Better Days

Intro 
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Yeah, I heard about the trouble last night on the radio 
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Seeing is believing now tell me do you like what you see 
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'Cause I've been holding on to promises now yeah, for too many years 
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It's happening all over the world yeah to people like you and me 
 

 
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Things should be heaven 
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But this feels like hell 
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So hold your head high 
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'Cause you know I'd die 
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For better days 
 

 
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Read a story in the paper last night people living in fear 
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It's easy saying nothing it's easy just to watch things fall 
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But I was taught that there's a time in your life 
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When you've got to stand proud 
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So tell me, don't you think that it's time we put an end to it all 
 

 
A               D 
Things could be heaven 
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But this feels like hell 
       A         D 
So hold your head high 
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'Cause you know I'd die 
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For better days, for better days 
 

 
                D 
Things should be heaven 
E                   F#m   
But this feels like hell 
       A         D 
So hold your head high 
D                   E 
'Cause you know I'd die 
E          A 
For better days  


{Break} 
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Everybody dreams like me and you 
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Everybody do what you have to do 
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Where you gonna turn when it all goes wrong 
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Living in the same scene way too long 
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Everybody hopes that one of these day 
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That everything you want is gonna come your way 
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Everybody knows what they have to do 
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Everybody dreams like me and you 
 

 
A               D 
Things could be heaven 
E                   F#m   
But this feels like hell 
       A         D 
So hold your head high 
D                   E 
'Cause you know I'd die 
E          F#m               
For better days, for better days 
 

 
               D 
Things should be heaven 
E                   F#m   
But this feels like hell 
       A         D 
So hold your head high 
D                   E 
'Cause you know I'd die 
E          A 
For better days 
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For better days 
A            N.C. 
Bring better ways