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It's Getting Better
Words & Music by Barry Mann & Cynthia WeilRecorded by "Mama Cass" Elliott, 1969 (#30)
Intro: G - Am7 - D9 G - Am7 - D7
G Am7 G Am7 D9 Am7 D7 Am7
Once I believed that when love came to me,
G Am7 G Am7 D9 Am7 D7 Cdim B7
It would come with rockets, bells and po - et - ry;
Em B+ C C/B Am7 Am7/G D9 Am7 D7
But with me and you it just started qui - et - ly and grew
Am7 D7 G Am Em C Am7 D7
And be - lieve it or not, now there's
G G/F# Am7 D9 Am7 G Am7 G
Something groovy and good 'bout whatever we got.
G/F# Am D7
And it's getting better,
Am7 D7 G G/F# E7 Em B+ A9 Am D7
Grow - ing strong - er warm and wild - er,
Am Am7 G5 Am7 D9
Get - ting bet - ter ev' - ry - day,
G Am7 D9
Bet - ter ev' - ry - day.
G Am7 G Am7 D9 Am7 D7 Am7
I don't feel all turned on and starry eyed;
G Am7 G Am7 D9 Am7 D7 Cdim B7
I just feel a sweet contentment deep inside.
Em B+ C C/B Am7 Am7/G D9 Am7 D7
Holding you at night just seems kind of nat - ur - al and right,
Am7 D7 G Am Em C Am7 D7
And it's not hard to see that it
G G/F# Am7 D9 Am7 G Am7 G
Is - n't half of what it's gon - na turn out to be,
G/F# Am D7
'Cause it's getting bet - ter,
Am7 D7 G G/F# E7 Em B+ A9 Am D7
Grow - ing strong - er warm and wild - er,
Am Am7 G5 Am7 D9
Get - ting bet - ter ev' - ry - day,
G Am7 D9
Bet - ter ev' - ry - day.
Instrumental Bridge:
G G/F# Em B+ C C/B Am7 Am7/G D9 Am7 D7
Ba da da da dah da da da da da da da da da
G G/F3 C C/B G G/F# C C/B
And I don't mind waiting, I don't mind waitin',
G G/F# Am7 D9 Am7 G Am7 G
'Cause no matter how long it takes, the two of us know
G/F# Am D7
That it's getting bet - ter,
Am7 D7 G G/F# E7 Em B+ A9 Am D7
Grow - ing strong - er warm and wild - er,
Am Am7 G5 Am7 D7 G Am7 D9
Get - ting bet - ter ev' - ry - day,
G Am7 D7 G Am7 D9
Bet - ter ev' - ry - day.
Coda (repeat to fade):
G Am7 G/B C G/B D9
Getting bet - ter ev' - ry - day,
G Am7 G/B C G/B Am7 D7
Getting bet - ter ev' - ry - day.
Suggested by recent visitor Allan Fellows. (Thanks, Allan!) It was worth the reminder that Mama Cass sang some pretty good stuff on her own, quite apart from the awesome harmonies she contributed to The Mamas And The Papas