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Better Days - Bruce Springsteen 



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Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening

                                    Bm

To the hours and minutes tickin' away

                   Em

Yeah just sittin' around waitin' for my life to begin

                                   G

While it was all just slippin' away

         D

I'm tired of waitin' for tomorrow to come

                                            Bm

Or that train to come roarin' 'round the bend

         Em

I got a new suit of clothes a pretty red rose

                                G

For a woman I can call my friend



                    D

These are better days baby

                                       G

Yeah there's better days shining through

                    D

These are better days baby

           Em         G       D | D A 

Better days with a girl like you



       D

Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss

                               Bm

It's like eatin' caviar and dirt

       Em

It's a sad funny ending to find yourself pretending

                                G

A rich man in a poor man's shirt

        D

Now my ass was draggin' when from a passin' gypsy wagon

                               Bm

Your heart like a diamond shone

             Em

Tonight I'm layin' in your arms carvin' lucky charms

                            G

Out of these hard luck bones



                    D

These are better days baby

                              G

These are better days it's true

                    D

These are better days baby

                   G  A     D

There's better days shining through







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h....hammer or pull off







Now a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure

                           Bm

Don't make much for tragedy

           Em

But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin

                           G

And can't stand the company

       D

Every fool's got a reason for feelin' sorry for himself

                           Bm

And turning his heart to stone

              Em

Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell

                              G

And I feel like I'm comin' home



                    D

These are better days baby

                  D                G

There's better days shining through

                    D

These are better days baby

          Em          G       D

Better days with a girl like you



                          D

These are better days baby

                               G

These are better days it's true

                     D

These are better days baby

                   G  A     D

There's better days shining through



(repeat chorus to fade out)





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