{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1987109,"song":"A Better Life","artist":"Dream Theater","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11444474-a-better-life-chords-by-dream-theater/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1987109?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs fearless leader of the Ravenskill Militia[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe blood of warriors flows throughout my veins[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMy brother's gift remains my secret ammunition[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt is our hope, our pride, a catalyst for change [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] \r\nStill the fires of revolution burn within my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn this perilous road to freedom, he's our one and only guide[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor many years, I've seen our people starve and suffer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow many more will die before we stand and fight?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey ask me Arhys, could things be any tougher?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe answer's no surprise, yes, you bet your life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow the fires of revolution won't burn forever more[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI see liberty in our future, and it's one we're fighting for[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe all long for a better life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a dream that can't be denied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis is the moment, now is the time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFreedom if we live or if we die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI shall give him a better life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI swore this vow to my dying wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch] \r\nSure, she would not survive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPeacefully she slipped away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe meaning in my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas born that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd so I found the strength to carry on with this crusade[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt is my fate[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Final\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEvangeline, you lived a life of misery and pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEvangeline, I'll never let your memory die in vain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEvangeline, my heavy heart still bleeds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]  \r\nI dedicate my life to set you free[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I will carry on to plant the seeds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI promise in the name of our new son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis battle won't be over until it's won[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Final","chords":["Em","Am","C","D","Bm","G","F#m","F","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}