Getting Better

Words & Music:

John Lennon & Paul McCartney

F(add9)

 

C                           F/G

ItŐs getting better all the time.

  G           C/G       G      C/G

I used to get mad at my school.

The teachers who taught me weren't cool.

You're holding me down, turning me around,

Filling me up with your rules.

 

CHORUS:

G            C                F

I've got to admit its getting better.

         Em             F

A little better all the time.

   C                        F

I have to admit its getting better.

             Em            F           FM7   G   C

It's getting better, since you've been mine.

 

Me used to be angry young man.

Me hiding me head in the sand.

You gave me the word, I finally heard.

I'm doing the best that I can

 

CHORUS:

 

BRIDGE:

F  C/E  F  C/E  F  C/E F   C/E C

Getting so much better all the time.

 

CHORUS:

 

G

I used to be cruel to my mom and, I beat her

And kept her apart from the things that she loved.

Man, I was mean, but I'm changing my scene.

And I'm doing the best that I can.

 

CHORUS & BRIDGE:  [out on F(add9) chord]




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