Better Change Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays744

Better Change by Dan Fogelberg is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em, C/G, G6, Am7, D and Dsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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      G   
I can see you in the distance  
           C             G 
And you're heading for a fall  
  
Sinking deeper by the minute  
        C               G 
You're about to lose it all  
  

           Em                 C/G G6   G 
You better change, before the sun goes down  
           Em                        C/G  G6 G 
You better leave, before you are the last in town  
           Em                        C/G  G6   Am7 
You better raise your fortresses, or tear them down  
          Em     C/G  G6  G 
Tear them down 
          Em     C/G  G6  G 
Tear them down  
  
  
  
Well, there's an angel on your shoulders 
      C             G 
And a devil at your feet  
  
And that door you see before you  
         C               G 
Could be poison, tasting sweet  
  
 
           Em                 C/G G6   G 
You better change, before the sun goes down  
           Em                        C/G  G6 G 
You better leave, before you are the last in town  
           Em                        C/G  G6   Am7 
You better raise your fortresses, or tear them down  
          Em     C/G  G6  G 
Tear them down 
          Em     C/G  G6  G 
Tear them down  
  
  
INTERLUDE:  
Em     G 
Ooooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh 
Em     G       C  G 
Ooooh, dum dee do dah 
Em     G 
Ooooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh 
Em     G       C  G 
Ooooh, dum dee do dah 
        Em              D   Dsus2 D 
Dum dee do, dah dah dah dah  
  
  
      G   
I can see you in the distance  
           C             G 
And you're heading for a fall  
  
Sinking deeper by the minute  
        C               G 
You're about to lose it all   
  
  

           Em                 C/G G6   G 
You better change, before the sun goes down  
           Em                        C/G  G6 G 
You better leave, before you are the last in town  
           Em                        C/G  G6   Am7 
You better raise your fortresses, or tear them down  
          Em     C/G  G6  G 
Tear them down 
                    Em     C/G  G6  G 
You gotta tear them down 
          Em     C/G  G6  G 
Tear them down  
                     Em     
You better tear them down 
C/G  G6   G 
Tear them down 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante