Rilo Kiley – A Better Son Daughter (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Chords

It suits my voice nicely, but don't be afraid to move it around to your liking :-)
G                             C             G
Sometimes in the morning I am petrified and can't move

C                G       D
Awake but cannot open my eyes

        G                             C                     G
And the weight is crushing down on my lungs, I know I can't breathe

    C                 G            D
And hope someone will save me this time

         G                          C          G
And your mother's still calling you insane and high

C             G              D
Swearing it's different this time

        G                          C           G
And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her

         C         G           D
And that God never blessed her insides

         G                          C         G
Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things

    C               G            D
And crawl back into bed to dream of a time

          G              C            G                 C
When your heart was open wide and you loved things just because

         G            D
Like the sick and the dying

    G                              C               G
And sometimes when you're on you're really fucking on

         C                 G              D
And your friends they sing along and they love you

        G                            C                  G
But the lows are so extreme that the good seems fucking cheap

       C              G            D
And it teases you for weeks in its absence

           G                  
But you'll fight and you'll make it through

       C              G
You'll fake it if you have to

           C           G           D
And you'll show up for work with a smile

                 G
And you'll be be better and you'll be smarter

               C               G
And more grown up and a better daughter

   C         G         D
Or son and a real good friend

              G
And you'll be awake, you'll be alert

          C                  G
You'll be positive though it hurts

           C          G               D
And you'll laugh and embrace all your friends

                G
And you'll be a real good listener

          C                 G
You'll be honest, you'll be brave

          C                   G
You'll be handsome, you'll be beautiful

          D
You'll be happy
G C G C G D x2
     G
Your ship may be coming in

       C                   G
You're weak but not giving in

       C             G            D 
To the cries and the wails of the valley below

     G
Your ship may be coming in

       C                   G
You're weak but not giving in

           C                   G            D
And you'll fight it, you'll go out fighting all of them

G C G C G D x2
(Fade out)