Better Days

[Intro]
[A#maj7] [D#maj7]  [G#maj7]
[A#maj7] [D#maj7]  [D#/F]

[Verse 1]
[A#maj7]      [D#maj7]      [G#maj7]   [Gm7]     [Fm7]
Silver gray hair neatly combed in place
           [D#maj7]   [C7/E]         [D7]   [D/E]  [D/F#]  [Gm7]
There were four generations of love  on   her   face
   [Fm7]     [D#maj7]      [Dm7]            [C#dim7]      [Cm9]
She was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes
             [G#maj7]  [D#/F]   [G#6]
She'd seen it all
[A#maj7]    [D#maj7]          [G#maj7]    [Gm7]   [Fm7]
 I was a child, oh about three or four
    [D#maj7]      [C7/E]          [D7]   [D/E]  [D/F#] [Gm7]
All day I'd ask questions, at night I'd ask more
[Fm7]    [D#maj7]     [Dm7]            [C#dim7]     [Cm9]
But whenever, she never, would ever
        [G#maj7]   [D#/F]   [D#dim/F]
Turn me away, no oh

[Chorus 1]
       [G#/A#]            [D#maj7]
I'd say how can I be sure what is right or wrong?
[F#/G#]               [C#maj7]
And why does what I want always take so long?
[C#maj7] [Amaj7]
Please tell me where does God live
     [B]                    [C#/D#]   [D#/F]
And why won't He talk to me?
        [G#/A#]              [D#maj7]
I'd say, grandma what is love? Will I ever find out?
[F#/G#]               [C#maj7]
Why are we so poor, what is life about?
[C#maj7]  [Amaj7]                [B]              [C#/D#]     [D#/F]
 I wanna know the answers before I fall off to sleep
    [C#/D#]   [D#/F]
Oooh oh

[Verse 2]
[A#maj7]       [D#maj7]         [G#maj7]    [Gm7] [F#m7] [Fm7]
 She sort of smiled as she tucked me in
         [D#maj7]         [C7/E]         [D7]   [D/E]  [D/F#]  [Gm7]
Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once  a - gain
 [Fm7]   [D#maj7]   [Dm7]            [C#dim7] [Cm9]
But tonight she was slightly, remarkably
             [G#M7] [D#/F]  [G#6]
Different somehow
 [A#maj7]     [D#maj7]       [G#maj7]  [Gm7]     [Fm7]
Slowly she rocked, looking half asleep
        [D#maj7]        [C7/E]               [D7]    [D/E]  [D/F#]    [Gm7]
Grandma yawned as she stretched then she star - ted   to    speak
    [Fm7]     [D#maj7]        [Dm7]            [C#dim7]   [Cm9]
What she told me, would mould me, and holds me
          [G#maj7]  [D#/F]   [D#dim7/F]
Together inside

[Chorus 2]
          [G#/A#]                [D#maj7]
She said all the things you ask you will know someday
[F#/G#]                   [C#maj7]
But you have got to live in a patient way
[C#maj7] [Amaj7]
God put us here by fate
        [B]               [C#/D#]       [D#/F]
And by fate that means better days
         [G#/A#]                [D#maj7]
She said, child we all moons in the dark of night
[F#/G#]               [C#maj7]
Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right
[C#maj7]  [Amaj7]                       [B]                   [C#/D#]   [D#/F]
Can't get to better days lest you make it through the night
                              [C#/D#]     [D#/F]
You gotta make it through the night, yes you do

[Bridge]
[C#maj7]
You can't get to no better days
           [Fm11]                        [F  F G Ab   Bb C Eb F  Ddim7]
Unless you make it through the night
[C#maj7]
Oh, you will see those better days
   [Cm7]  [Fm7]        [E/F#]   [F#/E]    [C#/D#]   [D#/F]        [C#/D#]  [D#/F]
Be patient, be patient, oh baby, be patient

[Verse 3]
[A#maj7]     [D#maj7]       [G#maj7]   [Gm7]  [F#m7]  [Fm7]
Later that year, at the turn of spring
       [D#maj7]      [C7/E]          [D7]  [D/E]  [D/F#] [Gm7]
Heaven sent angels down and gave grandma her wings
[Fm7]       [D#maj7]      [Dm7]          [C#dim7]  [Cm9]
Now she's flying, and sliding, and gliding
        [G#maj7]   [D#/F]    [D#dim7/F]
In better days

[Chorus 3]
      [G#/A#]                   [D#maj7]
And although I'm all grown up, I still get confused
[F#/G#]                     [C#maj7]
I stumble through the dark, getting bumped and bruised
[C#maj7]   [Amaj7]
When the night gets in my way
               [B]
I could still hear my grandma say
[C#/D#]               [D#/F]
I can hear her say
[C#/D#]  [D#/F]
I can hear her say

[Coda]
[C#maj7]
You can't get to no better days
           [Fm11]                          [F  F G Ab   Bb C Eb F  Ddim7]
Unless you make it through the night, baby
[C#maj7]
Oh, you will see those better days
                 [Fm11]                               [F  F G Ab   Bb C Eb F  Ddim7]
But you gotta be patient child, do you hear me yeah, well, well, well
[C#maj7]
You can't get to no better days
           [Fm11]                               [F  F G Ab   Bb C Eb F  Ddim7]
Unless you make it, you got to make it, you got to make it through the night, yeah
[C#maj7]
Oh grandma, oh grandma
       [Fm11]                        [F  F G Ab   Bb C Eb F  Ddim7]
Do you see me now lady, oh oh oh...
           [C#maj7]
She used to sit me on her knee, she used to comb my hair
            [Fm11]
She used to tell me stories