Better Than It Used To Be Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays409

Better Than It Used To Be by Rhett Akins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, Bb, F, G and A#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C  
Now it ain't like me to talk about the way 
    Bb             F  
my woman makes me feel 
C  
But since you asked and I've got a minute 
        Bb                 F  
well gentlemen here's the deal 
      Bb                                    F  
If I told it's as good as this or that you might misunderstand 
    G                                                       C  
So let me give you all a little idea of what's it's better than 

                   F  
It's better than whiskey when you're cold, 
                   Bb                       F  
Better then your favorite song on the your radio, 
F  
Better than a feather bed when you've been loving all night, 
           G                C  
and you're got to get some rest, 
              F  
Better than punching out on payday, 
Bb 
And cruise control down the highway, 
        F  
It's a whole lot better then it used to be, 
        C              F  
and it used to be the best, 

C                                             Bb               F  
Now I've seen love that started to fade soon after that first kiss 
C                                        A#                  F  
But let me make it clear right now that ain't the case with this 
     Bb                                         F  
It started out good, started getting better It never has slowed down 
            G                                          C  
And it's better than a bunch of you buying me another round 

                   F  
It's better than whiskey when you're cold, 
                   Bb                       F  
Better then your favorite song on the your radio, 
F  
Better than a feather bed when you've been loving all night, 
           G                C  
and you're got to get some rest, 
              F  
Better than punching out on payday, 
Bb 
And cruise control down the highway, 
        F  
It's a whole lot better than it used to be, 
        C              F  
and it used to be the best, 

Bridge: 
Bb                                F  
Lordy, lord I love that woman of mine 
Bb                                            C  
And what we've got has got to be one hundred times better than 

                   F  
It's better than whiskey when you're cold, 
                   Bb                       F  
Better then your favorite song on the your radio, 
F  
Better than a feather bed when you've been loving all night, 
           G                C  
and you're got to get some rest, 
              F  
Better than punching out on payday, 
Bb 
And cruise control down the highway, 
        F  
It's a whole lot better than it used to be, 
        C              F  
and it used to be the best, 
        C              F  
and it used to be the best 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante