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gerry rafferty from cd ---- all souls
ITS BETTER THIS WAY
D-A-F#m-D-E- Dla la la la la 
Ashes so far away      F#myeah sDhes in amEericaB7  
and the Awater is wide       F#mbut Di love yEou my love
Aits been so lB7ong now     Dsince we heEld one B7another
yuore stll a paDrt of my drEams    youAre so far away
Eremember each day its bAetter this wayD  E  
lets live the now   forget about historie
now you know we cant live   in the past
this is reality   
got no control over the things that happen   
and all the hurt that love   can bring
youre so far away remember each day
its better this way
Di remember all this tDmimes we went sailing oAn the mBoon
      bm7                  d       e--
and love came down to see us  ewerywhere
Eyes ewerywE7here
now it all seems so wrong that we have to be apart
but tomorrow weel walk in the sun and ill love you my love
together we can write a different storie
that never comes to an end
youre so far away remember each day 
its better this way 

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Its Better This Way

by Gerry Rafferty

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F#m

gerry rafferty from cd ---- all souls

ITS BETTER THIS WAY

D A F#m D E D

----- la la la la la

A F#m D E B7

shes so far away yeah shes in america

A F#m D E

and the water is wide but i love you my love

A B7 D E B7

its been so long now since we held one another

D E A

yuore stll a part of my drams youre so far away

E A D E

remember each day its better this way

lets live the now forget about historie

now you know we cant live in the past

this is reality

got no control over the things that happen

and all the hurt that love can bring

youre so far away remember each day

its better this way

D Dm A B

i remember all this times we went sailing on the moon

bm7 d e--

and love came down to see us ewerywhere

E E7

yes ewerywhere

now it all seems so wrong that we have to be apart

but tomorrow weel walk in the sun and ill love you my love

together we can write a different storie

that never comes to an end

youre so far away remember each day

its better this way

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