Sam Barber – Better Year (Guitar)

        Am           F       C
If it's late and you hear me calling tonight

      Am          F                C
but I ain't right there and you're wondering why

Am           F          C
I've made my way to the severed seas

          Am        F
where the sun burns hot

        C              Am F C
and the wind does sing

Am    F        C
Days away from where I left

        Am          F         C
there's heaven sent eyes in a pickup bed

Am         F         C
I'm trying harder to get on back

        Am           F
but the tides moving in

          C                Am F C
and god's pushing the raft

Am         F          C
A thousand miles have worn my feet

        Am     F          C
and the body I hold ain't gettin sleep

Am         F            C
your sweet touch moving closer to me

        Am           F
well it ain't what I got

         C          Am F C
but it's what I need

     F     Am
Hold on my dear

        G                         C
because I'm fighting like hell to face my fears

    F                 Am                    G
someday I'll tame the fires that brought me here

          F
And it'll burn like hell

       Am                   G
but it might as well be the last time you're in tears

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I'm betting on a better year

Am     F        C
I'm so far into so many things Lord

  Am       F        C
I pray someday I'll earn my wings

Am        F        C
I've seen hell and been through greed

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That's a part of me I hope you do not meet

Am       F         C
Waste my breath on things I hate

        Am      F              C
like an ongoing trap that I'll never escape

Am             F          C
But I hope the words that I do sing

        Am      F          C            Am F C
leave a mark on you like a wedding ring

     F     Am
Hold on my dear

        G                         C
because I'm fighting like hell to face my fears

    F                 Am                    G
someday I'll tame the fires that brought me here

          F
And it'll burn like hell

       Am                   G
but it might as well be the last time you're in tears

                 Am          F  C
I'm betting on a better year

                 Am      F C
I'm betting on a better year

    Am     F      C
You know I dug my grave

      Am      F                  C
I was buried alive with my dying faith

           F                 C
Your heart beats where I lay

    Am             F                   C   Am F C
and through you it seems I've found my way

               F          C
My dear you'll see one day

Am               F   C
all I've done is for heaven's sake