[C] x32010
[G] 320010
[Am7] x02010
[C/G] 3x2010
[F] x03211
Note: the (C/G) in the chorus is optional, she doesn't do it in the studio version.
Note: this is the album version, her Bluebird Cafe version is the same,
except the intro is C and you hammer on your middle finger to the D string.
Intro
[C] [G] [F] [F]
e|-3-0---0-------------|-------0-------------|
B|-----3--------------~|-3-1-3---------------|
G|------------X8-------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
Verse 1
[C] [G]
I know I'm probably better off on my own
[F] [F]
Than lovin’ a man who didn't know what he had when he had it
[C] [G]
And I see the permanent damage you did to me
[F] [F]
Never again, I just wish I could forget when it was magic
Pre-Chorus
[F]
I wish it wasn't 4 AM, standing in the mirror
[G]
Saying to myself, "You know you had to do it"
[F] [F]
I know the bravest thing I ever did was run
Chorus
[C] [G]
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
[Am7] ([C/G]) [F]
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
[C] [G]
And I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
[Am7] ([C/G]) [F]
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
[C] [G] [F] [F]
A better man
Verse 2
[C] [G]
I know I’m probably better off all alone
[F]
Than needing a man who could change his mind
[F]
At any given minute
[C]
And it was always on your terms
[G]
I waited on every careless word
[F]
Hoping they might turn sweet again
[F]
Like it was in the beginning
Pre-Chorus
[F]
But your jealousy, oh, I can hear it now
[G]
Talking down to me like I'd always be around
[F] [F]
Push my love away like it was some kind of loaded gun
[G]
Oh, you never thought I'd run
Chorus
[C] [G]
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
[Am7] ([C/G]) [F]
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
[C] [G]
And I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
[Am7] ([C/G]) [F]
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
[C] [G] [Am7] [C/G] [F]
A better man
Bridge
[F] [G]
I hold onto this pride because these days it's all I have
[F] [Am7]
And I gave to you my best and we both know
[C/G] [F]
you can't say that
[C]
I wish you were a better man
[G]
I wonder what we would've become
[F]
If you were a better man
[Am7] [C/G]
We might still be in love
[C]
If you were a better man
[G]
You would've been the one
[F]
If you were a better man
Yeah, yeah
Chorus
[C] [G]
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again
[Am7] ([C/G]) [F]
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
[C] [G]
And I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
[Am7] ([C/G]) [F]
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
[C]
A better man
(Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can feel you again)
[G] [Am7] [C/G]
We might still be in love, if you were a better man
(But I just miss you and I just wish you were a better man)
[F]
Yeah, yeah
[C] [G]
I know why we had to say goodbye like the back of my hand
[Am7] ([C/G]) [F]
But I just miss you, and I just wish you were a better man
[C]
A better man
Outro
[G]
We might still be in love
[F]
If you were a better man
[Am7] [C/G]
You would've been the one
[C]
If you were a better man
