

| C | F/G | |
| It's getting better all the t | ime |
| G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| I u | sed to get m | ad at my sc | hool (No, I can | 't complain) |
| G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| The te | achers that ta | ught me weren't c | ool (No, I | can't complain) |
| G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| You're hol | ding me d | own, tu | rning me a | round |
| G | C/G | G | C/G | G | |
| F | illing me u | p with your rul | es |
| CHORUS: |
| C | F | |
| I've g | ot to admit it's getting bet | ter |
| Em | F | |
| A little b | etter all the ti | me |
| C | F | |
| I h | ave to admit it's getting b | etter |
| Em | F | Fmaj7 | G | |
| It's getting b | etter since you' | ve been | mine |
| C | G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| Me us | ed to be a | ngry young m | an |
| G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| Me hi | ding me h | ead in the s | and |
| G | C/G | G | C/G | |
| You g | ave me the w | ord I fin | ally he | ard |
| G | C/G | G | |
| I'm do | ing the be | st that I c | an ...CHORUS |
| BRIDGE: |
| F | C/E | F | C/E | F | C/E | F | C/E | C | |
| G | et | ting | so | much b | ett | er a | ll | the t | ime |
| C | F | Em | Fmaj7 | |
| I | t's getting better all the t | ime, b | etter, better, b | etter |
| C | F | Em | Fmaj7 | G | |
| I | t's getting better all the t | ime, be | tter, better, b | etter |
| G | |
| I u | sed to be cruel to my woman G F C G |
| 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 #2: |
| I admit it's getting better |
| A little better all the time (can't get no worse) |
| Yes, I admit it's getting better |
| It's getting better since you've been mine ...BRIDGE |
| F | C/E | F | C/E | F | C/E | F | F/G | C | |
| G | et | ting s | o m | uch b | et | ter | all | the t | ime |
| Fmaj7 (V): x 8 7 5 5 5 C/E: x 0 2 0 1 3 |
| (from Sgt. Pepper's, 1967) |
| (sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu) |