#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 00:09:36 -0500 (EST) From: Darragh Egan <darragh@switchtech.net> Subject: A Better Man (corrected) by Clint Black This song already appears in the COWPIE archives but contains some errors. I have been unable to contact the original poster regarding these errors, so I have made the necessary corrections to his transcription here. The chord changes come very quickly in the chorus and instrumental sections, so you should listen to the recording to familiarize yourself with the timing. - Darragh Egan <darragh@switchtech.net> A BETTER MAN by Clint Black INTRO: |A-E-F#m-E |B |A-E-B--B7|E E F#m What do you say when it's over? A F#m E Don't know if I should say anything at all. E F#m One day we're rollin' in the clover, A B E Next thing you know we take the fall. E F#m Still I think about the years since I first met you, A F#m E And the way it might have been without you here. E F#m I don't know if words from me can still upset you, A B E But I've just got to make this memory stand clear. CHORUS: A E F#m E B I know I'm leav-in' he-re a better man, A E F#m E B For know-in' you this way. A E F#m E B Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can. A E B E And I'm leav-in' here a better man. REPEAT INTRO: |A-E-F#m-E |B |A-E-B--B7|E Guess I always knew I couldn't hold you, But I'd never be the one to set you free. Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you, You still believe in some old meant-to-be's. Still I'm leav-in' here a better man, For know-in' you this way. Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can. And I'm leav-in' here a better man. Yes, I'm leav-in' here a better man, For know-in' you this way. Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can. And I'm leav-in' here a better man. BREAK: |A-E-F#m-E |B |A - E - B - B |E |E\stop Yes, I'm leav-in' here a better man. A=x02220 E=022100 F#m=244222 B=x24442 B7=x24242 Written by Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas. Copyright 1988, Howlin Hits Music, Inc. (ASCAP) >From the CD, "Killin' Time" - 1989, BMG Music / RCA Also on "Clint Black - the Greatest Hits" - 1996, BMG Entertainment/RCA Original posted to COWPIE on Mon Jun 05 09:44 EDT 1995 by "Krall, Steve" <kralls@uh2184p01.daytonoh.ATTGIS.COM> Corrected by Darragh Egan <darragh@switchtech.net>