Better Than I Was

C


[Verse 1]
C
I pour steaming milk into paper cups
          F
And start conversations with new strangers
    G                   F           C
The awkwardness finally burning off like a fever


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


[Chorus]
G
Has your face gotten older?
          F
Has your voice gotten lower?
Am
I feel the same
F
But the world keeps getting slower
D                      F
Something inside of me says
C
I'm better than I was


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


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


[Chorus]
G
Has my face gotten older?
          F
Has my voice gotten lower?
Am
I feel the same
F
But the world keeps getting slower
D                      F
Something inside of me says
C
I'm better than I was


[Bridge]
       D
And I heard the record that she had bought
        F
In the coffee shop
        F
But she had it wrong
            G
Because he writes of loss
G
And impermanence
           C
It's not a break up song
              D
While I pour steaming milk
D
Into a paper cup
          F
I start a conversation with a new stranger
               G
Who says that being left by someone
G
Who don't get you isn't wrong
       C
It's a favor


[Chorus]
G
And you're so scared of getting old
F
And I'm so scared of growing slow
Am
Most of all we're scared
             F
We're always gonna be alone
D                                  F
But even so something inside of me says
D                      F
Something inside of me says
D                      F
Something inside of me says
                C
I'm better than before