Better Days chords by Rita Coolidge

Chords with lyrics

Intro: Bb7M Eb7M Ab7M Bb7M Eb7M Eb/FEb/F

Verse one
Bb7M    Eb7M    Ab7M   Gm7Gm7 Fm7Fm7
Silver gray hair neatly combed in place
      Eb7M  C7/EC7/E     D7D7  D/ED/E D/Gb Gm7Gm7
There were four generations of love on  her  face
  Fm7Fm7   Eb7M    Dm7Dm7      DbdimDbdim   Cm9Cm9       Ab7M  Eb/FEb/F Ab6Ab6
She  was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes,    she'd seen it all
Bb7M    Eb7M    Ab7M   Gm7Gm7 Fm7Fm7
I was a child, oh about three or four
  Eb7M    C7/EC7/E     D7D7  D/ED/E D/G Gm7Gm7
All day I'd ask questions at night I'd ask more
Fm7Fm7  Eb7M   Dm7Dm7      DbdimDbdim Cm9Cm9    Ab7M   Eb/FEb/F   Ebdim/F
But whenever, she never, would ever      turn me away.   No oh.

    Ab/Bb      Ab/Bb Eb7M
I'd say  how can I be sure what is right or wrong
Eb7M Gb/Ab        Gb/Ab Db7M
And  why does what I want always take so long
Db7M  A7M                     BB          Db/Eb  Eb/FEb/F
Please tell me where does God live and why won't He talk to me
    Ab/Bb               Ab/Eb Eb7M    Eb7M
I'd say, grandma what is love will I ever find out?
Gb/Ab        Gb/Ab Db7M
Why are we so poor, what is life about
Db7M A7M         BB       Db/Eb   Eb/FEb/F     Db/Eb Eb/FEb/F
I  wanna know the answers before I fall off to sleep. Oooh oh

Verse two
Bb7M     Eb7M      Ab7M   Gm7Gm7 Gbm7Gbm7 Fm7Fm7
 She sort of smiled as she tucked me in,
     Eb7M      C7/EC7/E     D7D7  D/ED/E D/Gb Gm7Gm7
Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once again.
 Fm7Fm7  Eb7M   Dm7Dm7      Dbdim7Dbdim7 Cm9Cm9      Ab7M  Eb/FEb/F Ab6Ab6
But tonight she was slightly, remarkably,   different somehow
 Bb7M    Eb7M     Ab7M  Gm7Gm7 Fm7Fm7
Slowly she rocked, looking half asleep
    Eb7M     C7/EC7/E        D7D7  D/ED/E D/Gb Gm7Gm7
Grandma yawned as she streched then she started  to  speak
  Fm7Fm7   Eb7M     Dm7Dm7      DbdimDbdim  Cm9Cm9       Ab7M  Eb/FEb/F Ebdim/F
What  she told me, would mould me, and holds me together inside

     Ab/Bb         Ab/Bb Eb7M
She said all the things you ask you will know someday,
Eb7M Gb/Ab         Gb/Ab Db7M     Db7M A7M
But  you have got to live  in  a patient way God put us here by fate
    BB        Db/Eb    Eb/FEb/F
And by fate that means better days
     Ab/Bb        Ab/Bb Eb7M
She said, child we all moons in the dark of night
Eb7M   Gb/Ab        Gb/Ab  Db7M
Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right
Db7M A7M             BB          Db/Eb  Eb/FEb/F
Can't get to better days lest you make it through the night
               Db/Eb   Eb/FEb/F
You gotta make it through the night, yes you do.

Bridge
Db7M
 You can't get to no better days,
      Fm11Fm11          FF FF G+G AbAb  Bb majorBb C majorC Eb MajorEb FF DdimDdim
Unless you make it through the night.
 Db7M
Oh, you will see those better days
  Cm7Cm7 Fm7Fm7    E/Gb  Gb/E  Db/Eb  Eb/FEb/F Db/Eb Eb/FEb/F
Be pa - tient, be pa - tient, oh baby, be patient

Verse three
Bb7M    Eb7M     Ab7M   Gm7Gm7 Gbm7Gbm7 Fm7Fm7
Later that year, at the turn of spring,
    Eb7M    C7/EC7/E     D7D7 D/ED/E D/Gb Gm7Gm7
Heaven sent angels down and gave grandma her wings.
Fm7Fm7    Eb7M    Dm7Dm7     DbdimDbdim Cm9Cm9    Ab7M   Eb/FEb/F Ebdim/F
Now she's flying, and sliding, and gliding     in better days

   Ab/Bb          Ab/Bb Eb7M
And although I'm all grown up, I still get confused.
Eb7M Gb/Ab           Gb/Ab Db7M
 I  stumble through the dark, getting bumped and bruised,
Db7M A7M                       BB
When the night gets in my way, I could still hear my grandma say
Db/Eb        Eb/FEb/F Db/Eb Eb/FEb/F
   I can hear her say. I can hear her say

Coda
Db7M
 You can't get to no better days
      Fm11Fm11              FF FF G+G AbAb  Bb majorBb C majorC Eb MajorEb FF Ddim7Ddim7
Unless you make it through the night baby
 Db7M
Oh, you will see those better days,
         Fm11Fm11                 FF FF G+G AbAb  Bb majorBb C majorC Eb MajorEb FF DdimDdim
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
      Fm11Fm11                  FF FF G+G AbAb  Bb majorBb C majorC Eb MajorEb FF
Unless you make it, you got to make it, you got to make it
DdimDdim
You got to make it through the night yeah
 Db7M
Oh grandma, oh grandma
    Fm11Fm11           FF FF G+G AbAb Bb majorBb C majorC Eb MajorEb FF DdimDdim
Do you see me now lady oh oh oh
      Db7M
She used to sit me on her knee, she used to comb my hair
      Fm11Fm11
She used to tell me stories (fade out)