INTRO: | A5 - E5 - F#5 - E5 | B5 | A5 - E5 - B5 -- B5 | E5 E5 F#5 What do you say when it's over? A5 F#5 E5 Don't know if I should say anything at all. E5 F#5 One day we're rollin' in the clover, A5 B5 E5 Next thing you know we take the fall. E5 F#5 Still I think about the years since I first met you, A5 F#5 E5 And the way it might have been without you here. E5 F#5 I don't know if words from me can still upset you, A5 B5 E5 But I've just got to make this memory stand clear. A5 E5 F#5 E5 B5 I know I'm leav-in' he-re a better man, A5 E5 F#5 E5 B5 For know-in' you this way. A5 E5 F#5 E5 B5 Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can. A5 E5 B5 E5 And I'm leav-in' here a better man. REPEAT INTRO: | A5 E5 F#5 E5 | B5 | A5 E5 B5 B5 | E5 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: | A5 E5 F#5 E5 | B5 | A5 - E5 - B5 - B5 | E5 | E5 stop Yes, I'm leav-in' here a better man.