Misc Musicals – 36 Questions - A Better Version (Guitar)

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Most 'Eb' sections in verses are two beats of Eb followed by two beats of Eb/C [INTRO] Eb Eb/C [VERSE]
Eb
My life started when I went for jog

Eb
And spotted you in the park

Eb
Sitting with a dog

Eb   G           Ab                             Eb
So I stopped and asked, "can I pet your dog?"

Eb
And so there we were, me and this golden retriever, basking in the abundance of sun Austin provides.

Eb
And suddenly, you blurted out

G              Ab
"This isn't my dog, actually

G           Ab
It's my friend's dog, Sheila

G                        Ab
I'm taking care of her while he's away

G          Ab           Eb
She's on a lot of medication"

Eb
And I laughed, and you laughed

Eb
Saying you didn't wanna be found out when you asked me to coffee

Eb
That there was no dog

G  Ab         Eb
  I said yes and you said, "I'm Jase. What's your name?"

Eb
And I heard the perfect opportunity

Eb
To be someone else entirely

Eb
Free from my history

Eb
For one single cup of coffee

        G  Ab      Eb
I would be      Natalie

Eb
Obviously that's not how it went down.

Eb
One cup of coffee turned into two bottles of wine,

Eb
three desserts and staying up talking until four in the morning.

Eb
Too late to backpedal. Too good not to keep going
[CHORUS]
Eb    Eb/F         Ab9
   It felt like my life, but a better version

Eb      Eb/F      Ab9
   With you in my life, I was a better person

        Eb
I heard music in the words you were saying

Eb/F
Melodies with no band playing

Eb/G                      Ab9          Eb
     For the first time, I was in love

Eb/F        Ab9    Db                Eb
      And I loved     who I was with you
[VERSE]
Eb
All the mundane shit I used to hate

Eb
Like recycling plastic and flossing every day

Eb
Making breakfast, paying bills

Eb
Watering the plants on our window sill

      G         Ab
Was invigorated    with your sense of wonder

Eb
Pillow talk, afternoon walks

Eb
Holding hands in the parking lot of Home Depot

Eb
Dealing with inevitable misfortunes that were barely manageable

          G                    Ab
Like that time we accidentally hit a squirrel with your car

Eb
    That was an unfortunate anecdote

Eb
Do you know what I mean?
[CHORUS]
Eb    Eb/F         Ab9
   It felt like my life, but a better version

Eb      Eb/F      Ab9
   With you in my life, I was a better person

        Eb
I heard music in the words you were saying

Eb/F
Melodies with no band playing

Eb/G                      Ab9          Eb
     For the first time, I was in love

Eb/F        Ab9    Db                      Eb
      And I loved     who I was with you

Eb
My parents finally tracked me down

Eb
After years of jumping from town to town

     G     Ab          Eb
They found     you and me

Eb
Men in suits at our front door

Eb
Asking you about Judith Ford

           G  Ab         Eb
And I knew        instantly

Fm                   Cm
They say before you die

                  Fm                      Cm
Your whole life flashes before your very eyes

          Db              Ab
Well, it didn't the first time

    G           Eb                       F
But this time I heard each and every lie

    Ab
I'd ever told you

  Bb                    G7              Cm
I tried to cling to the life I'd made together with you

     Ab                 Bb
So I did the only thing    I knew how to

G7             Cm             Bb6sus2
I denied who I was because

Eb                   Eb/F        Ab9
    I wanted to keep      my life, but the better version

Eb         Eb/F        Ab9
    Natalie, your wife,   she was a better person

  Eb
I memorized your voice

        Eb/F
And how you say goodbye

           Eb/G
But you never said goodbye

      Ab9
You never said goodbye

       Eb    Eb/F    Ab9  Db
And I held on to our life

                    Eb
And who I was with you

Eb
Who I was with you

Eb
Who I was with you