Better And Better Chords

KeyEm Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays550

Better And Better by Calexico is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords Bm, Em, F#7, Db, Em7, Em6, G, C#dim, Bsus4(#5) and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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16
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Intro: 
Bm Em Bm Em Bm Em 
Bm ? F#7 
Bm 

Verse 
Bm                      Em      Bm                   Em      Bm 
   There's a letter sh e keeps inside, a list of everyone she knows 
  Em              Bm             ?                F#7     Bm 
Behind her closed eyes that turn her in when it's time to go 
Bm               Em             Bm              Em                      Bm 
   She's heading north into the haze, raise the wire and they raise the rent 
     Em                    Bm              Db    F#7            Bm 
She's walking the sun back home and in the night    the moon is gone 

 
Em7 Em6 Em     G  C#dim G 
Is  it  better? 
Em7 Em6 Em     G    C#dim   G 
Is  it  better  and better? 
Em7 Em6 Em     G    C#dim   G        Bsus4(#5)  Db      F# 
Is  it  better                  than staying    home     with nowhere to go? 

Verse 
Bm                      Em      Bm                   Em      Bm 
   I've seen your face out on the plains drifting all alone 
Bm                      Em      Bm                   Em      Bm 
   Draw my finger in the dirt and down another blue road 
  Em              Bm             ?                F#7     Bm 
She's in Kansas and Alabam', Idaho and the Carolines 
Bm               Em             Bm              Em                      Bm 
   Know I've seen her before can't you recognize those hands 


Em7 Em6 Em     G  C#dim G 
Is  it  better? 
Em7 Em6 Em     G    C#dim   G 
Is  it  better  and better? 
Em7 Em6 Em     G    C#dim   G        Bsus4(#5)  Db      F# 
Is  it  better                  than staying    back home? 
I've seen your face out on the plains drifting all alone 
Em7 Em6 Em     G  C#dim G 
Is  it  better? 
Em7 Em6 Em     G    C#dim   G 
Is  it  better  and better? 
Em7 Em6 Em     G    C#dim   G        Bsus4(#5)  Db      F# 
Is  it  better                  with nowhere else to go?  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante