Only basics. Add notes at will. For bit better idea check Colin playing on the street in NY > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGjX7O5uAXs Standard tuning (Eadgbe) Intro / Verse shapes: Bm* - 7 x 0 6 7 0 D* - 10 x 0 9 10 0 G* - 3 x 0 2 3 0 Intro: Bm* D* G* 2x (some sliding included) Verse: Bm* D* I want you, thin fingers G* I wanted you, thin fingernails Bm* D* And when you bend backwards G* Bm* I wanted you, I needed you, ohh D* G* To make me better Bm* D* I'll love you in springtime G* I lost you when summer came Bm* D* And when you pulled backwards G* Bm* I wanted to, I needed to, ohh D* G* To make me better Bm* D* G* Ohh, to make me better Chorus:

^ABut we're not so starry^G-eyed ^Danymore ^GLike the perfect paramour ^Dyou were in your ^Aletters^G ^AAnd won't it all just come ^Garound to make ^Dyou ^GLet it all un-break you ^Dto the day you ^Amet her But it'd ^Gmake you better Bm* D* G* It'd make you better

Bm* D* I sung you your twinges G* I suffered you your tattle-tales Bm* D* And when you broke sideways G* Bm* I wanted you, I needed you, ohh D* G* To make me better Bm* D* G* Ohh, to make me better Chorus2:

^ABut we're not so starry^G-eyed ^Danymore ^GLike the perfect paramour ^Dyou were in your ^Aletters^G ^AAnd won't it all just come ^Garound to make ^Dyou ^GLet it all un-break you ^Dto the day that^A you met her And it'd make^G you better Bm G D A (2x) Did it make you better

Bridge:

^BmAnd all I wanted was a ^Gsliver to call mine^D ^A ^BmAnd all I wanted was a ^Gshimmer of your shine^D ^ATo make me bright

Chorus:

^ACause we're not so star^Gry-eye^Dd anymore ^GLike the perfect paramour ^Dyou were in your ^Aletters^G ^AAnd won't it all just come ^Garound to make ^Dyou ^GLet it all un-break you ^Dto the day you ^Amet her But it'd make^G you better Bm* D* G* It'd make you better

Fade out with intro

Decemberists - Make you better