• Song:

    A Better Son Daughter

  • Artist:

    Rilo Kiley

CAPO ON 4

C (x32010@1)                           F (133211@1)           CSometimes (x32010@1)in the morning i am petrified and can't move
F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)     GAwake (320003@1)but cannot open my eyes
        C (x32010@1)                           F (133211@1)                  CAnd (x32010@1)the weight is crushing down on my lungs i know i can't breath
    F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)hope someone will help me this time
     C (x32010@1)                        F (133211@1)        CYour (x32010@1)mother's still calling you insane and high
F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)            GSwearing (320003@1)it's different this time
        C (x32010@1)                        F (133211@1)         CAnd (x32010@1)you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her
         F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)         GAnd (320003@1)that god ever blessed her insides
         C (x32010@1)                        F (133211@1)       CThen (x32010@1)you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things
    F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)crawl back into bed to dream of a time
          C (x32010@1)                           F (133211@1)               CWhen (x32010@1)your heart was open wide and you loved things just because
         F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)    GLike (320003@1)the sick and the dying

C (x32010@1)                           F (133211@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)sometimes when you're on you're really fucking on
         F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)            GAnd (320003@1)your friends they sing along and they love you
        C (x32010@1)                          F (133211@1)                CBut (x32010@1)the lows are so extreme that the good seems fucking cheap
       F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)it teases you for weeks in its absense
           C (x32010@1)                
But you'll fight and you'll make it through
       F (133211@1)            CYou'll (x32010@1)fake it if you have to
           F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)         GAnd (320003@1)you'll show up for work with a smile
                 CAnd (x32010@1)you'll be be better you'll be smarter
           F (133211@1)             CMore (x32010@1)grown up and a better daughter
   F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)       GOr (320003@1)son and a real good friend
              CAnd (x32010@1)you'll be awake and you'll be alert
          F (133211@1)                CYou'll (x32010@1)be positive though it hurts
           F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)            GAnd (320003@1)you'll laugh and embrace all your friends
                CAnd (x32010@1)you'll be a real good listener
          F (133211@1)              CYou'll (x32010@1)be honest you'll be brave
          F (133211@1)                CYou'll (x32010@1)be handsome you'll be beautiful
          GYou'll (320003@1)be happy

same chords persist throughout the solo

CYour (x32010@1)ship may be coming in
       F (133211@1)                 CYou're (x32010@1)weak but not giving in
       F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)To the cries and the wails of the valley below
     CYour (x32010@1)ship may be coming in
       F (133211@1)                 CYou're (x32010@1)weak but not giving in
           F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)you'll fight it you'll go out fighting all of them


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