I Could Do Better Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays593

I Could Do Better by Cinders is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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verse 1 
C 
Just a collection of words in a jar 
C 
Taken from your hands and from your heart 
F 
I will call, I will call your name 
F 
I will call, I will call your name 

C 
Just a suggestion on where to begin 
C 
That's all that I need, but until then 
F 
I will call, I will call your name 
F 
I will call, I will call your name 

PRE Chorus 1 
G  F 


    C 
I'm running around, running around 
                    F 
We're chasing us in circles 
C 
Where else would we, where else would we 
           F 
Want to go? 
    C 
I'm running around, running around 
                    F 
We're chasing us in circles 
C 
Where else would we, where else would we 
           F 
Want to go? 

MELODY 
C  F 

verse 2 
C 
Open your mouth, words will take you far 
C 
Run from the ruins that fell from the start 
F 
I will call, I will call your name 
F 
I will call, I will call your name 

C 
I could do better is no guarantee 
    C 
But don't you quit now or you'll lose everything 
F 
I will call, I will call your name 
F 
I will call, I will call your name 

PRE Chorus 2 
C  C 


    C 
I'm running around, running around 
                    F 
We're chasing us in circles 
C 
Where else would we, where else would we 
           F 
Want to go? 
    C 
I'm running around, running around 
                    F 
We're chasing us in circles 
C 
Where else would we, where else would we 
           F 
Want to go? 

C  F  C  F  C
    	

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