Getting Better

Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

C                           F/G
It's getting better all the time


  G           C/G       G      C/G
I used to get mad at my school
    G            C/G               G    C/G
The teachers who taught me weren't cool
       G          C/G   G          C/G
You're holding me down, turning me round
G          C/G          G     C
Filling me up with your rules

         C                         F(add9)
    I've got to admit it's getting better
             Em             F(add9)
    A little better all the time
      C                          F(add9)
    I have to admit it's getting better
                 Em           F(add9)     Fmaj7  G  C
    It's getting better since you've been mine

Me used to be angry young man
Me hiding me head in the sand
You gave me the word, I finally heard
I'm doing the best that I can

    [CHORUS without final G - C]

    F  C/E  F  C/E  F  C/E F   C/E
    Getting so much better all the time
    C                           F(add9)
    It's getting better all the time
    Em              Fmaj7
    Better, better, better
    C                           F
    It's getting better all the time
    Em              Fmaj7   G
    Better, better, better

        G
        I used to be cruel to my woman I beat her and
        Kept her apart from the things that she loved
        Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene and I'm
        Doing the best that I can

    [CHORUS]

    [POST-CHORUS without final G]

    F  C/E  F  C/E  F  C   F   F/G      C
    Getting so much better all the time