We Can Do Better Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays444

We Can Do Better by Matt Simons is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Em and 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 
           C    G  Em  D 
We can do better 
                    C    G  Em  D 
Oh yeah, we can do better 

verse 1 
    C                     G 
I know it hurt bad, your mom left your dad 
      D                 Em 
When you were a little girl 
          C                       G 
You think I'm gonna leave 'cause history repeats 
       D                  Em 
We've seen it around the world 
     C                       G 
Oh, all that we're told is this will get old 
        D                       Em 
We'll cheat and we'll both get hurt 
   C                         G 
Against all the odds we'll pray to the gods 
       D 
That this love works 

Pre-Chorus 
                    C                G 
When all we see is bad blood and mistakes 
                 Em                   D 
All we hear are sad songs 'bout heartbreaks 
               C           G 
And no matter how long it takes 
                 Em     D 
We're not gonna give up 

           C    G  Em  D 
We can do better (ha) 
               C    G  Em  D 
Oh, we can do better 
                     C    G  Em  D 
And nothing lasts forever (ha) 
           C    G  Em  D 
We can do better 

verse 2 
  C                       G 
Things can get rough, we might drink too much 
     D                      Em 
And say things we shouldn't say 
    C                     G 
Forgive and forget 'fore we go to bed 
      D              Em 
And we're gonna be okay 
      C                   G 
Some people pretend it's not gonna end 
    D                 Em 
And end up then walk away 
     C                  G 
But that isn't me, I'm not gonna leave 
     D 
I'm here to stay 

Pre-Chorus 
                    C                G 
When all we see is bad blood and mistakes 
                 Em                   D 
All we hear are sad songs 'bout heartbreaks 
               C           G 
And no matter how long it takes 
                 Em     D 
We're not gonna give up 

           C    G  Em  D 
We can do better (ha) 
               C    G  Em  D 
Oh, we can do better 
                     C    G  Em  D 
And nothing lasts forever (ha) 
           C    G  Em  D 
We can do better 

Bridge 
C                              G     Em 
 I'm not worried 'cause the thing is 
  D 
 We can do better 
C                      G        Em 
 I know you and I are different 
  D 
 We can do better 
C                    G       Em 
 I don't wanna overthink it 
  D 
 We can do better 
C                      G        Em 
 I know you and I are different 
  D 
 We can do better 

C G Em D 

Pre-Chorus 
                    C                G 
When all we see is bad blood and mistakes 
                 Em                   D 
All we hear are sad songs 'bout heartbreaks 
               C           G 
And no matter how long it takes 
                 Em     D 
We're not gonna give up 

Chorus 
           C    G  Em  D 
We can do better (ha) 
               C    G  Em  D 
Oh, we can do better 
                     C    G  Em  D 
And nothing lasts forever (ha) 
           C    G  Em  D 
We can do better 

Outro 
        N.C. 
We can do better 
    	

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