Better As a Memory

Intro:  2 x D - A - Bm - G 

                 D 
I move on like a sinners prayer 
                      A 
And letting go like a levee breaks 
                 Bm 
Walk away as if I don't care 
                    G 
Learn to shoulder my mistakes 
                           D 
Or built to fade like your favorite song 
                  A 
Get reckless when there's no need 
                     Bm 
Laugh as your stories ramble on 
                      G 
Break my heart, but it won't bleed 
                    Bm 
My only friends are pirates 
                  A 
That's just who I am 
        G           A                  D 
But I'm better as a memory than as your man 

                    D 
Never sure when the truth won't bend 
                     A 
And pretty good on a lonely night 
                     Bm 
Or move on the way a storm blows through 
                         G 
And never stay, but then again, I might. 
                        D 
I struggle sometimes to find the words 
               A 
Always sure until I doubt 
                 Bm 
Walk a line until it blurs 
                       G 
Build walls too high to climb out 
                   Bm 
But I'm honest to a fault 
                A 
That's just who I am 
    G           A              D 
I'm better as a memory than as your man 

G                  D 
I see you leaning, you're bound to fall 
A                       D 
I don't want to be that mistake 
 G                     D 
I'm just a dreamer and nothing more 
 B/G                              A 
You should know it before it gets too late 

                          D 
Cause goodbyes are like a roulette wheel 
                            A 
You never know where they're gonna land 
                                   Bm 
First you're spinning, then you're standing still 
               G 
Left holding a losing hand 
                         D 
But one day you're gonna find someone 
                        A 
And right away you'll know it's true 
                  Bm 
That all of your sinking's done 
                           G 
It was just a part of the passing through 
                     Bm                    A 
Right there in that moment you'll finally understand 
           G           A                   Bm      B/G 
That I was better as a memory than as your man 
G           A                   D           
Better as a memory than as your man 

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