A Better Place A Better Time Chords & Tabs
A Better Place A Better Time Chords
Based on Gimpy's Chords, just thoiught i'd change a couple and add in the rest of the words.
G
And so she wakes up
Bm
in time to break down
Em C
She left a note up on the dresser
D
and she's right on time
G Bm Em
You don't know anything
C G Bm C D
right or wrong
G Bm
I said I know
C D
and she said so
G Bm
I wanna panic
C D
but I've had it so I go
G Bm Em C G Bm C D
You don't owe anything to anyone
C G
But don't take your life
C G
'cause it's all that you've got
Em B
You'd better off just off and leaving
C D
if you don't think they will stop
G Bm
And qhen you wake up
Em C (D)
everything is gonna be fine
G Bm
I guarantee that you wake in a better place
Em C D
in a better time
G Bm
So you're tired of living
Em C
feel like you might give in
G Bm Em C
well don't
C (D) (double time) G Bm Em C (repeat for instrumental)
it's not your time!
G Bm Em C
Looking through the paper today looking for a specific page
G Bm Em C
Don't wanna find her full name followed by dates
G Bm Em C
because when i left her alone she made a sound, like a moan
G Bm Em C
"You're known by everyone for everything you've done"
Fuck buying flowers for graves
I'd rather buy you a one way non-stop
to anywhere find anyone do anything forget and start
again, love She said she won't go
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(half time - as at beginning)
G Bm
It hurts too much to stand by you've got to stop and draw a -
Em C D
line, Everyone here has to choose a -
side tonight, the moment of truth is haunting you
Don't forget your family regardless what you choose to do
You can't decide and they're all screaming "why won't you?"
I'll start the engine but I can't take this ride for you
I'll draw your bath and I'll load your gun
But I hope so bad that you're bathe and hunt
(double time)
G Bm C
Annie's tired of forgetting about today
D
and always planning for
G Bm C D
tomorrow, Tomorrow and she says,
"The saddest day I came across was
when I learned that life goes on
without me" Without me and she says, "If
everyone has someone else,
then I ain't got nobody's love to
save me" )Save me, and she says
"I think I'll pass away tonight, cause it seems I'll never get it right,
it's just me" (just reality)
And when you wake up
everything is gonna be fine
Guarantee that you wake in a better place
in a better time
So you're tired of living
feel like you might give in
well don't
It's not your time
Annie says she wouldn't mind
if they never find a cure for all her problems (her problems)
Proplems and she says, as long as she has someone near to make it clear
she does not need to solve them (solve them)
Solve them and she says, "oh, this loneliness is killing me,
it's filling me with anger and resentment (resentment)
Resentment and she says, "I'm turning into someone that I never thought I'd have to be again"
And when you wake up
everything is gonna be fine
Guarantee that you wake up in a better place
in a better time
So you're tired of living
you feel like you might give in
well don't
It's not your time
Annie's tired of forgetting about today
and always planning for tomorrow
Tommorow and she says, "The saddest day i came across was
when I learned that life goes on without me"
Without me and she says, "If everyone has someone else,
then I ain't got nobody's love to save me"
Save me and she says, "I think I'll pass away tonight,
'cause it seems I'll never get it right, it's just me" Annie says!
when you wake up
everything is going to be fine
I guarantee that you wake in a better place
in a better time
So you're tired of living
and feel like you might give in
well don't
It's not your time
And even if it was so
Oh I wouldn't let you go
you could run run run run but I will follow close
Someday you will say "that's it, that's all"
but I'll be waiting there with open arms to break your fall
I know that you think that you're on your own
but just know that I'm here
and I'll lead you home
if you let me
She said "forget me"
but I can't
