Madness – One Better Day (Guitar)

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One Beter Day Sax intro Em [Verse 1]
Em
Arlington house, address: no fixed abode

   C                             Em
An old man in a three-piece suit sits in the road

Am                   F         Am                     F
He stares across the water, he sees right through the lock

     Am             F       
But  on and up like outstretched hands

Am                     F
His mumbled words, his fumbled words, mock
Sax Em [Verse 2]
Em
Further down, a photo booth, a million plastic bags

C                               Em
And an old woman filling out a  million baggage tags

    Am                   F         Am             F
But when she gets thrown out,      three bags at a time

    Am                 F              Am
She spies the old chap in the road to share her bags with

F
She has bags of time
[Middle]
  Am9                 Bm    Am9              Bm
Surrounded     by his past, on a short white line

Am9                      Bm           Am9         Bm
He sits while cars  pass either side, takes  his  time

Dm        Am       Dm          Am
Trying to remember one  better day

Dm       F               G
A while ago   when people stopped to hear him say

C                  F         C        F
Walking  round you sometimes hear the sunshine

C               F             C              F
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes
Sax I Em [Verse]
Em
Now she has walked enough through rainy town

C                             Em
She rests her bag against his and sits down

      Dm        Am       Dm         Am
She's trying to remember one better day

Dm        F              G
A  while ago when people stopped to hear her say
[Chorus]
C                   F         C        F
Walking   round you sometimes hear the sunshine

C                F            C              F
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes

C                  F         C        F
Walking  round you sometimes hear the sunshine

C               F             C              F
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes

Eb               F        Eb                  G
The   feeling of arriving when you've nothing left to lose
[Chorus]
C                   F         C        F
Walking   round you sometimes hear the sunshine

C               F             C              F
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes

C                  F         C        F
Walking  round you sometimes hear the sunshine

C               F             C              F
Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes

Eb              F        Eb                  G
The  feeling of arriving when you've nothing left to lose