Frank Turner – Get Better (Guitar)

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NOTE: All "(RIFFS)" are completely optional. It's something I came up with to 'thicken' the song when played acoustically. It incorporates Ben's lead line into the playing of Frank's chords. -CHORDS- E A D G B e Am x 0 2 2 1 0 C 3 3 2 0 1 0 Csus2 x 3 x 0 3 3 D/F# 2 x 0 2 3 2 Dsus4/F# 2 x 0 2 3 3 Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 Em7 0 2 2 0 3 3 G5 3 x 0 0 3 3 G5* x 10 0 0 8 10 G/A x 0 0 0 8 10 G/C 8 x 0 0 8 10 G/C# 9 x 0 0 8 10 G/D 10 x 0 0 8 10 G/F# 2 x 0 0 3 3 Gsus4 3 3 0 0 3 3
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RIFF 1
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|

RIFF 2
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|---3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2---|

RIFF 3
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|

RIFF 4
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
A|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
E|---------------------|

RIFF 5
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
[Intro] G5 G5 [Verse]
               G5
I've got me a shovel

               Em7
I'm digging a ditch

               Gsus4                                          G5                D/F#
And I'm gonna fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son-of-a-bitch

               G5
I've got me a future

                      Em7
I'm not stuck on the past

                 Gsus4                                            G5                       D/F#
I've got no new tricks, yeah, I'm up on bricks, but, me, I'm a machine and I was built to last
[Chorus]
     C                             D/F#        G5
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best

           C                               D/F#      Em
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest

            C                            D/F#                   G5                   G/F# Em
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said "come on now let's fix this mess"

            C      D/F#
We can get better
G5 (RIFF 1) Because we're not dead yet [Verse]
                 G5
They threw me a whirlwind

                    Em
And I spat back the sea

              C                                                     G5                      D/F#
I took a battering but I've got thicker skin and the best people I know are looking out for me

                    G5
So, I'm taking the high road

                              Em
My engine's running high and fine

                      C                                     G5                    D/F#
May I always see the road rising up to me and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind
[Chorus]
     C                             D/F#        G5
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best

           C                               D/F#      Em
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest

            C                            D/F#                   G5                   G/F# Em
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said "come on now let's fix this mess"

            C      D/F#
We can get better
G5* Because we're not dead yet [Bridge]
            G/D                            G/C#
It's just a knot in the small of your back

                   G/C         G/A
You can work it out with your fingers

            G/D                            G/C#
It's just a tune that gets stuck in your head

                   G/C         G/A
You can work it out with your fingers

                G/D                        G/C#
It's just some numbers tangled up in your songs

                   G/C         G/A
You can work it out with your fingers

             G/D                            G/C#
It's just a simple Braille missive from the person you miss

     G/C                          Am                      D/F#
A reminder you could always be a little bit better than this
[Chorus]
    C                            D/F#   G5
So, try and get better and don't ever accept less

           C                      D/F#          Em
Take your plain black marker and write this on your chest

        C                            D/F#
Draw a line underneath all of this unhappiness

 G5                  G/F#  Em
Come on now let's fix this mess

            C      D/F#
We can get better 

                       G5  G/F# Em (RIFF 2 & 3)
Because we're not dead yet

            C      D/F# (RIFF 4 & 5)
We can get better 

                       G5 (RIFF 1)
Because we're not dead yet