The Decemberists – Make You Better (Guitar Acoustic)

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Chords

This is the accoustic version of the song played live at WFUV.
Bm9       D6/9
EADGBe    E ADGB e
7x0670 10x09100 G6/9 E11sus4(aka E4) EADGBe EADGBe 3x0230 000230
G         D4
EADGBe    EADGBe
3x0033 xx0032
A-chord D-chord Bm-chord
Are all played normally
[Intro] Bm9 D6/9 G6/9 E4 x2 [Verse 1]
Bm9       D6/9
I want you, thin fingers

G6/9        E4
I wanted you, thin fingernails

Bm9       D6/9
And when you bend backwards

G6/9        E4
I wanted you, I needed you

Bm9   D6/9       G6/9    E4
Oh-oh, to make me better
Bm9 D6/9 G6/9 E4 [Verse 2]
Bm9        D6/9
I'll love you in springtime

G6/9       E4
I lost you when summer came

Bm9         D6/9
And when you pulled backwards

G6/9        E4
I wanted to, I needed to

Bm9   D6/9        G6/9    E4
Oh-oh, to make me better

Bm9   D6/9        G6/9    E4  GGAA
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         D6/9  G6/9  E4
It'd make you better
[Verse 3] Bm9 D6/7 I sung you your twinges
G6/9          E4
I suffered you your tattletales
Bm9 D6/7 And when you broke sideways G6/7 E4 I wanted you, I needed you Bm9 D6/7 G6/7 E4 Oh-oh, to make me better Bm9 D6/7 G6/7 E4 GGAA 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
Won't it all just come around and make you

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

                  G
But it'd make you better

              Bm   G    D D4
Did it make you better?

A       Bm   G    D   A
Make you better, oh
[Bridge]
Bm                     G                  D D4  A
And all I wanted was a sliver to call mine

Bm                     G                   D D4 A
And all I wanted was a shimmer in your shine

                   G
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
Won't it all just come around and make you

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

                  G
But it'd make you better

          Bm9               D6/9   G6/9   E4
It'd make you better
Bm9 D6/7 G6/7 E4 x2 Bm9