Get Better Lyrics

Chords:
j9/
Verse 1:
I got me a shovel
And I'm digging a ditch
And I'm going to fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son of a b**ch
I got me a future
I'm not stuck on the past
I got no new trick yeah I'm, up on bricks but me, i'm a machine and i was built to last
Chorus:
I'm trying to get better cos I haven't been my best
She took a plain black marker started writing on my chest
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said said come on now lets fix this mess
We could get better, because we're not dead yet
Verse 2:
They threw me a whirlwind
And i spat back the seas
I took a battering but i've got thicker skin and the best people i know are looking out for me
So i'm taking the highroad,
My engines running high and fine
May I always see the road rising up to meet me and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind
Chorus:
I'm trying to get better cos I haven't been my best
She took a plain black marker started writing on my chest
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said said come on now lets fix this mess
We could get better, because we're not dead yet
Middle 8:
(play single notes on the A string - use 5th chords as it builds)
It's just a knot in the small of your back
you could work it out, with your fingers
It's just a tune that got stuck in your head
you could work it out, with your fingers
It's just a numbness tangled up in your songs
you could work it out, with your fingers
It's just a simple braille missing from the person you miss,
a reminder you could always be a little bit better than this
Chorus (alternate):
So try and get better and don't ever accept less
Take a plain black marker and write this on your chest
Draw a line underneath all this unhappiness
Come on now let's fix this mess
We could get better because we're not dead yet
We could get better because we're not dead yet