D
G
Bm
F#m
A
Bm
G
D
F#m
A
VERSE:
D
If you were a teacher,
G
I would fail your class
Bm
Take it over and over
F#m
A
'Til you noticed me,
D
If you were a waiting room,
G
I would never see a doctor
D
I would sit there
F#m
A
With my first aid kit and bleed,
BREAK:
G
D
I want to be the power ballad
A
Bm
That lifts you up and hold you down,
G
D
I wanna be the broken love song
A
Bm
That feeds your misery,
G
D
And I can wish all that I want,
G
D
But it won't bring us together,
A
Bm
Plus I know whatever happens to me,
G
A
D
I know it's for the be-e-et-ter
INSTRUMENTAL:
D
G
Bm
F#m
A
Bm
G
D
F#m
A
VERSE:
D
G
And when broken bodies are washed ashore
Bm
F#m
A
Who am I to ask for more, more, more?
Bm
G
But you're breathing in my open mouth,
D
You're the gun in my lips
F#m
A
That will blow my brains out,
BREAK:
G
D
I want to make you drive all night
A
Bm
G
Just because I said maybe you should come over,
G
D
I want to make you fall in love
A
Bm
G
As hard as my poor parents teenage daughter,
Em
G
She'll be the best you ever had if you let her,
INSTRUMENTAL:
Bm
G
D
F#m
A
OUTRO:
D
I know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
Bm
Know it's for the better
A
Know it's for the better
Bm
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
D
Know it's for the better
A
Know it's for the better
Bm
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
D
Know it's for the better
A
Know it's for the better
Bm
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
D
Know it's for the better
A
Know it's for the better
Bm
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
D
Know it's for the better
A
Know it's for the better
Bm
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
D
Know it's for the better
A
Know it's for the better
Bm
G
D
A
Bm
G
D
A
Bm
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
D
Know it's for the better
A
Know it's for the better
Bm
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
D
Know it's for the better
A
Know it's for the better
Bm
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
D
Know it's for the better
A
Know it's for the better
Bm
G
D
A
Bm
G
D
A
Bm
G
D
A
- FADE OUT -
=================== CAPO: 2nd FRET =======================
C
F
Am
Em
G
Am
F
C
Em
G
VERSE:
C
If you were a teacher,
F
I would fail your class
Am
Take it over and over
Em
G
'Til you noticed me,
C
If you were a waiting room,
F
I would never see a doctor
C
I would sit there
Em
G
With my first aid kit and bleed,
BREAK:
F
C
I want to be the power ballad
G
Am
That lifts you up and hold you down,
F
C
I wanna be the broken love song
G
Am
That feeds your misery,
F
C
And I can wish all that I want,
F
C
But it won't bring us together,
G
Am
Plus I know whatever happens to me,
F
G
C
I know it's for the be-e-et-ter
INSTRUMENTAL:
C
F
Am
Em
G
Am
F
C
Em
G
VERSE:
C
F
And when broken bodies are washed ashore
Am
Em
G
Who am I to ask for more, more, more?
Am
F
But you're breathing in my open mouth,
C
You're the gun in my lips
Em
G
That will blow my brains out,
BREAK:
F
C
I want to make you drive all night
G
Am
F
Just because I said maybe you should come over,
F
C
I want to make you fall in love
G
Am
F
As hard as my poor parents teenage daughter,
Dm
F
She'll be the best you ever had if you let her,
INSTRUMENTAL:
Am
F
C
Em
G
OUTRO:
C
I know it's for the better
F
Know it's for the better
Am
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
Am
Know it's for the better
F
Know it's for the better
C
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
Am
Know it's for the better
F
Know it's for the better
C
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
Am
Know it's for the better
F
Know it's for the better
C
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
Am
Know it's for the better
F
Know it's for the better
C
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
Am
Know it's for the better
F
Know it's for the better
C
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
C
G
Am
Know it's for the better
F
Know it's for the better
C
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
Am
Know it's for the better
F
Know it's for the better
C
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
Am
Know it's for the better
F
Know it's for the better
C
Know it's for the better
G
Know it's for the better
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
C
G
- FADE OUT -