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Better Days

Key: B

Introduction:  Bb7M   Eb7M   Ab7M   Bb7M   Eb7M   Eb/F  

 Bb7M               Eb7M               Ab7M           Gm7   Fm7 
Silver gray hair neatly combed in place
                       Eb7M       C7/E                 D7     D/E   D   Gm7 
There were four generations of love   on     her     face
       Fm7         Eb7M               Dm7                       Dbº           Cm9                         Ab7M     Eb/F  Ab6 
She     was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes,             she'd seen it all
 Bb7M               Eb7M               Ab7M           Gm7   Fm7 
I was a child, oh about three or four
         Eb7M               C7/E                   D7     D/E   D/G  Gm7 
All day I'd ask questions at night I'd   ask   more
 Fm7       Eb7M         Dm7                       Dbº  Cm9               Ab7M           Eb/F         Ebº/F 
But whenever, she never, would ever                     turn me away.           No oh.
               Ab                           Eb7M 
I'd say     how can I be sure what is right or wrong
 Eb7M  Gb                                 Db7M 
And     why does what I want always take so long
 Db7M     A7M                                                                                 B                                       Db     Eb/F 
Please tell me where does God live and why won't He talk to me
                 Ab                                                             Eb7M 
I'd say, grandma what is love   will I ever find out?
 Gb                                 Db7M 
Why are we so poor, what is life about
 Db7M   A7M                                   B                           Db         Eb/F                   Db  Eb/F 
I     wanna know the answers before I fall off to sleep. Oooh oh
Verse two
 Bb7M                 Eb7M                     Ab7M         Gm7  Gbm7  Fm7 
  She sort of smiled as she tucked me in,
                   Eb7M                     C7/E                 D7     D/E   D   Gm7 
Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once   again.
   Fm7     Eb7M         Dm7                       Dbº7   Cm9                       Ab7M       Eb/F  Ab6 
But tonight she was slightly, remarkably,           different somehow
   Bb7M             Eb7M                 Ab7M       Gm7   Fm7 
Slowly she rocked, looking half asleep
                 Eb7M                   C7/E                             D7       D/E   D   Gm7 
Grandma yawned as she streched then she started     to     speak
         Fm7         Eb7M                 Dm7                       Dbº       Cm9                           Ab7M     Eb/F  Ebº/F 
What     she told me, would mould me, and holds me   together inside
                     Ab                                       Eb7M 
She said all the things you ask you will know someday,
 Eb7M  Gb                                     Db7M                     A7M 
But     you have got to live     in     a patient way   God   put us here by fate
                 B                             Db             Eb/F 
And by fate that means better days
                   Ab                                   Eb7M 
She said, child we all moons in the dark of night
 Eb7M         Gb                                   Db7M 
Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right
 Db7M   A7M                                                 B                                     Db     Eb/F 
Can't get to better days lest you make it through the night
                                                             Db         Eb/F 
You gotta make it through the night, yes you do.
Bridge
 Db7M 
    You can't get to no better days,
                       Fm7(11)                                     F    G  Ab     Bb  C  Eb  F   
Unless you make it through the night.
   Db7M 
Oh, you will see those better days
       Cm7   Fm7               E     Gb/E       Db     Eb/F   Db  Eb/F 
Be pa - tient, be   pa   - tient, oh baby, be patient
Verse three
 Bb7M             Eb7M                 Ab7M         Gm7  Gbm7  Fm7 
Later that year, at the turn of spring,
               Eb7M               C7/E                   D7   D/E   D  Gm7 
Heaven sent angels down and gave grandma   her   wings.
 Fm7             Eb7M               Dm7                   Dbº   Cm9               Ab7M         Eb/F  Ebº/F 
Now she's flying, and sliding, and gliding                 in better days
             Ab                                         Eb7M 
And although I'm all grown up, I still get confused.
 Eb7M   Gb                                             Db7M 
  I     stumble through the dark, getting bumped and bruised,
 Db7M   A7M                                                                                           B 
When the night gets in my way, I could still hear my grandma say
 Db                             Eb/F   Db   Eb/F 
          I can hear her say.   I can hear her say
Coda
 Db7M 
    You can't get to no better days
                       Fm7(11)                                                     F    G  Ab     Bb  C  Eb  F  Dº7 
Unless you make it through the night baby
   Db7M 
Oh, you will see those better days,
                                   Fm7(11)                                                                 F    G  Ab     Bb  C  Eb  F    
But you gotta be patient child, do you hear me yeah, well,   well, well well well
 Db7M 
    You can't get to no better days
                       Fm7(11)                                                                       F    G  Ab     Bb  C  Eb  F 
Unless you make it, you got to make it, you got to make it
  
You got to make it through the night yeah
   Db7M 
Oh grandma, oh grandma
               Fm7(11)                                           F    G  Ab  Bb  C  Eb  F   
Do you see me now lady oh oh oh
                       Db7M 
She used to sit me on her knee, she used to comb my hair
                         Fm7(11) 
She used to tell me stories (fade out)