Oct262019

PVRIS – Things Are Better Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsF G Am

KeyKeyCapo

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This is the chords of Things Are Better by PVRIS on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
F
Not numb, but not feeling too much
G
Unfazed on the days I should break down
Am
‘Cause I’ve seen everything
G
Every coast and every weather
F
Old eyes getting wise from the growth
G
I’m too tired to be tied to my woes now
Am
You loved me suffering
G
Hate to tell you things are better

[Pre-Chorus]
F G Am
Met in the summer, started going under, oh
G
You said it was then or never
F G Am
Old wounds recovered one after another, oh
Hate to tell you things are better

[Chorus]
F
You loved me suffering
G
But I could take the pain
Am
Sorry I broke the chain
G
Hate to tell you things are better
F
You loved me suffering
G
But I’ve seen everything
Am
Sorry I broke the chain
G
Hate to tell you things are better

[Post-Chorus]
F G
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Am G
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

[Verse 2]
F
I’m done always giving too much
G
‘Cause you take everything, turn it around
Am
Twisted up all I said
G
Every word and every letter

[Pre-Chorus]
F G Am
Dead in the summer, got me going under, oh
G
I said it was now or never
F G Am
Old wounds recovered, one after another, oh
G
Hate to tell you things are better

[Post-Chorus]
F G
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Am G
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

[Bridge]
F G Am
I-I-I, I wish I
G
Wish I could tell you things are better

[Chorus]
F
You loved me suffering
G
But I could take the pain
Am
Sorry I broke the chain
F
You loved me suffering
G
But I could take the pain
Am
Sorry I broke the chain
F
You loved me suffering
G
But I could take the pain
Am
Sorry I broke the chain
G
Hate to tell you things are better
F
You loved me suffering
G
But I could take the pain
Am
Sorry I broke the chain
G
Hate to tell you things are better

[Post-Chorus]
F G
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Am G
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
F G
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Am G F G
Oh-oh-oh-oh, ooh

[Outro]
Am G
Hate to tell you things are better

How to play Things Are Better: key, chords and progression

Things Are Better by PVRIS is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 3 chords: F, G and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F – G – Am – G (VI – VII – i – VII in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes C, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.