Mal Blum – Better Than I Was chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
CI pour steaming milk into paper cups
          FAnd start conversations with new strangers
    G                   F           CThe awkwardness finally burning off like a fever


[Verse 2]
CBut forgetting is a privilege, and I don't forget it
FI drove up your old block, right past your apartment
    G                      F                 CThe roommate you hated was carrying boxes of something


[Chorus]
GHas your face gotten older?
          FHas your voice gotten lower?
AmI feel the same
FBut the world keeps getting slower
D                      FSomething inside of me says
CI'm better than I was


[Verse 3]
CI couldn't come over, so I met you there
          FAnd you'd grown a bit taller, same gray in your hair
       G                      F                    CThat I saw on your mother the day that I met her in Portland


[Verse 4]
CYou know, Maine is such a pleasant place
           FSo I could see myself getting in the way
   G                      F            CAs soon as I settle, I'll know I can't stay


[Chorus]
GHas my face gotten older?
          FHas my voice gotten lower?
AmI feel the same
FBut the world keeps getting slower
D                      FSomething inside of me says
CI'm better than I was


[Bridge]
       DAnd I heard the record that she had bought
        FIn the coffee shop
        FBut she had it wrong
            GBecause he writes of loss
GAnd impermanence
           CIt's not a break up song
              DWhile I pour steaming milk
DInto a paper cup
          FI start a conversation with a new stranger
               GWho says that being left by someone
GWho don't get you isn't wrong
       CIt's a favor


[Chorus]
GAnd you're so scared of getting old
FAnd I'm so scared of growing slow
AmMost of all we're scared
             FWe're always gonna be alone
D                                  FBut even so something inside of me says
D                      FSomething inside of me says
D                      FSomething inside of me says
                CI'm better than before