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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: June 12, 1997
Album:
Written by:
BETTER THINGS TO DO Terri Clark
Intro note F G# Bb
Bb
Don't tell me the reason that you're calling
Eb Bb
Is to see if I'm all right since you've been gone.
F Bb
'Cause I know you and I know why we're talking
Eb F
You're wanting me to say I'm barely hanging on
Eb F Eb F F# F Bb
Well, maybe that was true for a night or two But now, I got better things to do
CHORUS:
Eb Bb
I could wash my car in the rain Change my new guitar strings
Eb
Mow the yard just the same as I did yesterday
Eb Bb F F# F Bb
I don't need to waste my time crying over you I got better things to do.
Bb Eb Bb
Maybe when I don't have so much going Or quite so many irons in the fire
F Bb
I'll take the time to miss you like you're hoping
Eb F
But now, I can't put forth the effort it requires
Eb F Eb F
Well, I'd love to talk to you, but then, I'd miss Donahue
F# F Bb
That's right, I got better things to do.
go to chorus
Eb Bb
Check the air in my tires Straighten my stereo wires
Bb Eb
Count the stars in the sky or just get on with my life
Eb Bb F
I don't need to waste my time crying over you
F# F Bb F# F Bb
I got better things to do I got better things to do.
