A Better Place, A Better Time Chords by Streetlight Manifesto

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_ _ _ _ _ _ So she wakes [C] up in time to [G] break down.
She left a note upon [B] the dresser [D] and she's right on [G] time.
[Bm] You don't [C] know [D] anything [G] right or wrong.
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_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ I said [B] I know [E] and [C] she said so.
[G] _ I [B] want to panic [E] but I've had it [C] so I go.
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[G] _ [B] You don't [C] know [D] anything, [G] you've only won.
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_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ But don't [G] fake your life, [B] _ _ [C] _ cause it's all [G] that you've _ [F#] [E] got. _
You'd be [B] better off stopping living [C] if you don't think they [Cm] will stop.
_ _ [G] _ _ And when [D] you wake up, _ [Em] _ everything's gonna [C] be fine.
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Guarantee [D] that you'll wake in a better [Em] place, in a better [C] time.
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So you're [D] tired of living, _ _
[Em] feel like you [C] might give [D]
in.
[G] Well _ don't, [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[G] it's not your time.
[Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
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[G] _ [B] Look through the paper today, looking for a [G] specific date.
Don't [Bm] want to find [E] her full [C] name, followed [G] by date.
[Bm] Cause when I left her [C] alone, she [D] made a sound like a moan.
[B] You're known [C] by [Dm] everyone for [G] everything you've done.
I'm [B] buying flowers [C] from the grape, hide around.
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[B] _ Hey [C] now [D] stop, do [G] anywhere, [F#] find anyone, do [E] anything.
[D] Forget and start [G] again [B] love, she said [C] she won't [D] go.
[G] She's had too much to stand [Dm] by.
You've gotta stop and draw [B] a line.
_ [Cm]
Everyone [Gm] here has to choose a side.
Tonight, [D] the moment of truth is haunting [E] you.
Don't forget your [Cm] family, regardless [D] what you choose to [G] do.
You can't decide, and they're all screaming why [Em] won't you?
I'll start the [G] engine, but I can't [G] take this ride for you.
I'll draw your bath, and [A#] I'll load your gun.
[Em] But I hope so [C] bad that you'll [G] bathe in us.
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_ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Ain't [B] gotta forget about [C] today, and [D] always planning for [G] tomorrow.
[B] _ _ [C] _
[D] Tomorrow answers.
[G] Yesterday [F#] I came [E] across, when I learned [D] that life was all [G] without [B] me.
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Tell me [G] answers.
Everyone [B] has someone [C] else, well I ain't got [D] nobody.
So [G] I'm gonna save [B] me.
[Cm]
Save [D] me answers.
[G] I think I'm [F#] back to where I [C] started, cause she's all [D] that I'm [G] getting.
It's just [B] me.
_ [C]
It's just [D] me.
It's just [Bm] me.
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_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
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_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _
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_ [C] _ [G] _ And when [D] you wake [E] up, everything is gonna [C] be [Dm] fine.
[G] _ You gotta [D] see that you're waking up in a better [E] place, in a [C] better _ [D] _ _ [G] time.
So it's [D] time to live, _ _ [E] and be [C] like you like you live.
[G] Welcome.
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
It's time to die.
[B] If you wouldn't [C] mind, it's a never [D]-dying journey.
[G] You are the [B] problem.
_ [C] _ [D] Problem.
_ [G] So you [F#] see, I'm stuck with [E] the exes making [D] clean-suit [G] dresses.
To [B] solve them.
[C] To [G] solve them.
But the [B] loneliness is filling [C] me.
Filling [D] me with anger [G] every time.
[B] _ [C] Every [D] time.
Every time.
So [F#] you're someone [C] that I never [D] thought I'd ever [G] be.
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_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
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_ And when [D] you wake up, [E] everything is gonna [C] be [Dm] fine.
_ [G]
You gotta see [D] that you're waking up in [E] a better place, in a better [D] time.
_ [G] _ So it's time [D] to live, [E] and be like [C] you like [D] you live.
[G] Welcome.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ It's [G] time to die.
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_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ Let's [B] not forget about [C] today and [D] always plan it [G] for [B] tomorrow.
_ [C] _ [D] Tomorrow.
_ [G] That [B] day I get to [C] go, that's when I [D] learn that life goes [G] on without [B]
me.
[C] Without [D] me.
And.
[G] Everyone [F#] has someone [Em] else, so I ain't [D] got nobody's [G] love to take [B]
me.
[C] Take [D] me.
_ [G] Think of [B] that new way to [C] live, those things [D] I'll never get [G] right.
It's just [B]
me.
[C] _ [D] Just me.
And. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ And when you wake [Bm] up, _ [Em] everything is gonna [Am] be fine.
[G] _ I guarantee [D] that you'll wake in a better [C] place, and in a better time. _
[G] _ _ So you're [D] tired of living, and [Em] you feel like [C] you might [G] give in.
Well don't.
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[C] _ [G] It's not your time.
Even [D] if it was so, I wouldn't let you [Em] go.
You can run, run, [C] run, run, but I [G] won't follow close.
Some of [D] you say that's it, that's [Em] all.
But I'll be waiting [C] there with open arms to [G] break your fall.
I know that you [D] think that you're on your [Em] own.
But just know that [C] I'm here and I'll [D] lead you home.
[G] If you let me.
[D] She [Em] said forget me.
_ [G] But I can.
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