Chords for Behind The Vinyl - "Things Can Only Get Better" with Howard Jones
Tempo:
108.3 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
C
E
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
And it's [C] so cool to be [Ab]
actually [Em] playing vinyl [E] again,
because [D] my early records were released on vinyl.
And it was just [C] at the cusp of the [D] change [Bm] between vinyl and CD.
[Am] So I had a vinyl [C] release and a CD [D] release.
[E] And CD [A] technology was just developing.
And so those early CDs, when you listen to them,
[C] they're quite bright and [E] toppy, because they were actually
[G]
mastered for vinyl.
So they just transferred the [A] same thing over to CD.
Now, of course, people master the records much more
according to the [F] sound of the mixes.
But when [D] you master something to vinyl,
you have to take [C] into account that it's [Em] a very physical
medium, and [D] you can't put too much bass in there.
Otherwise, the grooves, they get too fat.
All that [C] stuff.
It's very interesting.
[Em] But Things Can Only Get Better was [D] a really interesting track
for me, because [E]
I'd recorded the Humans Live album.
And [C] that had [D] done really well.
But I had [F] all the songs ready [D] for that.
[B] The whole [D] album was written, [A] and I was performing it live.
And I was totally on top [D] of it.
[A] Comes to Dream Interaction, I had nothing written at all.
I had no new songs.
So basically, I was on the road.
I was touring for 18 months at a [E] time.
And I needed to write [C] stuff whilst I was on the road.
So I had a little studio with me.
[A] And everywhere I went, whether it
be basketball [D] stadiums or stuff like that,
I'd be setting it up and really [Am] working on the tracks.
And then doing a little demo, [D] and then playing it
on the bus to the band.
[C] And I'd see if they were getting the vibe of it.
[Em] And this [D] song, Things Can Only Get Better, really,
[E] I'm so glad I wrote this song.
[C] Because [Em] it's a song about [Dm] when things go horribly wrong,
and you make [A] the biggest mistakes [C] that you could ever
think of in your [Dm] life.
And you think to yourself, how [A] am I ever going to put [C] this right?
[Bb] [E] And the song [C] says, [D] no [F] matter how bad it gets,
[A] you can always turn [D] it around.
And you can always [Em] create value [D] from it.
Because you don't realize it [Gm] always,
but you [C] have the power [Em] in your life to do that.
And I [D] find I've been playing this song to myself a lot
this year, [G] because I've had [Em] a lot of big deal family
stuff going [D] on that has really shocked me and kind of rocked me.
And I go back to the lyrics of this, [G] and do you feel scared?
I do, but I won't stop and [A] falter.
[G] And if we threw it all away, things can only get better.
[A] It's really a song [G] for those times when things get [A] tough.
And I was speaking [E] to a lady [G] after a show just recently.
And she [Cm] said she played this [D] song every single day
for two years to herself.
She was going through [Gm]
a horrific [A] divorce, I think.
[Ab] [F]
And so [A] she put this [E] song on to kind of really give her
some energy to keep coming forward.
[Ab] And the [D] brilliant thing was, when I saw her,
she was really looking great.
[C] She was [A] flourishing in her life.
And it was great.
So for me to be a part of that process as a songwriter,
that's the [D] holy grail, really.
That your work, in [G] some way, can contribute [D] to people
[Am]
[Gbm] [G] being able to [D] process their life [A] and be encouraged kind of thing.
I always thought of it as being a cheerleader.
[D] That, yeah, everyone [A]
goes through this stuff,
and you will be all right.
[E]
And songwriter's brain [D] goes into gear and think,
oh, man, it could be a really great [Dbm] starting point for [Bm] a song.
[A] Because it's like, but I turned it [E] slightly
to be about wanting [D] things that you couldn't really have.
And if you [A] did have them, big [B] trouble would probably ensue.
[A] We walked in the studio, and we [Am] sat around and said, OK,
what do we have [A] to do to this song to make it great and make it triumph?
And I don't know who said it, said,
what [D] would the who do with a song [C] like this?
So we're like, [B] well, we'd have a hi [G]-hat going like this,
[Gbm] and we'd have some keyboards [Em] on it,
and [D] have a [G] bunch of guitars going ch-ch [A]-ch-ch-ch
in the [D] background.
And we
actually [Em] playing vinyl [E] again,
because [D] my early records were released on vinyl.
And it was just [C] at the cusp of the [D] change [Bm] between vinyl and CD.
[Am] So I had a vinyl [C] release and a CD [D] release.
[E] And CD [A] technology was just developing.
And so those early CDs, when you listen to them,
[C] they're quite bright and [E] toppy, because they were actually
[G]
mastered for vinyl.
So they just transferred the [A] same thing over to CD.
Now, of course, people master the records much more
according to the [F] sound of the mixes.
But when [D] you master something to vinyl,
you have to take [C] into account that it's [Em] a very physical
medium, and [D] you can't put too much bass in there.
Otherwise, the grooves, they get too fat.
All that [C] stuff.
It's very interesting.
[Em] But Things Can Only Get Better was [D] a really interesting track
for me, because [E]
I'd recorded the Humans Live album.
And [C] that had [D] done really well.
But I had [F] all the songs ready [D] for that.
[B] The whole [D] album was written, [A] and I was performing it live.
And I was totally on top [D] of it.
[A] Comes to Dream Interaction, I had nothing written at all.
I had no new songs.
So basically, I was on the road.
I was touring for 18 months at a [E] time.
And I needed to write [C] stuff whilst I was on the road.
So I had a little studio with me.
[A] And everywhere I went, whether it
be basketball [D] stadiums or stuff like that,
I'd be setting it up and really [Am] working on the tracks.
And then doing a little demo, [D] and then playing it
on the bus to the band.
[C] And I'd see if they were getting the vibe of it.
[Em] And this [D] song, Things Can Only Get Better, really,
[E] I'm so glad I wrote this song.
[C] Because [Em] it's a song about [Dm] when things go horribly wrong,
and you make [A] the biggest mistakes [C] that you could ever
think of in your [Dm] life.
And you think to yourself, how [A] am I ever going to put [C] this right?
[Bb] [E] And the song [C] says, [D] no [F] matter how bad it gets,
[A] you can always turn [D] it around.
And you can always [Em] create value [D] from it.
Because you don't realize it [Gm] always,
but you [C] have the power [Em] in your life to do that.
And I [D] find I've been playing this song to myself a lot
this year, [G] because I've had [Em] a lot of big deal family
stuff going [D] on that has really shocked me and kind of rocked me.
And I go back to the lyrics of this, [G] and do you feel scared?
I do, but I won't stop and [A] falter.
[G] And if we threw it all away, things can only get better.
[A] It's really a song [G] for those times when things get [A] tough.
And I was speaking [E] to a lady [G] after a show just recently.
And she [Cm] said she played this [D] song every single day
for two years to herself.
She was going through [Gm]
a horrific [A] divorce, I think.
[Ab] [F]
And so [A] she put this [E] song on to kind of really give her
some energy to keep coming forward.
[Ab] And the [D] brilliant thing was, when I saw her,
she was really looking great.
[C] She was [A] flourishing in her life.
And it was great.
So for me to be a part of that process as a songwriter,
that's the [D] holy grail, really.
That your work, in [G] some way, can contribute [D] to people
[Am]
[Gbm] [G] being able to [D] process their life [A] and be encouraged kind of thing.
I always thought of it as being a cheerleader.
[D] That, yeah, everyone [A]
goes through this stuff,
and you will be all right.
[E]
And songwriter's brain [D] goes into gear and think,
oh, man, it could be a really great [Dbm] starting point for [Bm] a song.
[A] Because it's like, but I turned it [E] slightly
to be about wanting [D] things that you couldn't really have.
And if you [A] did have them, big [B] trouble would probably ensue.
[A] We walked in the studio, and we [Am] sat around and said, OK,
what do we have [A] to do to this song to make it great and make it triumph?
And I don't know who said it, said,
what [D] would the who do with a song [C] like this?
So we're like, [B] well, we'd have a hi [G]-hat going like this,
[Gbm] and we'd have some keyboards [Em] on it,
and [D] have a [G] bunch of guitars going ch-ch [A]-ch-ch-ch
in the [D] background.
And we
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And it's [C] so cool to be _ [Ab]
actually [Em] playing vinyl [E] again,
because [D] my early records were released on vinyl.
And it was just [C] at the cusp of the [D] change [Bm] between vinyl and CD.
[Am] So I had a vinyl [C] release and a CD [D] release.
[E] And CD [A] technology was just developing.
And so those early CDs, when you listen to them,
[C] they're quite bright and [E] toppy, because they were actually
[G] _
mastered for vinyl.
So _ they just transferred the [A] same thing over to CD.
Now, of course, people master the records much more
according to the [F] sound of the mixes.
But when [D] you master something to vinyl,
you have to take [C] into account that it's [Em] a very physical
medium, and [D] you can't put too much bass in there.
Otherwise, the grooves, they get too fat.
All that [C] stuff.
It's very interesting.
_ [Em] But Things Can Only Get Better was [D] a really interesting track
for me, because _ _ _ [E]
I'd recorded the Humans Live album.
And [C] that had [D] done really well.
But I had [F] all the songs ready [D] for that.
[B] The whole [D] album was written, [A] and I was performing it live.
And I was totally on top [D] of it.
[A] Comes to Dream Interaction, I had nothing written at all.
I had no new songs.
So basically, I was on the road.
I was touring for 18 months at a [E] time.
And I needed to write [C] stuff whilst I was on the road.
So I had a little studio with me.
[A] And everywhere I went, whether it
be basketball [D] stadiums or stuff like that,
I'd be setting it up and really [Am] working on the tracks.
And then doing a little demo, [D] and then playing it
on the bus to the band.
[C] And I'd see if they were getting the vibe of it.
[Em] _ And this [D] song, Things Can Only Get Better, really,
[E] I'm so glad I wrote this song.
[C] Because _ [Em] _ it's a song about [Dm] when things go horribly wrong,
and you make [A] the biggest mistakes [C] that you could ever
think of in your [Dm] life.
And you think to yourself, how [A] am I ever going to put [C] this right?
_ [Bb] [E] And the song _ _ [C] says, [D] no [F] matter how bad it gets,
[A] you can always turn [D] it around.
And you can always [Em] create value [D] from it.
Because you don't realize it [Gm] always,
but you [C] have the power [Em] in your life to do that.
And I [D] find I've been playing this song to myself a lot
this year, [G] because I've had [Em] a lot of big deal family
stuff going [D] on that has really shocked me and kind of rocked me.
And I go back to the lyrics of this, [G] and do you feel scared?
I do, but I won't stop and [A] falter.
[G] And if we threw it all away, things can only get better.
_ [A] _ It's really a song [G] for those times when things get [A] tough.
And I was speaking [E] to a lady [G] after a show just recently.
And she [Cm] said she played this [D] song every single day
_ _ for two years to herself.
She was going through [Gm]
a horrific [A] divorce, I think.
[Ab] _ _ [F]
And so [A] she put this [E] song on to kind of really give her
some energy to keep coming forward.
[Ab] And the [D] brilliant thing was, when I saw her,
she was really looking great.
[C] She was [A] flourishing in her life.
And it was great.
So for me to _ be a part of that process as a songwriter,
that's the [D] holy grail, really.
That your work, in [G] some way, can contribute [D] to people
[Am] _
_ [Gbm] _ [G] _ being able to [D] process their life [A] and be encouraged kind of thing.
I always thought of it as being a cheerleader.
[D] That, yeah, everyone [A]
goes through this stuff,
and you will be all right.
_ [E] _
And songwriter's brain [D] goes into gear and think,
oh, man, it could be a really great [Dbm] starting point for [Bm] a song.
[A] Because it's like, but I turned it [E] slightly
to be about wanting [D] things that you couldn't really have.
And if you [A] did have them, big [B] trouble would probably _ _ ensue.
[A] We walked in the studio, and we [Am] sat around and said, OK,
what do we have [A] to do to this song to make it great and make it triumph?
And I don't know who said it, said,
what [D] would the who do with a song [C] like this?
So we're like, [B] well, we'd have a hi [G]-hat going like this,
[Gbm] and we'd have some keyboards [Em] on it,
and [D] have a [G] bunch of guitars going ch-ch [A]-ch-ch-ch
in the [D] background.
And we
And it's [C] so cool to be _ [Ab]
actually [Em] playing vinyl [E] again,
because [D] my early records were released on vinyl.
And it was just [C] at the cusp of the [D] change [Bm] between vinyl and CD.
[Am] So I had a vinyl [C] release and a CD [D] release.
[E] And CD [A] technology was just developing.
And so those early CDs, when you listen to them,
[C] they're quite bright and [E] toppy, because they were actually
[G] _
mastered for vinyl.
So _ they just transferred the [A] same thing over to CD.
Now, of course, people master the records much more
according to the [F] sound of the mixes.
But when [D] you master something to vinyl,
you have to take [C] into account that it's [Em] a very physical
medium, and [D] you can't put too much bass in there.
Otherwise, the grooves, they get too fat.
All that [C] stuff.
It's very interesting.
_ [Em] But Things Can Only Get Better was [D] a really interesting track
for me, because _ _ _ [E]
I'd recorded the Humans Live album.
And [C] that had [D] done really well.
But I had [F] all the songs ready [D] for that.
[B] The whole [D] album was written, [A] and I was performing it live.
And I was totally on top [D] of it.
[A] Comes to Dream Interaction, I had nothing written at all.
I had no new songs.
So basically, I was on the road.
I was touring for 18 months at a [E] time.
And I needed to write [C] stuff whilst I was on the road.
So I had a little studio with me.
[A] And everywhere I went, whether it
be basketball [D] stadiums or stuff like that,
I'd be setting it up and really [Am] working on the tracks.
And then doing a little demo, [D] and then playing it
on the bus to the band.
[C] And I'd see if they were getting the vibe of it.
[Em] _ And this [D] song, Things Can Only Get Better, really,
[E] I'm so glad I wrote this song.
[C] Because _ [Em] _ it's a song about [Dm] when things go horribly wrong,
and you make [A] the biggest mistakes [C] that you could ever
think of in your [Dm] life.
And you think to yourself, how [A] am I ever going to put [C] this right?
_ [Bb] [E] And the song _ _ [C] says, [D] no [F] matter how bad it gets,
[A] you can always turn [D] it around.
And you can always [Em] create value [D] from it.
Because you don't realize it [Gm] always,
but you [C] have the power [Em] in your life to do that.
And I [D] find I've been playing this song to myself a lot
this year, [G] because I've had [Em] a lot of big deal family
stuff going [D] on that has really shocked me and kind of rocked me.
And I go back to the lyrics of this, [G] and do you feel scared?
I do, but I won't stop and [A] falter.
[G] And if we threw it all away, things can only get better.
_ [A] _ It's really a song [G] for those times when things get [A] tough.
And I was speaking [E] to a lady [G] after a show just recently.
And she [Cm] said she played this [D] song every single day
_ _ for two years to herself.
She was going through [Gm]
a horrific [A] divorce, I think.
[Ab] _ _ [F]
And so [A] she put this [E] song on to kind of really give her
some energy to keep coming forward.
[Ab] And the [D] brilliant thing was, when I saw her,
she was really looking great.
[C] She was [A] flourishing in her life.
And it was great.
So for me to _ be a part of that process as a songwriter,
that's the [D] holy grail, really.
That your work, in [G] some way, can contribute [D] to people
[Am] _
_ [Gbm] _ [G] _ being able to [D] process their life [A] and be encouraged kind of thing.
I always thought of it as being a cheerleader.
[D] That, yeah, everyone [A]
goes through this stuff,
and you will be all right.
_ [E] _
And songwriter's brain [D] goes into gear and think,
oh, man, it could be a really great [Dbm] starting point for [Bm] a song.
[A] Because it's like, but I turned it [E] slightly
to be about wanting [D] things that you couldn't really have.
And if you [A] did have them, big [B] trouble would probably _ _ ensue.
[A] We walked in the studio, and we [Am] sat around and said, OK,
what do we have [A] to do to this song to make it great and make it triumph?
And I don't know who said it, said,
what [D] would the who do with a song [C] like this?
So we're like, [B] well, we'd have a hi [G]-hat going like this,
[Gbm] and we'd have some keyboards [Em] on it,
and [D] have a [G] bunch of guitars going ch-ch [A]-ch-ch-ch
in the [D] background.
And we