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Better Days
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Well my soul checked out missin' as I sat listenin'
EE Piano Chord 

To the hours and minutes tickin' away.
E                                 c#-minor
Yeah, just sittin around waitin' for my life to begin
f#-minor
While it was all just slippin' away
f#-minor                        A
Well I'm tired of waitin' for tomorrow to come
EE Piano Chord 

For the train to come rollin' 'round the bend
E                                        c#-minor
I got a new suit of clothes and a pretty red rose
f#-minor
A women I can call my friend
F#-minor              A

CHORUS 1:
These are Better Days, baby
AA Piano Chord 
                EE Piano Chord 

Yeah, there's Better Days shinin' through
EE Piano Chord 
                                 AA Piano Chord 

These are Better Days, baby
AA Piano Chord 
                EE Piano Chord 

Better Days with a girl like you
f#-minor    A         E

Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss
EE Piano Chord 

It's like eatin' cavier in the dirt
E                              c#-minor
It's a sad funny ending when you find yourself pretending
f#-minor
To be a rich man in a poor man's shirt
f#-minor                         A
Now my ass was draggin from a passin' gypsy wagon
EE Piano Chord 

Your heart like a diamond shown
E                         c#-minor
Tryin' to lay it in your arms, count the lucky charms
f#-minor
Get out of these hard luck bones

CHORUS 2
These are Better Days, baby
AA Piano Chord 
                EE Piano Chord 

Yeah, there's Better Days shinin' through
EE Piano Chord 
                                 AA Piano Chord 

These are Better Days, baby
AA Piano Chord 
                EE Piano Chord 

Better Days are shining through
AA Piano Chord 
        BB Piano Chord 
       EE Piano Chord 


:Instrumental bridge::   A    c#-minor   F#-minor A    E

Now a life of leisure, and a pirate's treasure
EE Piano Chord 

Don't make much for tragedy.
E                        c#-minor
It's a sad man, my friend, whose livin' in his own skin,
f#-minor
And can't stand the company.
f#-minor                 A
Every fools got a reason to feel sorry for himself
EE Piano Chord 

And turning his heart to stone
E                        c#-minor
Drag this fool half way to heaven, just a mile on to hell
f#-minor
And I feel like I'm comin' home!
F#-minor                   A

CHORUS 1
CHORUS 2      etc...

Corrections welcome!

Lyrics transcribed by:
Roger Carasso
Chords (and minor lyric changes) transcribed by:
Suzy Shaw