Getting Better Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays455

Getting Better by Paul McCartney is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords F9, C, F/G, G, C/G, F, Em and C/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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{Intro:} F9 
 
C                            F/G 
It's getting better all the time 
    G           C/G        G              C/G 
I used to get mad at my school (No, I can't complain) 
      G             C/G              G           C/G 
The teachers that taught me weren't cool  (No, I can't complain) 
        G           C/G  G           C/G 
You're holding me down, turning me around 
 G          C/G          G   C/G 
Filling me up with your rules 
 
      C                         F 
I've got to admit it's getting better 
          Em             F 
A little better all the time 
   C                          F 
I have to admit it's getting better 
              Em           F           G  C/G 
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 
 
 F C/E   F C/E   F C/E F   C/E  C 
Getting so much better all the time 
 C                                 Em              F 
It's getting better all the time, better, better, better 
 C                                 Em              F     G 
It's getting better all the time, better, better, better 
 
G 
I used to be cruel to my woman 
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 
 
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Contribuição: Sidney Ferreira([email protected]) 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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