Something Better Came Along Chords

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Something Better Came Along by Lower Than Atlantis is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro                      Intro Verse (0:03) 
E|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------| 
D|-000000000000000000000-|-00000000000005555555559999222000555555555-| 
A|-000000000000000000000-|-00000000000005555555559999222000555555555-| 2x 
D|-000000000000000000000-|-00000000000005555555559999222000555555555-| 
                           ***************************************** 

(0:30) Verse                                  2nd time play this at the end 
E|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------2x-------|--end-0:56-| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------|-----------| 
D|-00000000000000000555555555555999922200055555555555777--|-55-77-----| 
A|-00000000000000000555555555555999922200055555555555777--|-55-77-----| 
D|-00000000000000000555555555555999922200055555555555777--|-55-77-----| 


Chorus 0:57 
Note: after the first lot of 0's , its 9th fret, third finger on 11th fret D string. 
Basically just add your third finger 2 frets up on the D string :) 

E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0000000000000000011111111111114444444444400077777777777101010--| 
A|-0000000000000000099999999999992222222222200055555555555888888--| 
D|-0000000000000000099999999999992222222222200055555555555888888--| 

Chorus Carry On 1:11 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0000000000000000011111111111111111212121212121277777777777101010--| 
A|-0000000000000000099999999999999991010101010101055555555555888888--| 
D|-0000000000000000099999999999999991010101010101055555555555888888--| 


Verse 2 1:24 

(Post Chorus)             Verse2 
E|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| 
D|-000000000000000000-|-00000000000005555555559999222000555555555777----| 
A|-000000000000000000-|-00000000000005555555559999222000555555555777----| 2x 
D|-000000000000000000-|-00000000000005555555559999222000555555555777----| 
                        ******************************************** 


1:53 
E|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------| 
D|-00000000000000000555555555555999922200055555555555777--|-55-77-8~----| 
A|-00000000000000000555555555555999922200055555555555777--|-55-77-8~----| 
D|-00000000000000000555555555555999922200055555555555777--|-55-77-8~----| 


Chorus 2:10 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0000000000000000011111111111114444444444400077777777777101010--| 
A|-0000000000000000099999999999992222222222200055555555555888888--| 
D|-0000000000000000099999999999992222222222200055555555555888888--| 

Chorus Carry On 2:24 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0000000000000000011111111111111111212121212121277777777777101010-0~-| 
A|-0000000000000000099999999999999991010101010101055555555555888888-0~-| 
D|-0000000000000000099999999999999991010101010101055555555555888888-0~-| 

Breakdown 2:42 
Fret FIVE and Fret ONE.      *NOT 11* 

E|----|---------------------------------|------| 
B|----|------------------------------4x-|------| 
G|----|---------------------------------|------| 
D|-8~-|-000-000-000-000-555-555-111-111-|-0~---| Pickslide sounds cool here 
A|-8~-|-000-000-000-000-555-555-111-111-|-0~---| 
D|-8~-|-000-000-000-000-555-555-111-111-|-0~---| 


Chorus  3:14 come straight into the 9 and 11 miss out the 0's 

E|-----------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------| 
D|-11111111111114444444444400077777777777101010--| 
A|-99999999999992222222222200055555555555888888--| 
D|-99999999999992222222222200055555555555888888--| 


Chorus Carry On 3:24 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0000000000000000011111111111111111212121212121277777777777101010-00000-| 
A|-0000000000000000099999999999999991010101010101055555555555888888-00000-| 
D|-0000000000000000099999999999999991010101010101055555555555888888-00000-| 


 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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).
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Metronome

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