, D, C, Em, Am (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).

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