A Better Life chords by Dream Theater

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
  E minorEm           A minorAm   C majorC      D MajorD
As fearless leader of the Ravenskill Militia
E minorEm          A minorAm         D MajorD
The blood of warriors flows throughout my veins
E minorEm            C majorC           B minorBm
My brother's gift remains my secret ammunition
E minorEm              D MajorD
It is our hope, our pride, a catalyst for change

Chorus:
     A minorAm      G+G   F# minorF#m   D MajorD
Still the fires of revolution burn within my eyes
  A minorAm          G+G         D MajorD
On this perilous road to freedom, he's our one and only guide

Verse:
E minorEm              C majorC
For many years, I've seen our people starve and suffer
E minorEm         D MajorD  A minorAm       D MajorD
How many more will die before we stand and fight?
E minorEm            A minorAm    C majorC      B minorBm
They ask me Arhys, could things be any tougher?
E minorEm       D MajorD
The answer's no surprise, yes, you bet your life

Verse:
A minorAm         G+G       F# minorF#m     D MajorD
Now the fires of revolution won't burn forever more
 A minorAm        C majorC       D MajorD
I see liberty in our future, and it's one we're fighting for

Verse:
E minorEm   D MajorD     C majorC   B minorBm
We all long for a better life
E minorEm   F# minorF#m       C majorC   D MajorD
Like a dream that can't be denied
A minorAm     G+G    C majorC     D MajorD
This is the moment, now is the time
B minorBm
Freedom if we live or if we die

Outro:
E minorEm   B minorBm  G+G   E minorEm   D MajorD
I shall give him a better life
E minorEm      B minorBm    C majorC   D MajorD   B minorBm
I swore this vow to my dying wife
A minorAm       E minorEm    D MajorD
Sure, she would not survive
A minorAm   FF    E minorEm
Peacefully she slipped away
  F# minorF#m      A minorAm
The meaning in my life
  FF       A minorAm
Was born that day
  B minorBm  G+G              C majorC    A minorAm     Bb majorBb
And so I found the strength to carry on with this crusade
     E minorEm
It is my fate

[Final
A minorAm   FF    A minorAm       FF     A minorAm
Evangeline, you lived a life of misery and pain
A minorAm   FF     G+G       FF       C majorC
Evangeline, I'll never let your memory die in vain
C majorC   G+G    FF         A minorAm
Evangeline, my heavy heart still bleeds
FF       C majorC        E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G B minorBm
I dedicate my life to set you free
  FF      G+G        A minorAm  F# minorF#m
And I will carry on to plant the seeds
Bb majorBb    C majorC            D MajorD
I promise in the name of our new son
Bb majorBb          A minorAm    D MajorD

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