Better Than Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays431

Better Than by Lake Street Dive is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em, C, G/B and Am. 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
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  			Intro: G 


G                  
I could spend ages reading the news 

I could spend days, singing the blues 
D       
But I turn up the tv light 
Em 
Give up without a fight 
C           G/B     Am                G                   D            
Better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's right 


G 
I could spend ages asking myself why 

There's a million ways that I could say goodbye 
D  
But I turn down the lights 
Em 
Come on baby come inside 
C            G/B Am   G            D    
Better then being   some fool's bride 
C           G/B     Am                G                   D            
Better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's right 

Solo: G 

D 
Turn down the lights 
Em 
Come on baby, come inside 
C           G/B     Am                G                   D            
Better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's right 
C            G/B Am   G            D    
Better than being some fool's bride 

           C           G/B     Am                G                     D            
Well it's better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's right 
                                 C           G/B     Am                G                     D 
Oh what's wrong, and what's right 
    	

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