Better As a Memory

Intro:  2 x D - A - Bm - G

                 D
I move on like a sinners prayer
                      A
And letting go like a levee breaks
                 Bm
Walk away as if I don't care
                    G
Learn to shoulder my mistakes
                           D
Or built to fade like your favorite song
                  A
Get reckless when there's no need
                     Bm
Laugh as your stories ramble on
                      G
Break my heart, but it won't bleed
                    Bm
My only friends are pirates
                  A
That's just who I am
        G           A                  D
But I'm better as a memory than as your man

                    D
Never sure when the truth won't bend
                     A
And pretty good on a lonely night
                     Bm
Or move on the way a storm blows through
                         G
And never stay, but then again, I might.
                        D
I struggle sometimes to find the words
               A
Always sure until I doubt
                 Bm
Walk a line until it blurs
                       G
Build walls too high to climb out

                   Bm
But I'm honest to a fault
                A
That's just who I am
    G           A              D
I'm better as a memory than as your man

G                  D
I see you leaning, you're bound to fall
A                       D
I don't want to be that mistake
 G                     D
I'm just a dreamer and nothing more
 B/G                              A
You should know it before it gets too late

                          D
Cause goodbyes are like a roulette wheel
                            A
You never know where they're gonna land
                                   Bm
First you're spinning, then you're standing still
               G
Left holding a losing hand
                         D
But one day you're gonna find someone
                        A
And right away you'll know it's true
                  Bm
That all of your sinking's done
                           G
It was just a part of the passing through
                     Bm                    A
Right there in that moment you'll finally understand
           G           A                   Bm      B/G
That I was better as a memory than as your man
G           A                   D
Better as a memory than as your man

Fade w/  D - A - Bm - G

• A
• B/G
• Bm
• D
• G