YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M4kX6LWmX4
Intro
[Bbmaj9] [Ebmaj9] [Abmaj9] [Bbmaj9] [Ebmaj9] [Eb/F]
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Verse 1
[Bbmaj9] [Ebmaj9] [Abmaj7] [Gm7] [Fm7]
Silver gray hair, neatly combed in place
[Ebmaj7] [Em7b5] [D] [A7/E] [D/F#] [Gm]
There were four generations, of love on her face
[Fm11] [Ebmaj7] [Bb/D] [Dbdim7] [Cm9]
She was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes...
[Abmaj9] [Abmaj9] [Eb/F] [Gbmaj7/Ab] [Ab]
She'd seen it all..
[Bbmaj9] [Ebmaj9] [Abmaj9] [Gm7] [Fm7]
I was a child, oh about, three or four
[Ebmaj7] [Em7b5] [D] [A7/E] [D/F#] [Gm]
All day I'd ask questions, at night I'd ask more
[Fm11] [Ebmaj7] [Bb/D] [Dbdim7] [Cm9]
But whenever, she never, would ever
[Abmaj9] [Abmaj9] [Eb/F] [F13b9]
Turn me away, no nohohoh
Pre-Chorus 1
[Ab/Bb] [Ab/Bb] [Ebmaj9]
I'd say how can I be sure, what is right or wrong?
[Ebmaj9] [Gb/Ab] [Gb/Ab] [Dbmaj9]
And why does what I want always take so long?
[Dbmaj9] [Amaj9]
Please tell me where does God live
[B] [Db/Eb] [Cm7/F]
And why won't He talk to me?
[Ab/Bb]
I'd say grandma what is love?
[Ab/Eb] [Ebmaj9] [Ebmaj9]
Will I ever find out?
[Gb/Ab] [Gb/Ab] [Dbmaj9]
Why are we so poor, what is life about?
[Dbmaj9] [Amaj9] [B] [Db/Eb] [Cm7/F]
I wanna know the answers, before I fall off to sleep
[Db/Eb] [Cm7/F]
Whohohohoho... oh
Verse 2
[Bbmaj9] [Ebmaj9] [Abmaj9] [Gm7] [Gm7] [Gbm7] [Fm7]
She sort of smiled, as she tucked me in
[Ebmaj7] [Em7b5] [D] [A7/E] [D/F#] [Gm]
Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once a - gain
[Fm11] [Ebmaj7] [Bb/D] [Dbdim7] [Cm9]
But tonight she was slightly, remarkably...
[Abmaj9] [Abmaj9] [Eb/F] [Gbmaj7/Ab] [Ab]
Different somehow
[Bbmaj9] [Ebmaj9] [Abmaj9] [Gm7] [Fm7]
Slowly she rocked, looking half asleep
[Ebmaj7] [Em7b5] [D] [A7/E] [D/F#] [Gm]
Grandma yawned as she stretched, then she started to speak
[Fm11] [Ebmaj7] [Bb/D] [Dbdim7] [Cm9]
What she told me, would mould me, and holds me
[Abmaj9] [Abmaj9] [Eb/F] [F13b9]
Together inside..., yeah yeah yeah yeah
Pre-Chorus 2
[Ab/Bb] [Ab/Bb] [Ebmaj9]
She said all the things you ask, you will know someday
[Ebmaj9] [Gb/Ab] [Gb/Ab] [Dbmaj9]
But you have got to live, in a patient way
[Dbmaj9] [Amaj9]
God put us here by fate
[B] [Db/Eb] [Cm7/F]
And by fate that means better days
[Ab/Bb] [Ab/Bb] [Ebmaj9]
She said, child we all moons, in the dark of night
[Ebmaj9] [Gb/Ab] [Gb/Ab] [Dbmaj9]
Ain't no morning gonna come, 'til the time is right
[Dbmaj9] [Amaj9] [B] [Db/Eb] [Cm7/F]
Can't get to better days, lest you make it through the night
[Db/Eb] [Cm7/F]
You gotta make it through the night, ah yes you do
Chorus 1
[Eb/Db] [Ab/Db] [Eb/Db] [Ab/Db]
You can't get to no..., better days
[Eb/F] [Fm7] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [D7b5#9]
Unless you make it through the night (single notes lick)
[Eb/Db] [Ab/Db] [Eb/Db] [Ab/Db]
Oh...., you will see those, better days
[Cm7] [Fm7] [E/F#] [F#/E]
But you gotta be pa - tient, be pa - tient
[Db/Eb] [Cm7/F] [Db/Eb] [Cm7/F]
Oh baby, be patient...
Verse 3
[Bbmaj9] [Ebmaj9] [Abmaj9] [Gm7] [Gm7] [Gbm7] [Fm7]
Later that year, at the turn of spring
[Ebmaj7] [Em7b5] [D] [A7/E] [D/F#] [Gm]
Heaven sent angels down, and gave grandma her wings
[Fm11] [Ebmaj7] [Bb/D] [Dbdim7] [Cm9]
Now she's flying, and sliding, and gliding...
[Abmaj9] [Abmaj9] [Eb/F] [F13b9]
In better.... days...
Pre-Chorus 3
[Ab/Bb] [Ab/Bb] [Ebmaj9]
And although I'm all grown up, I still get confused
[Ebmaj9] [Gb/Ab] [Gb/Ab] [Dbmaj9]
I stumble through the dark, getting bumped and bruised
[Dbmaj9] [Amaj9]
When the night gets in my way
[B]
I could still hear my grandma say
[Db/Eb] [Cm7/F]
I can hear her say, I I I I I
[Db/Eb] [Cm7/F]
I I I I I I can hear her say
Chorus 2
[Eb/Db] [Ab/Db] [Eb/Db] [Ab/Db]
You can't get to no, better days
[Eb/F] [Fm7] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [D7b5#9]
Unless you make it through the night, baby (single notes lick)
[Eb/Db] [Ab/Db] [Eb/Db] [Ab/Db]
Whoh...., you will see those, better days
[Eb/F] [Fm7] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [D7b5#9]
But you gotta be patient child, do you hear me yeah, well, well, well well well
[Fading Outro]
[Eb/Db] [Ab/Db] [Eb/Db] [Ab/Db]
You can't get to no, better days
[Eb/F] [Fm7] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [D7b5#9]
Unless you make it, you got to make it, you got to make it, you got to make it through the night, yeah
[Eb/Db] [Ab/Db] [Eb/Db] [Ab/Db]
Oh grandma..., oh grandma
[Eb/F] [Fm7] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [D7b5#9]
Do you see me now lady, oh oh oh... (single notes lick)
[Eb/F] [Fm7] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [D7b5#9]
She used to sit me on her knee, she used to comb my hair
[Eb/Db] [Ab/Db] [Eb/Db] [Ab/Db]
She used to tell me stories...
