alt-J – Get Better (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
A     Bm           D                 G             D               A
  Hallelujah, I'm listening to a recording of you sleeping next to me

     Bm          D                      G      D         A
A cappella, I'm listening to you cover Elliot Smith's "Angeles"

            G         D           A
It's these times I'll need if you go

            G         D           A
It's these times I'll need if you go, so
[Chorus]
D           Bm
[tab]G                D
  I know you will

        Bm            G
Get better, my darling

              D  Em
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                     G
The orange spread 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 Em D [Verse 3]
A       Bm
  Happy birthday

      D
Staff smuggled in a card I made

   G     D             A
It rests under your pillow

A            Bm        D
When out of ICU I'll cringe at all the "I love you"s

    G                D           A
The card retired the life 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                   G
Raise a spoon to front 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

     Em                D
I am yours, you are mine
A D G A Em D [Verse 5]
A              Bm
  You were the baker

     D                               G        D            A
I'll christen this new era with the smell of freshly baked bread

       Bm            D
Your Nutella, I'll keep it in the cellar

         G        D           A
You were always a fan of that spread

           G             D         A
Six months on, there's a car crash outside

            G    D                  A
The fire brigade using the jaws of life

   G                 D             A
No flush at night to sound your return

           G           D           A
I still pretend you're only out of sight

             Bm          D
Front garden bouquet, I threw it at the fire brigade

G                    D                 A
I was admonished and told to go back inside

                     Bm         D
From the living room window I stand and watch the white sheet go

G               D                  A
over the family car and I close my eyes

            G          D           A                  G
I still pretend you're only out of sight in another room

D               A
Smiling at your phone

  G                    D           A                  G
I still pretend you're only out of sight in another room

D               A
Smiling at your phone

   G                   D           A                  G
I still pretend you're only out of sight in another room

D               A
Smiling at your phone

   G                   D           A                  G
I still pretend you're only 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                     A                  G
The beginning of spring, 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                   A        G
Your hand warmed walking through the gallery

D              Bm
  (Get better)

G             D
  I know I will

               Bm
  (Get better)

          G              D   Em
My darling, I know I will