Better Days Chords by Dianne Reeves

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