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Sékou – Better Man Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C                           F
I find it hard to talk to myself
C                         F
I was afraid to ask for help
Am7    Em                F
But I know just how it feels
Am7      Em                 F
The pain reminds me it was real

[Chorus]
           C   F
I find it hard  to
            C   F
 figure it out
              C F
I gave it my all  without
     C   F
 a doubt
           C           F
I made my mind up, to rise
         Am7  F
up and then
           C
I made my mind up,
     F           Am7  F
to be a better man
A better man
C F

[Verse]
C                         F
No use crying about the past
C                          F
There’s no way to take it back
Am7           Em                F
Some loose ends they don’t get tied
Am7           Em              F
I had to learn to change my mind

[Bridge]
Dm                         G
Even when the night gets dark
Dm                        G
I look up and count the stars

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Chorus]
           C   F
I find it hard  to
            C   F
figure it out
              C F
I gave it my all
             C   F
without a doubt
           C
I made my mind up,
      F           Am7  F
 to rise up and then
           C
I made my mind up,
      F           Am7  F
to be a better man
          C   F Am7 F
A better man ohhhh
          C   F Am7 F
A better man ohhhh

[Bridge]
          C  F
A better man
          Am7 F
A better man

[Outro]
           C   F
I find it hard  to
            C   F
 figure it out
              C F
I gave it my all
             C   F
without a doubt

How to play Better Man: key, chords and progression

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

Better Man by Sékou keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 6 chords: C, F, Am7, Em, Dm and G.

Listen for F – C – F – Am7 (IV – I – IV – vi7 in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – fah – lah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.