A Better Son Daughter Acoustic chords by Rilo Kiley

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




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

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


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

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