-RIFFS-
RIFF 1
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
RIFF 2
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|---3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2---|
RIFF 3
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
RIFF 4
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
A|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
E|---------------------|
RIFF 5
e|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|---3-3-0-0-1-1-0-0---|
G|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
-INTRO-
G5
G5
-VERSE-
G5
I've got me a shovel
Em7
I'm digging a ditch
Gsus4 G5 D/F#
And I'm gonna fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son-of-a-bitch
G5
I've got me a future
Em7
I'm not stuck on the past
Gsus4 G5 D/F#
I've got no new tricks, yeah, I'm up on bricks, but, me, I'm a machine and I was built to last
-Chorus-
C D/F# G5
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best
C D/F# Em
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest
C D/F# G5 G/F# Em
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said "come on now let's fix this mess"
C D/F#
We can get better
G5 (RIFF 1)
Because we're not dead yet
-VERSE-
G5
They threw me a whirlwind
Em
And I spat back a sea
C G5 D/F#
I took a battering but I've got thicker skin and the best people I know are looking out for me
G5
So, I'm taking the high road
Em
My engine's running high and fine
C G5 D/F#
May, I always see the road rising up to me and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind
-Chorus-
C D/F# G5
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best
C D/F# Em
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest
C D/F# G5 G/F# Em
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said "come on now let's fix this mess"
C D/F#
We can get better
G5
Because we're not dead yet
-BRIDGE-
G/D G/C#
It's just a knot in the small of your back
G/C G/A
You can work it out with your fingers
G/D G/C#
It's just some numbers tangled up in your songs
G/C G/A
You can work it out with your fingers
G/D G/C#
It's just a tune that gets stuck in your head
G/C G/A
You can work it out with your fingers
G/D G/C#
It's just a simple --- missing from the past and your mess
G/C Am D/F#
A reminder you could always be a little bit better than this
-Chorus-
C D/F# G5
Try and get better and don't ever accept less
C D/F# Em
Take your plain black marker and write this on your chest
C D/F#
Draw a line underneath all of this unhappiness
G5 G/F# Em
Come on now let's fix this mess
C D/F#
We can get better
G5 G/F# Em (RIFF 2 > 3)
Because we're not dead yet
C D/F# (RIFF 4 > 5)
We can get better
G5 (RIFF 1)
Because we're not dead yet