A Better Son Daughter Acoustic chords by Rilo Kiley

Chords with lyrics

It suits my voice nicely, but don't be afraid to move it around to your liking :-)



G+G               C majorC       G+G
Sometimes in the morning i am petrified and can't move
C majorC        G+G    D MajorD
Awake but cannot open my eyes
    G+G               C majorC          G+G
And the weight is crushing down on my lungs i know i can't breath
  C majorC         G+G      D MajorD
And hope someone will help me this time
   G+G             C majorC     G+G
Your mother's still calling you insane and high
C majorC       G+G       D MajorD
Swearing it's different this time
    G+G             C majorC      G+G
And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her
     C majorC    G+G      D MajorD
And that god ever blessed her insides
     G+G             C majorC     G+G
Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things
  C majorC        G+G      D MajorD
And crawl back into bed to dream of a time
     G+G       C majorC      G+G         C majorC
When your heart was open wide and you loved things just because
     G+G      D MajorD
Like the sick and the dying

  G+G               C majorC        G+G
And sometimes when you're on you're really fucking on
     C majorC         G+G       D MajorD
And your friends they sing along and they love you
    G+G              C majorC         G+G
But the lows are so extreme that the good seems fucking cheap
    C majorC       G+G      D MajorD
And it teases you for weeks in its absense
      G+G
But you'll fight and you'll make it through
    C majorC       G+G
You'll fake it if you have to
      C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
And you'll show up for work with a smile
         G+G
And you'll be be better you'll be smarter
      C majorC        G+G
More grown up and a better daughter
  C majorC     G+G     D MajorD
Or son and a real good friend
       G+G
And you'll be awake and you'll be alert
     C majorC         G+G
You'll be positive though it hurts
      C majorC     G+G        D MajorD
And you'll laugh and embrace all your friends
        G+G
And you'll be a real good listener
     C majorC        G+G
You'll be honest you'll be brave
     C majorC         G+G
You'll be handsome you'll be beautiful
     D MajorD
You'll be happy


G,C,G,C,G,D X2

   G+G
Your ship may be coming in
    C majorC          G+G
You're weak but not giving in
    C majorC       G+G      D MajorD
To the cries and the wails of the valley below
   G+G
Your ship may be coming in
    C majorC          G+G
You're weak but not giving in
      C majorC         G+G      D MajorD
And you'll fight it you'll go out fighting all of them