A Better Man
(Clint Black/Hayden Nicholas)



             
E                          F#m
What do you say when it's over
              A                            E
I don't know if I should say anything at all
                              F#m
One day we're rollin' in the clover
A                                E
Next thing you know we take the fall

Still, I think about the years since I first met you
And the way it might have been without you here
And I don't know if words from me can still upset you
But I've just gotta make this memory stand clear

            A    E/G#  F#m    E     B
I know I'm leav - in' here_____ a better man
     A    E/G# F#m  E    B    
For know - in' you this way
           A       E/G#     F#m  E      B
Things I couldn't do___ before, now I think I can
         A   E/G#   B              E
And I'm leav - in here a better man__

I 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

Still I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man

Yes I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man
Yes I'm leavin' here a better man