Chords for "Better Than Before" from 'Next to Normal' Act 2
Tempo:
93.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
Bb
C
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
The memories are there [Eb] somewhere, find some pictures you can [Dm] share
[Bb] [F] Keep it light at first, that's best
tell the rest Remind [G] her
her
So let's start with something small
personal and pretty
[F] things
Atlantic City?
[Bb] [F] Keep it light at first, that's best
tell the rest Remind [G] her
her
So let's start with something small
personal and pretty
[F] things
Atlantic City?
100% ➙ 94BPM
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Dm
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The memories are there [Eb] somewhere, find some pictures you can [Dm] share
Keepsakes of the life that's [D] there behind [G] her
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] Keep it light at first, that's best
[Eb] Careful that she's not distressed
[Dm] When the time's right, tell the rest Remind [G] her
[C] You'll find her
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ So let's start with something small
Something personal and pretty
[Dm] I bet you'll know [Bb] these shiny [F] things
_ [C] They must [Bb] be tacky trinkets [F] from, I guess, Atlantic City?
No, [G] actually, die there are [C] wedding rings
It's going well
[F] Here's a flower from our wedding
It was such a sight to see
And the [Bb] ceremony, everything [C] we'd hoped Um, Dad?
[F] Well, that's how I remember it
So [G] that's how it'll be
[Bb] It was raining, it was Portland [Bbm] you eloped
I mean Portland
[D] It's an open book [G] to write here
It's a life we can restore
[D] We can get back [G] what we had and [C] maybe more
[Gm] _ [F] Maybe get us [Gm] back to better [C] than before
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Here's the year we drove the West
We hit the highway in the Honda
[Dm] And I took [Bb] pictures everywhere [F] we went
_ [Bb] We saw the Painted Desert, the [Am] Grand Canyon, and Anne Ronda
[G] And Nat learned what her middle [C] finger meant
_ [F] Here's the first house that we owned on Walton Way
We loved that place
[Bb] Then we built this one on land that we [Bbm] both chose
_ [F] And here's a pic of all of us [B] with smiles on every face
[Bb] And the photoshopping [Bbm] part we even chose
_ _ [D] We're standing [G] by a lake with all these ducks
_ And who's this little chubby [C] girl?
That's [Gm] Natalie This sucks
[F] _ _ _
Gonna get us back to normal
Gonna get us back to good
[Am] Gonna get back [F] what we had and maybe more _
Gonna get us back to good times
And forget the things we [Dm] should
Gonna get us back to better [G] than before _ _
[Gm] We can get things back to better than [Fm] before
[Dm] _
[F] All right, [Eb] fine
_ [F] _ [Bb] Here's the headline in the paper
When you freaked out at the market
Here's the house on Walton Way after the fire [G] Natalie
Here's [Eb] the damage to the Honda
When [Bb] you showed me how to park it
Did [G] we crush [C] somebody's cat beneath [F] the tire?
Yes, ours
[B] Here's dad at my recital
And we're [Gb] wondering where you are
I remember this
I made it to [Em] the school
Wait, you remember?
[B] It was the year of too much lithium
[Db] I hid out in the car Yes
[E] And your swim meet just last year
I'm in [Em] the pool
So you are
[G] You're getting it
You've got it [C] Hooray _
[E] Your life has [A] kind of sucked
I [D] think you've got it [C] Yay, hooray
[G] _ _ _ Gonna get back what I lost there
Gonna find out who I was
[Bm] Gonna open up the [G] gates and let it pour
_ And if memory makes things better
Well, memory always does
[Em] Gonna get us back to better than [A] before
_ _ [Am] Make everything much better
[G]
Won't anything be better [D] than before?
I wish it would be better [G] than before
Better than [Gbm] before _
Keepsakes of the life that's [D] there behind [G] her
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] Keep it light at first, that's best
[Eb] Careful that she's not distressed
[Dm] When the time's right, tell the rest Remind [G] her
[C] You'll find her
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ So let's start with something small
Something personal and pretty
[Dm] I bet you'll know [Bb] these shiny [F] things
_ [C] They must [Bb] be tacky trinkets [F] from, I guess, Atlantic City?
No, [G] actually, die there are [C] wedding rings
It's going well
[F] Here's a flower from our wedding
It was such a sight to see
And the [Bb] ceremony, everything [C] we'd hoped Um, Dad?
[F] Well, that's how I remember it
So [G] that's how it'll be
[Bb] It was raining, it was Portland [Bbm] you eloped
I mean Portland
[D] It's an open book [G] to write here
It's a life we can restore
[D] We can get back [G] what we had and [C] maybe more
[Gm] _ [F] Maybe get us [Gm] back to better [C] than before
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Here's the year we drove the West
We hit the highway in the Honda
[Dm] And I took [Bb] pictures everywhere [F] we went
_ [Bb] We saw the Painted Desert, the [Am] Grand Canyon, and Anne Ronda
[G] And Nat learned what her middle [C] finger meant
_ [F] Here's the first house that we owned on Walton Way
We loved that place
[Bb] Then we built this one on land that we [Bbm] both chose
_ [F] And here's a pic of all of us [B] with smiles on every face
[Bb] And the photoshopping [Bbm] part we even chose
_ _ [D] We're standing [G] by a lake with all these ducks
_ And who's this little chubby [C] girl?
That's [Gm] Natalie This sucks
[F] _ _ _
Gonna get us back to normal
Gonna get us back to good
[Am] Gonna get back [F] what we had and maybe more _
Gonna get us back to good times
And forget the things we [Dm] should
Gonna get us back to better [G] than before _ _
[Gm] We can get things back to better than [Fm] before
[Dm] _
[F] All right, [Eb] fine
_ [F] _ [Bb] Here's the headline in the paper
When you freaked out at the market
Here's the house on Walton Way after the fire [G] Natalie
Here's [Eb] the damage to the Honda
When [Bb] you showed me how to park it
Did [G] we crush [C] somebody's cat beneath [F] the tire?
Yes, ours
[B] Here's dad at my recital
And we're [Gb] wondering where you are
I remember this
I made it to [Em] the school
Wait, you remember?
[B] It was the year of too much lithium
[Db] I hid out in the car Yes
[E] And your swim meet just last year
I'm in [Em] the pool
So you are
[G] You're getting it
You've got it [C] Hooray _
[E] Your life has [A] kind of sucked
I [D] think you've got it [C] Yay, hooray
[G] _ _ _ Gonna get back what I lost there
Gonna find out who I was
[Bm] Gonna open up the [G] gates and let it pour
_ And if memory makes things better
Well, memory always does
[Em] Gonna get us back to better than [A] before
_ _ [Am] Make everything much better
[G]
Won't anything be better [D] than before?
I wish it would be better [G] than before
Better than [Gbm] before _