A Better Place, A Better Time Uke tab by Streetlight Manifesto

6 Chords used in the song: C, G, Am, F, Em, Dm

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Year:  2003
Difficulty: 
3.17
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords
C chordC          G chordG         
And so she wakes up
Am chordAm F chordF
in time to break down
C chordC G chordG
She left a note up on the dresser
Am chordAm F chordF
and she's right on time
C chordC Em chordEm F chordF
You don't know anything
G chordG
right or wrong

C chordC Em chordEm F chordF G chordG

C chordC G chordG
I said I know
Am chordAm F chordF
and she said so
C chordC G chordG
I wanna panic
Am chordAm F chordF
yeah I've had, I go
C chordC Em chordEm F chordF G chordG
You don't owe anything to anyone

C chordC Em chordEm F chordF G chordG

F chordF C chordC
But don't take your life
F chordF C chordC
'cause it's all that you've got
Am chordAm Em chordEm
You'd be better off just up and leaving
Dm chordDm F chordF
if you don't think they will stop

C chordC G chordG
And when you wake up
Am chordAm F chordF
everything is gonna be fine
C chordC G chordG
I guarantee that you wake in a better place
Am chordAm F chordF
in a better time
C chordC G chordG
So you're tired of living
Am chordAm F chordF
feel like you might give in
C chordC
well don't

it's not your time

C chordC G chordG
Looking through the paper today
Am chordAm F chordF
looking for a specific page
C chordC G chordG Am chordAm F chordF
Don't wanna find her full name followed by dates
C chordC G chordG
because when i left her alone
Am chordAm F chordF
she made a sound, like a moan
C chordC G chordG Am chordAm F chordF
"You're known by everyone for everything you've done"
C chordC Em chordEm
Fuck buying flowers for graves
F chordF G chordG
I'd rather buy you
C chordC Em chordEm F chordF G chordG
a one way non-stop to anywhere
C chordC Em chordEm
find anyone do anything
F chordF G chordG C chordC
forget and start again, love
Em chordEm F chordF G chordG
She said she won't go It hurts too

C chordC
much to stand by
G chordG Am chordAm
you've got to stop and draw a line
F chordF
Everyone here has to choose a
C chordC
side tonight the
G chordG
moment of truth is haunting you
Am chordAm
Don't forget your family
F chordF
regardless what you choose to do
C chordC
You can't decide
G chordG
and they're all screaming "why won't you?"
Am chordAm F chordF
I'll start the engine but I can't take this ride for you
C chordC G chordG
I'll draw your bath and I'll load your gun
Am chordAm F chordF G chordG
But I hope so bad that you'll bathe and hunt

C chordC Em chordEm F chordF G chordG

C chordC Em chordEm F chordF G chordG

C chordC Em chordEm
Annie's tired of forgetting about
F chordF G chordG
today and always planning for
C chordC Em chordEm
tomorrow
F chordF G chordG
Tomorrow and she says,
C chordC Em chordEm
"The saddest day I came across was
F chordF G chordG
when I learned that life goes on
C chordC Em chordEm
without me"
F chordF G chordG
Without me and she says,
C chordC Em chordEm
"If everyone has someone else,
F chordF G chordG
then I ain't got nobody's love to
C chordC Em chordEm
save me"
F chordF G chordG
Save me, and she says
C chordC Em chordEm
"I think I'll pass away tonight,
F chordF G chordG
'cause it seems I'll never get it right if it's
C chordC Em chordEm F chordF G chordG
just me Yeah it's just me and she said

Am chordAm Em chordEm F chordF G chordG

Am chordAm Em chordEm F chordF G chordG

C chordC G chordG
And when you wake up
Am chordAm F chordF
everything is gonna be fine
C chordC G chordG
Guarantee that you wake in a better place
Am chordAm F chordF
in a better time
C chordC G chordG
So you're tired of living
Am chordAm F chordF
feel like you might give in
C chordC
well don't
G chordG Am chordAm

F chordF
It's not your time

C chordC Em chordEm F chordF G chordG
C chordC Em chordEm F chordF G chordG

C chordC Em chordEm
Annie says she wouldn't mind
F chordF G chordG
if they never find a cure for all her
C chordC Em chordEm
problems
F chordF G chordG
Problems and she says,
C chordC Em chordEm
as long as she has someone near to
F chordF G chordG
make it clear she doesn't need to
C chordC Em chordEm
solve them
F chordF G chordG
Solve them and she says,
C chordC Em chordEm
"this loneliness is killing me,
F chordF G chordG
it's filling me with anger and
C chordC Em chordEm
resentment
F chordF G chordG
Resentment and she says,
C chordC Em chordEm
"I'm turning into someone that I
F chordF G chordG
never thought I'd have to be again"
C chordC Em chordEm F chordF G chordG

Am chordAm Em chordEm F chordF G chordG
Am chordAm Em chordEm F chordF G chordG

C chordC G chordG
And when you wake up
Am chordAm F chordF
everything is gonna be fine
C chordC G chordG
Guarantee that you wake up in a better place
Am chordAm F chordF
in a better time
C chordC G chordG
So you're tired of living
Am chordAm F chordF
you feel like you might give in
C chordC
well don't
G chordG Am chordAm F chordF


It's not your time

C chordC
And even if it was so
G chordG
Oh I wouldn't let you go
Am chordAm F chordF
you could run run run run but I will follow close
C chordC G chordG
Someday you will say "that's it, that's all"
Am chordAm F chordF
but I'll be waiting there with open arms to break your fall
C chordC G chordG
I know that you think that you're on your own
Am chordAm
but just know that I'm here
F chordF
and I'll lead you home
C chordC G chordG
if you let me
Am chordAm F chordF G chordG
She said "forget me"
C chordC
but I can't

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