Chords for TajMo: Taj Mahal & Keb Mo - Better Than Ever 5-28-25 Town Hall, NYC
Tempo:
117.2 bpm
Chords used:
A
B
E
G
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[B]
[E] [Bm]
[G] [E]
[G] [E] [G]
[E] [B] I woke up early this morning, [G]
troubles on my [E] mind.
Seemed to hit without [A] a warning, took me [B] by surprise.
Feeling [E] like my hope was gone, my baby [G] asked me what [E] went wrong.
[E] [Bm]
[G] [E]
[G] [E] [G]
[E] [B] I woke up early this morning, [G]
troubles on my [E] mind.
Seemed to hit without [A] a warning, took me [B] by surprise.
Feeling [E] like my hope was gone, my baby [G] asked me what [E] went wrong.
100% ➙ 117BPM
A
B
E
G
C#m
A
B
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ I woke up early this morning, _ _ [G]
troubles on my [E] mind.
_ _ [G]
Seemed to hit without [A] a warning, _ _ took me [B] by surprise. _ _ _
Feeling [E] like my hope was gone, _ _ my baby [G] asked me what [E] went wrong. _ _ _
_ [C#m] I said [A] my life with you [G#] is better than [C#m] ever.
It's [A] a dream come true, forever [C#]
we're together.
[A] I said my life with you [E] is better [C#m] than ever.
It's [F#] true, _ I'm so [B] in love with you.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
I stayed out until you came on, _ _ trying to cut my appetite. _ _ _ _ _
Lost my job [A] down at the state gym. _ _
Oh [Em] baby, I miss my wife and dad.
_ [E]
They gave me [B] 30 _ _ _ [B] D's.
Baby, [G] you are all [E] I ever need.
[B] _ _
_ [C#] _ [A] I said my life with you [C#] is better than [A] ever.
It's a dream come true, forever [C#]
we're together.
[A] I said my life with you [B] is better than [C#m] ever.
It's [F#] true, _ I'm so in love with you.
I said my [A] life with you [C#] is better than ever.
[A] It's a dream come [C#] true, we'll never be together.
My life with you [B] is better [C#m] than ever.
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] It's [A] true, I'm so in love with you.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [Am] You saved me [E] _ from _ [C#m]
myself.
_ _ [F#m] _ I don't want you. _
I don't need you.
[B] I don't need nobody else.
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em]
I don't need no education.
_ _ [E]
As long as I got you.
[Bm] _ _ _
[A] Any kind of situation. _ _
I say, oh, [E] oh, oh. _ _
When it's down to [B] the line, _ _ I'm [G] so glad.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] But my life with you [G#m] is better [C#m] than ever.
[A] It's a dream come true, we'll [G#m] never be [C#m] together.
[A] My life with you [B] is better [C#m] than ever.
[F#] _ _ _ [A] I'm so in love with you.
My life with you is better [C#m] than ever.
[A] It's a dream come true, [C#] we'll never be [C#m] together.
[A] My life _ [C#] is better [C#m] than ever.
[F#] It's true, I'm [B] so in love [F#] with you.
I don't need nobody [A] else.
I don't need nobody [C#] else.
I don't need [C#m] nobody else.
It's a dream [A] _ come true, we'll [B] never be _ [C#m] together.
[A] My life [B] is better than ever.
[F#] It's _ [F#m] true, I'm so in love [Em] with you.
[B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ Every day is a new [G]
adventure.
_ _ [Em] _ _ It's true, it's true, it's true, it's true.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Oh, my [B] beautiful lady. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ That's very good, very, very, [Em] very, very good.
_ _ _ _ _ Every day _ [B] _ is a new adventure. _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ I woke up early this morning, _ _ [G]
troubles on my [E] mind.
_ _ [G]
Seemed to hit without [A] a warning, _ _ took me [B] by surprise. _ _ _
Feeling [E] like my hope was gone, _ _ my baby [G] asked me what [E] went wrong. _ _ _
_ [C#m] I said [A] my life with you [G#] is better than [C#m] ever.
It's [A] a dream come true, forever [C#]
we're together.
[A] I said my life with you [E] is better [C#m] than ever.
It's [F#] true, _ I'm so [B] in love with you.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
I stayed out until you came on, _ _ trying to cut my appetite. _ _ _ _ _
Lost my job [A] down at the state gym. _ _
Oh [Em] baby, I miss my wife and dad.
_ [E]
They gave me [B] 30 _ _ _ [B] D's.
Baby, [G] you are all [E] I ever need.
[B] _ _
_ [C#] _ [A] I said my life with you [C#] is better than [A] ever.
It's a dream come true, forever [C#]
we're together.
[A] I said my life with you [B] is better than [C#m] ever.
It's [F#] true, _ I'm so in love with you.
I said my [A] life with you [C#] is better than ever.
[A] It's a dream come [C#] true, we'll never be together.
My life with you [B] is better [C#m] than ever.
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] It's [A] true, I'm so in love with you.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [Am] You saved me [E] _ from _ [C#m]
myself.
_ _ [F#m] _ I don't want you. _
I don't need you.
[B] I don't need nobody else.
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em]
I don't need no education.
_ _ [E]
As long as I got you.
[Bm] _ _ _
[A] Any kind of situation. _ _
I say, oh, [E] oh, oh. _ _
When it's down to [B] the line, _ _ I'm [G] so glad.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] But my life with you [G#m] is better [C#m] than ever.
[A] It's a dream come true, we'll [G#m] never be [C#m] together.
[A] My life with you [B] is better [C#m] than ever.
[F#] _ _ _ [A] I'm so in love with you.
My life with you is better [C#m] than ever.
[A] It's a dream come true, [C#] we'll never be [C#m] together.
[A] My life _ [C#] is better [C#m] than ever.
[F#] It's true, I'm [B] so in love [F#] with you.
I don't need nobody [A] else.
I don't need nobody [C#] else.
I don't need [C#m] nobody else.
It's a dream [A] _ come true, we'll [B] never be _ [C#m] together.
[A] My life [B] is better than ever.
[F#] It's _ [F#m] true, I'm so in love [Em] with you.
[B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ Every day is a new [G]
adventure.
_ _ [Em] _ _ It's true, it's true, it's true, it's true.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Oh, my [B] beautiful lady. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ That's very good, very, very, [Em] very, very good.
_ _ _ _ _ Every day _ [B] _ is a new adventure. _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _