Better Days

Intro: Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Eb/F 

Verse one 
Bbmaj7        Ebmaj7        Abmaj7      Gm7  Fm7 
Silver gray hair neatly combed in place 
           Ebmaj7    C7/E         D7   D/E  D/Gb  Gm7 
There were four generations of love  on   her   face 
   Fm7     Ebmaj7        Dm7            Dbdim      Cm9             Abmaj7   Eb/F Ab6 
She   was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes,       she'd seen it all 
Bbmaj7        Ebmaj7        Abmaj7      Gm7  Fm7 
I was a child, oh about three or four 
    Ebmaj7        C7/E          D7   D/E  D/G Gm7 
All day I'd ask questions at night I'd  ask  more 
Fm7    Ebmaj7     Dm7            Dbdim Cm9        Abmaj7      Eb/F     Ebdim/F 
But whenever, she never, would ever           turn me away.      No oh.  

       Ab/Bb            Ab/Bb  Ebmaj7 
I'd say   how can I be sure what is right or wrong 
Ebmaj7 Gb/Ab               Gb/Ab  Dbmaj7 
And   why does what I want always take so long 
Dbmaj7   Amaj7                                         B                    Db/Eb   Eb/F 
Please tell me where does God live and why won't He talk to me 
        Ab/Bb                             Ab/Eb  Ebmaj7        Ebmaj7 
I'd say, grandma what is love  will I ever find out? 
Gb/Ab               Gb/Ab  Dbmaj7 
Why are we so poor, what is life about 
Dbmaj7  Amaj7                  B              Db/Eb     Eb/F          Db/Eb Eb/F 
I   wanna know the answers before I fall off to sleep. Oooh oh 

Verse two 
Bbmaj7         Ebmaj7           Abmaj7     Gm7 Gbm7 Fm7 
 She sort of smiled as she tucked me in, 
         Ebmaj7           C7/E         D7   D/E  D/Gb  Gm7 
Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once  again. 
 Fm7   Ebmaj7     Dm7            Dbdim7  Cm9            Abmaj7    Eb/F Ab6 
But tonight she was slightly, remarkably,      different somehow 
 Bbmaj7       Ebmaj7         Abmaj7    Gm7  Fm7 
Slowly she rocked, looking half asleep 
        Ebmaj7          C7/E               D7    D/E  D/Gb  Gm7 
Grandma yawned as she streched then she started   to   speak 
    Fm7     Ebmaj7         Dm7            Dbdim    Cm9              Abmaj7   Eb/F Ebdim/F 
What   she told me, would mould me, and holds me  together inside 

          Ab/Bb                  Ab/Bb  Ebmaj7 
She said all the things you ask you will know someday, 
Ebmaj7 Gb/Ab                  Gb/Ab Dbmaj7         Dbmaj7 Amaj7 
But   you have got to live   in   a patient way  God  put us here by fate  
        B               Db/Eb       Eb/F 
And by fate that means better days 
         Ab/Bb                Ab/Bb  Ebmaj7 
She said, child we all moons in the dark of night 
Ebmaj7     Gb/Ab               Gb/Ab   Dbmaj7 
Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right 
Dbmaj7  Amaj7                         B                   Db/Eb   Eb/F 
Can't get to better days lest you make it through the night 
                              Db/Eb     Eb/F 
You gotta make it through the night, yes you do.  

Bridge 
Dbmaj7 
  You can't get to no better days, 
           Fm11                   F  F G Ab   Bb C Eb F Ddim 
Unless you make it through the night.  
 Dbmaj7 
Oh, you will see those better days 
   Cm7  Fm7        E/Gb   Gb/E    Db/Eb   Eb/F  Db/Eb Eb/F 
Be pa - tient, be  pa  - tient, oh baby, be patient 

Verse three 
Bbmaj7       Ebmaj7         Abmaj7     Gm7 Gbm7 Fm7 
Later that year, at the turn of spring, 
       Ebmaj7        C7/E          D7  D/E  D/Gb Gm7 
Heaven sent angels down and gave grandma  her  wings. 
Fm7       Ebmaj7        Dm7          Dbdim  Cm9        Abmaj7     Eb/F Ebdim/F 
Now she's flying, and sliding, and gliding         in better days 

      Ab/Bb                   Ab/Bb  Ebmaj7 
And although I'm all grown up, I still get confused. 
Ebmaj7  Gb/Ab                     Gb/Ab  Dbmaj7 
 I   stumble through the dark, getting bumped and bruised, 
Dbmaj7  Amaj7                                              B 
When the night gets in my way, I could still hear my grandma say 
Db/Eb               Eb/F  Db/Eb  Eb/F 
     I can hear her say.  I can hear her say 

Coda 
Dbmaj7 
  You can't get to no better days 
           Fm11                           F  F G Ab   Bb C Eb F Ddim7 
Unless you make it through the night baby 
 Dbmaj7  
Oh, you will see those better days, 
                 Fm11                                 F  F G Ab   Bb C Eb F  Ddim 
But you gotta be patient child, do you hear me yeah, well,  well, well well well 
Dbmaj7 
  You can't get to no better days 
           Fm11                                    F  F G Ab   Bb C Eb F   
Unless you make it, you got to make it, you got to make it  
Ddim 
You got to make it through the night yeah 
 Dbmaj7 
Oh grandma, oh grandma 
       Fm11                      F  F G Ab Bb C Eb F Ddim 
Do you see me now lady oh oh oh 
           Dbmaj7 
She used to sit me on her knee, she used to comb my hair 
            Fm11 
She used to tell me stories (fade out)