Better Make It Through Today Chords
by Eric Clapton
Better Make It Through Today by Eric Clapton is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords F#m, Em, Bm, Fm, A, C#m and G#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F#m Em (x4)
VERSE 1:
Bm F#m
Life is what you make it
Bm F#m
That's what the people say
Bm F#m F#m Fm Em A
And if I can't make it through tomorrow
F#m Em (x4)
I better make it through today
VERSE 2:
Bm F#m
I have had my share of troubles
Bm F#m
It's nothing new to me
Bm F#m F#m Fm Em
But when I look around me
Em A F#m Em (x4)
All I see is misery
GUITAR SOLO: C#m G#m C#m G#m C#m G#m
G#m Gm F#m B
PRE-VERSE: Bm F#m Bm F#m
VERSE 3:
Bm F#m
Life is what we make it
Bm F#m
At least that's what the people say
Bm F#m F#m Fm Em A
And if we can't make it through tomorrow
F#m Em
We better make it through today
ENDING: F#m Em (repeat)