by Robbie Williams Better Man was written by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers. It was recorded in 2000 and released on October 22nd, 2001 from the album Sing When You're Winning. Music F & A Major in 4/4 time at ~ 84 bpm Chords F, Fsus4, B5/F, Dm, Gm7, Gm9, C, Csus4, B5, A, Dmaj7, E6, Fm Easier in E & G Major Starts in E Major with a key change to G Major in the Bridge and back to E Major on the last line of the bridge. Chords in E & G Major E, Esus4, A5/E, Cm, Fm7, Fm9, B, Bsus4, A5, G, Cmaj7, D6, Em ASCII Chord Charts number=fret, x= don't play, 0=play open, B=barre chord Chord Guitar Piano Chord Guitar Piano E 022100 E-G-B Fm7 242222 B F-A-C-E Esus4 022200 E-A-B Fm9 242224 B F-A C-E-G Cm x46654 B C-E-G B x24442 B B-D-F A5/E 0022xx A-E Bsus4 x24452 B B-E-F A5 x022xx A-E D6 xx0202 D-F-A-B G 320003 G-B-D G 320033 G-B-D Cmaj7 x32000 C-E-G-B Em 022000 E-G-B Better Man by Robbie Williams Capo on 2 if playing with the video Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key E Esus4 E A5/E Intro 4/4 ‖ ‖ E Cm 1. Send some-one to love me I need to rest in arms Fm7 B Keep me safe from harm In pour-ing rain E Cm Give me end-less sum-mer Lord I fear the cold Fm7 B Feel I'm get-ting old Be-fore my time Fm9 B E B Cm Chorus As my soul heals the shame I will grow through this pain Fm7 B Bsus4 B E A5/E Lord I'm do-in' all I can To be a bet-ter man E Cm 2. Go ea-sy on my con-cience 'Cause it's not my fault Fm7 B I know I've been taught To take the blame E Cm Rest as-sured my an-gels Will catch my tears Fm7 B Walk me out of here I'm in pain Fm9 B E B Cm Chorus As my soul heals the shame I will grow through this pain Fm7 B Bsus4 B E E Lord I'm do-in' all I can To be a bet-ter man key change G Cmaj7 Bridge Once you've found that lo-ver You're home-ward bound D6 Em Love is all a-round Love is all a-round G Cmaj7 I know some have fal-len On sto-ny ground key change Fm7 Cm B But love is all a-round Oo... Oo... E Cm 3. Send some-one to love me I need to rest in arms Fm7 B Keep me safe from harm In pour-ing rain E Cm Give me end-less sum-mer Lord I fear the cold Fm7 B Feel I'm get-ting old Be-fore my time Fm9 B E B Cm Chorus As my soul heals the shame I will grow through this pain Fm7 B Bsus4 B Lord I'm do-in' all I can To be a bet-ter man E Esus4 E A5 E Outro ‖ 𝄑 ‖ Help on reading the song charts ↓ Better Man chords and lyrics Notes Level Of Ease Easy if you can play barre chords. Try playing both versions of Fm9. The first version is similar in shape to a B7 chord - up one string for each of the notes on the 2nd fret. The other Fm9 is a standard m9 barre chord shape - root note on the 6th string. They both work well depending on the sound you are after. 5 chords are power chords which consist of the 1st and 5th notes of any given chord scale. In this song we have a A5 and A5/E. They are based on the A major scale where the 1st and 5th notes of the scale are A and E. The A5 chord consists of the notes A and E. There are a few alternatives which are pictured above. The A5/E means an A5 chord with a leading E bass note - also pictured above You don't have to play an A5 or A5/E - an A chord still sounds fine. The same applies to D6 which can be played as a D chord.