Better That Way
Recorded by Charles Wesley Godwin & Luke Combs
Album: Single (2026)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |
|(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(C) / / / |(D) / / / |
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |

(Verse 1)
(G)Old boots on, storm clouds gone
(C)Radio singing a Turnpike song
(D)Coffee black, car seats in the back
(C)Grandad's greased up trucker hat
(G)Bleacher seats, scoreboard's bright
(C)Home team winning a cross-town fight
A (D)bar to drink, a church to pray
(C)I�fm just a little bit (D)better that way

(Chorus)
And I'm (G)better when my jeans have lost about (C)half their blue
I'm (D)better when the work on the farm is (C)done by noon
(G)Better when her eyes of green are looking (C)back at me
That (C)fell in love at (D)twenty-three
Are (D)still mine to this (C)day
(D)Yeah, I'm just better that way (G) / (D) / (C) / / / (C) /

(Verse 2)
(C)Better with a (G)pocket ace in a poker game
(C)Cover charge paid with ashtray change
(D)Being a shoulder for a friend in need
(C)Picture frame, make you laugh memories
(G)Walking this Earth with my head held tall
(C)Hearing my name in a southern drawl
(D)Calling my mom 'cause I still can
(C)Life's what happens when (D)I make plans

(Chorus)
I'm (G)better when my jeans have lost about (C)half their blue
I'm (D)better when the work on the farm is (C)done by noon
(G)Better when her eyes of green are looking (C)back at me
That (C)fell in love at (D)twenty-three, are (D)still mine to this (C)day
(D)Yeah, I'm just better that way

(Bridge)
|(Em) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / Yeah, I'm |
|(Em)Better that way |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / Better that |
|(Em)way / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(C) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / /

(Chorus)
And I'm (G)better when my jeans have lost about (C)half their blue
I'm (D)better when the work on the farm is (C)done by noon / / / |(G) / / /
(G)Better when her eyes of green are looking (C)back at me
That (C)fell in love at (D)twenty-three are still mine to this day (C) / / /
(D)Yeah, I'm just better that way (G) / / / 
(Em) / / / (C) / / / (G) / / / (D/F#) /

(Outro.)
Yeah, I'm (Em)better / / / (C) / / / (G) / / /
(D/F#)Yeah, I'm just better that way
(Em) / / / (C) / / / (G) / / / (D/F#) / / / (Em) - - - (C) - - - (G) - - - - -