Better Days - Dianne Reeves (with lyrics) Chords

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[Eb] _ [F] Silver [Gm] gray hair, [Ab] neatly [Bb] combed [Ab] lace.
[Gm] There were four gentlemen _ [D] _ _ [Gm]
[Fm] in the place.
[Eb] She was so [Bb] wise, no [Dbm] surprise.
Past her [Cm]
eyes, _ [Eb] she'd seen it all. _ _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ [Dm] I [Bb] was a child, [Fm] oh [C] about [Bb] three or [Fm] four.
[Eb] All day [E] I'd ask [D] questions, [Gb] _ [Gm] _ [Fm] [Eb] but [Bb] she never would [Cm] ever
_ _ say me away, _
[F] [Eb] no, no.
[D] _ [Fm] I'd say, how can [Cm] I be sure what is right [Ebm] or wrong?
And why does [Db] what I want [Ab] always take [E] so long?
Please tell me, [B] where does God live and why [Ab] will he talk to me?
[Eb] _ [Fm] I'd say, grandma, [Eb] what is love?
Will I ever [Ebm] find out?
Why are we [Db] so bored with life [E] about?
I want to know [B] the answers before [Abm] I fall off [Eb] to sleep.
[Bbm] Oh, _ [Eb] _
_ [F] she [Gm] saw the smile [Cm] as she tucked [Gm] me [Fm] in.
[Bb] Then she pulled [E] up that [D] fucking [Gb] chair [Gm] once [Fm] again.
[Eb] But [Bb] tonight she was slightly [G] remarkably [Cm] _
_ [Eb] different [Ab] _ _ [Eb] somehow. _
_ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] Slowly [Eb] she'd [Gm] rock, [Ab]
looking [Gm] half [Fm] asleep.
[Eb] Grandma yawned [Gm] as she stretched thin.
[D] She [Gm] started to speak [Fm] what she [Eb] told [Bb] me would mold me
_ [Cm] and hold me [Eb] together [Ab] _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Eb] again.
_ [D] [Fm] She said, all the [Cm] things you ask you will know [Ebm] someday.
But you have [Ab] got to live in the patient [E] way.
God put us [B] here by faith and by faith [Ab] that these better [Eb] days.
[Fm] She said, child, we [Gm] all are [Ebm] blind.
Ain't no morning [Fm] light [E] is right.
Can't get to the [B] better days unless you make it [Ab] through [Db] the night.
[Eb] You got [Bbm] to make it through the night.
[Eb] You still do.
You [Ab] can't get to [Eb] know _ [Ab] _
[Eb] unless you make [Fm] it through the night.
_ _ [Cm] _
[Fm] _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ Lead on [Eb] _ [Ab] these.
But you [Eb] got to be [Fm] patient.
[E] Be [Gb] patient.
[Db] Oh, [Eb] baby, be [Ab] patient.
[Eb] _ _
_ [F] [Bb] Later that year [Cm] at the [Gm] turn of [Fm] spring, [Eb] heaven [E] sent angels down
and [C] gave [Gm] Grandma wings.
[Eb] Now [Gm] she's [Bb] flying and sliding and [Cm] gliding in the [Ab] better _ _ [Eb] days. _
_ [D] [Fm] And also [Cm] I'm all grown up.
I still get [Ebm] confused.
I stumble [Fm] through the dark getting bump [E] and bruised.
When night gets [B] in my way, I can still hear my grandma [Db] say,
I [Eb] can hear her say, [Db] I _ [Eb] can hear her say,
you [Ab] can't get to [Eb] the [Ab] better days [Eb] unless you make it [Fm] through the night, baby.
[Ab] _ _ [Fm] [Eb] Oh, [Ab] you can't get to the better [Eb] _ [Ab] days.
But you [Eb] got to be [Fm] patient.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] [Ab] You can't get to [Eb] normal _ [Ab] _ [Eb] unless you make [Fm] it.
You got to make it.
You got to make it.
You got to make it through [Eb] the night.
[Ab] Do _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] you [Fm] see me now, baby?
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [Fm] [Eb] She used to sit [Ab] me on her knees.
[Eb] She used to [Ab] call _ [Fm] me. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _