Better Together chords and lyrics

- Jack Johnson

Chords: C Dm F F/E Gm B♭ B♭/A B

Music Key: C major

Tempo: 110 BPM

Lyrics length: 340 words

Last updated:

Release date: 2005-01-01

Intro

Verse 1

There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing, but I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Like a shoe box of photographs with sepia-toned loving
Love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together

Chorus 1

Mmmm, it's always better when we're together
Yeaah, we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well.. it's always better when we're together
Yeaah, it's always better when we're together

PostChorus 1

Verse 2

And all of these moments
just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone
When the morning light sings
Or brings new things
For tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too
Too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'd be under the impression
I was somewhere in between
With only two just me and you
not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be
We'll sit beneath the mango tree now

Chorus 2

Yeahh, it's always better when we're together
Mmmm, we're somewhere in between together
Well.. it's always better when we're together
Yeaah, it's always better when we're together

PostChorus 2

Mmm, mmm, mm, mm, mm, mm,
m, m, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm,
mmm, mm, mm...

Bridge

I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now and, and when I wake up
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
but I will still tell you one thing
We're better together

Outro

Fun fact

Jack Johnson is a musical expert when it comes to creating an intimate, laid-back vibe. His guitar playing is unique in that he uses his thumb to get a percussive ”snare” effect, which almost makes it sound like a whole band is playing, even if he’s playing solo. (Listen to the first verse of this song, and you’ll hear just that.)

”Better Together” was featured on his 2005 album In Between Dreams, and is a beautiful song about love. This track is not just a listen, but an experience in musical intimacy. Jack Johnson is using perfect fourths in the guitar intro, sliding up and down on the guitar fretboard to create that unique sound. Studying how to move around in a major key using fourth intervals is a great study! Have fun!

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