Sam Barber – Better Year (Guitar Live)

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C#5 0 (For the following chords, the only string that really needs to be muted is your low E string.) 0 6 6 4 x A5 x x 2 2 0 x E5 x x 9 9 7 x As recorded by Sam Barber (2024 Live Release) [Intro] C#5 A5 E5 C#5 A5 E5 [Verse 1]
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If it's late and you hear me calling tonight

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

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I've made my way to the severed seas

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where the sun burns hot

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and the wind does sing
[Verse 2]
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Days away from where I left

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there's heaven sent eyes in a pickup bed

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I'm trying harder to get on back

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but the tides moving in

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and god's pushing the raft
[Verse 3]
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A thousand miles have worn my feet

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and the body I hold ain't gettin sleep

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your sweet touch moving closer to me

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well it ain't what I got

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but it's what I need
[Chorus]
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Hold on my dear

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because I'm fighting like hell to face my fears

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someday I'll tame the fires that brought me here

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And it'll burn like hell

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

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I'm betting on a better year
[Verse 4]
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I'm so far into so many things Lord

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I pray someday I'll earn my wings

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I've seen hell and been through greed

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That's a part of me I hope you do not meet
[Verse 5]
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Waste my breath on things I hate

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like an ongoing trap that I'll never escape

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But I hope the words that I do sing

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leave a mark on you like a wedding ring
[Chorus]
     A5     C#5
Hold on my dear

             E5
because I'm fighting like hell to face my fears

    A5                 C#5                   E5
someday I'll tame the fires that brought me here

          A5
And it'll burn like hell

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

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I'm betting on a better year

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I'm betting on a better year
[Outro]
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You know I dug my grave

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I was buried alive with my dying faith

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Your heart beats where I lay

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and through you it seems I've found my way

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My dear you'll see one day

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all I've done is for heaven's sake