Intro
[Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Abmaj7]
[Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Eb/F]
Verse 1
[Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Abmaj7] [Gm7] [Fm7]
Silver gray hair neatly combed in place.
[Ebmaj7] [C7/E] [D7] [D/E] [D/F#] [Gm7]
There were four generations of love on her face.
[Fm7] [Ebmaj7] [Dm7] [Dbdim7] [Cm9]
She was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes.
[Abmaj7] [Eb/F] [Ab6]
She'd seen it all.
[Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Abmaj7] [Gm7] [Fm7]
I was a child, oh about three or four,
[Ebmaj7] [C7/E] [D7] [D/E] [D/F#] [Gm7]
All day I'd ask questions at night I'd ask more.
[Fm7] [Ebmaj7] [Dm7] [Dbdim7] [Cm9]
But whenever, she never, would ever,
[Abmaj7] [Eb/F] [Ebdim/F]
Turn me away. No oh.
Chorus 1
[Ab/Bb] [Ab/Bb] [Ebmaj7]
I'd say how can I be sure what is right or wrong?
[Ebmaj7] [Gb/Ab] [Gb/Ab] [Dbmaj7]
And why does what I want always take so long?
[Dbmaj7] [Amaj7]
Please tell me where does God live
[B] [Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
And why won't He talk to me?
[Ab/Bb]
I'd say, grandma what is love?
[Ab/Eb] [Ebmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
Will I ever find out?
[Gb/Ab] [Gb/Ab] [Dbmaj7]
Why are we so poor, what is life about?
[Dbmaj7] [Amaj7] [B] [Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
I wanna know the answers before I fall off to sleep.
[Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
Oooh oh.
Verse 2
[Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Abmaj7] [Gm7] [Gbm7] [Fm7]
She sort of smiled as she tucked me in,
[Ebmaj7] [C7/E] [D7] [D/E] [D/F#] [Gm7]
Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once a - gain.
[Fm7] [Ebmaj7] [Dm7] [Dbdim7] [Cm9]
But tonight she was slightly, remarkably,
[AbM7] [Eb/F] [Ab6]
Different somehow.
[Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Abmaj7] [Gm7] [Fm7]
Slowly she rocked, looking half asleep,
[Ebmaj7] [C7/E] [D7] [D/E] [D/F#] [Gm7]
Grandma yawned as she streched then she star - ted to speak,
[Fm7] [Ebmaj7] [Dm7] [Dbdim7] [Cm9]
What she told me, would mould me, and holds me,
[Abmaj7] [Eb/F] [Ebdim7/F]
Together inside.
Chorus 2
[Ab/Bb] [Ab/Bb] [Ebmaj7]
She said all the things you ask you will know someday,
[Ebmaj7] [Gb/Ab] [Gb/Ab] [Dbmaj7]
But you have got to live in a patient way.
[Dbmaj7] [Amaj7]
God put us here by fate
[B] [Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
And by fate that means better days.
[Ab/Bb] [Ab/Bb] [Ebmaj7]
She said, child we all moons in the dark of night,
[Ebmaj7] [Gb/Ab] [Gb/Ab] [Dbmaj7]
Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right.
[Dbmaj7] [Amaj7] [B] [Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
Can't get to better days lest you make it through the night.
[Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
You gotta make it through the night, yes you do.
Bridge
[Dbmaj7]
You can't get to no better days,
[Fm11] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [Ddim7]
Unless you make it through the night.
[Dbmaj7]
Oh, you will see those better days
[Cm7] [Fm7] [E/F#] [F#/E] [Db/Eb] [Eb/F] [Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
Be pa - tient, be pa - tient, oh baby, be patient.
Verse 3
[Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Abmaj7] [Gm7] [Gbm7] [Fm7]
Later that year, at the turn of spring,
[Ebmaj7] [C7/E] [D7] [D/E] [D/F#] [Gm7]
Heaven sent angels down and gave grandma her wings.
[Fm7] [Ebmaj7] [Dm7] [Dbdim7] [Cm9]
Now she's flying, and sliding, and gliding,
[Abmaj7] [Eb/F] [Ebdim7/F]
In better days.
Chorus 3
[Ab/Bb] [Ab/Bb] [Ebmaj7]
And although I'm all grown up, I still get confused.
[Ebmaj7] [Gb/Ab] [Gb/Ab] [Dbmaj7]
I stumble through the dark, getting bumped and bruised,
[Dbmaj7] [Amaj7]
When the night gets in my way,
[B]
I could still hear my grandma say,
[Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
I can hear her say
[Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
I can hear her say
Coda
[Dbmaj7]
You can't get to no better days,
[Fm11] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [Ddim7]
Unless you make it through the night baby.
[Dbmaj7]
Oh, you will see those better days,
[Fm11] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [Ddim7]
But you gotta be patient child, do you hear me yeah, well, well, well well well.
[Dbmaj7]
You can't get to no better days,
[Fm11] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [Ddim7]
Unless you make it, you got to make it, you got to make it, you got to make it through the night yeah.
[Dbmaj7]
Oh grandma, oh grandma,
[Fm11] [F] [F] [G] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Eb] [F] [Ddim7]
Do you see me now lady oh oh oh...
[Dbmaj7]
She used to sit me on her knee, she used to comb my hair.
[Fm11]
She used to tell me stories...(fade out)
