The Jayhawks – Better Days (Guitar)

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[Intro] Eb Bb [Verse 1]
F                Dm
Took a walk down Paramount

Bb                 F   Fsus
(I've seen better days)

F             Dm
Left behind a friend of mine

Bb         F        Fsus F
(I've seen better days)

            Am              Bb           C     Cadd11 C
Passed by a statue of Saint Augustine in prayer

F                  Bb F
Said for one, the only one

  Bb                F
I turned my back at her
[Verse 2]
F            Dm          Bb
The elevator rose to the eleventh floor

                  F  Fsus  F
(I've seen better days)

F                    Dm          Bb
Her trenchcoat hangs inside her door

                  F   Fsus  F
(I've seen better days)

F              Am                Bb               C    Cadd11 C 
A leaky window welcomed rain and left me standing here

F                        Bb       F
A black-haired girl who taught me truth

Bb                  F
I turned my back on her
[Chorus]
F            Dm
Too late for hope

       Bb    C
But a dream remembered

       Am    Dm    Bb  C
Lay me down, down, ooh

    Dm       Am
Too late for hope

      Bb      G
But a dream remembered

Bb Gm  Dm
Better days
[Interlude] Eb Bb [Verse 3]
F                Dm
Made love in the Toronto rain

 Bb               F    Fsus  F
(I've seen better days)

F               Dm
From Hamilton I look the train

 Bb               F   Fsus  F
(I've seen better days)

F                      Am                Bb               C   Cadd11 C
"What you regret," you softly said, "are things you never do"

F          Bb    F
I regret I didn't turn

    Bb               F
And run back home to you
[Chorus]
F            Dm
Too late for hope

       Bb    C
But a dream remembered

       Am    Dm    Bb  C
Lay me down, down, ooh

    Dm       Am
Too late for hope

      Bb      G
But a dream remembered

Bb Gm  Dm
Better days

Bb Gm  Dm
Better days
[Interlude] Eb Bb [Verse 4]
F              Dm        Bb  F  Fsus F
Now I stand in sympathy

F           Dm        Bb  F  Fsus F
Not for her but for me

F                     Am
I could have turned I could have stayed

Bb                C   Cadd11 C
But I just walked away

F                   Bb     F
I could have done a lot of things

Bb           F
In my better days
[Chorus]
F            Dm
Too late for hope

       Bb    C
But a dream remembered

       Am    Dm    Bb  C
Lay me down, down, ooh

    Dm       Am
Too late for hope

      Bb      G
But a dream remembered

Bb Gm  Dm
Better days

Bb Gm  Dm
Better days

Bb Gm  Dm    Eb  Bb  F
Better days