The Decemberists – Make You Better (Guitar)

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Chords

This is largely based on the video of Colin playing in New York, less so on the recording.
    Bm9    Dsus2   Gsus2   Dsus2/A
e|---0------0--------0-------0----|
B|---7------10-------3-------3----|
G|---6------9--------2-------2----|
D|---0------0--------0-------0----|
A|---X------X--------X-------0----| E|---7------10-------3-------X----| [Intro] Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A [Verse]
Bm9         Dsus2
  I want you, thin fingers;

Gsus2           Dsus2/A
  I wanted you, thin fingernails.

Bm9          Dsus2
  And when you bend backward

Gsus2           Dsus2/A
  I wanted you, I needed you

Bm9   Dsus2     Gsus2    Dsus2/A
Oh-oh to make me better
Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A [Verse]
Bm9          Dsus2
I'll love you in springtime

Gsus2           Dsus2/A
I lost you when summer came.

Bm9          Dsus2
And when you pulled backward

Gsus2           Dsus2/A
I wanted you, I needed you

Bm9   Dsus2     Gsus2    Dsus2/A
Oh-oh, to make me better.

Bm9   Dsus2     Gsus2    Dsus2/A
Oh-oh to make me better.
[Chorus]
A                          G             D
  But we're not so starry-eyed anymore

         G            D                    A          G 
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters

A                            G                D
And won't it all just come around to make you

       G              D               A
Let it all unbreak you to the day you met her

                G
But it'd make you better.

            Bm9      Dsus2      Gsus2      Dsus2/A
It'd make you better.
[Verse]
Bm9          Dsus2
I sung you your twinges

Gsus2           Dsus2/A
I suffered you your tattletales.

Bm9          Dsus2
And when you broke sideways

Gsus2           Dsus2/A
I wanted you, I needed you

Bm9   Dsus2     Gsus2    Dsus2/A
Oh-oh, to make me better.

Bm9   Dsus2     Gsus2    Dsus2/A
Oh-oh, to make me better.
[Chorus]
A                          G             D
  But we're not so starry-eyed anymore

         G            D                    A          G 
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters

A                            G                D
And won't it all just come around to make you

       G              D               A
Let it all unbreak you to the day that you met her

                G
And it'd make you better.

                Bm       G     D     A
And it'd make you better.

               Bm       G     D     A
Did it make you better?
[Instrumental] Bm G D A Bm G D A [Bridge]
Bm                       G                 D    A
  And all I wanted was a sliver to call mine.

Bm                       G                  D
  And all I wanted was a shimmer in your shine

            A           G A
To make me bright
[Chorus]
A                            G             D
 'Cause we're not so starry-eyed anymore

         G            D                    A          G 
Like the perfect paramour you were in your letters

A                            G                D
And won't it all just come around to make you

       G              D               A
Let it all unbreak you to the day that you met her

                G
And it'd make you better.
And it'd make you better. [Outro] Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2/A Bm9 Dsus2 Gsus2 Dsus2 Gsus2 Bm9