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Capo 7
Am-G
AmIt?s gonna get worse before it gets better
I wrote it down in a love letter
Sang it foGr you
AmI know that love is the only redeemer
Everything else is just a make believer
Everything Gelse
AmHow can you say you?ll change when you?re gripping the knife
When you?re dressed in forms of a previous life
Won?t you Glay down your sword
Your shield and your pride
AmJust ride in the river, crashin? on rock
Comin? up for air or just floating along
We?re aGll shaped like driftwood
AlCl you got to do is fiDnd some truth and see it through
Am-G-Am-G
AmEven the words that I learned from my father
Are shining a light in the face of the darkness
Shining a Glight
I know whaAmt I need and I already have it
You think it?s the money I?ve already spent it
You think it?s for Gglory I?ll only regret it
The story you sold I already forget it
I?m payinAmg the rent, my head?s above water
What drove the wheel is the weight we are under
Tell me hGow and why we?re not bothered
How and why
Now some Amgo kicking, some willing lay down
Most already live with both feet in the ground
Some wonG?t let go. Some won?t leave home
Some find it easier if they just don?t know
And aCll we got to do is keep kickDing the door until the light shines through
Am-G-Am-G
It's gonna gAmet worse but its gonna get better
say it out loud and you'll always remember
It's gonna gGet worse, its gonna get better
It's gonAmna get worse but its gonna get better
It's gonna get worse but its gonna get better
It's gonGna get worse, its gonna get better
I get worse, I get better
Am-G-Am-G-Am-G-Am-G

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Driftwood

by Cam Penner

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 7 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 7

Am-G

It?s gonna get worse before it gets better

I wrote it down in a love letter

Sang it for you

I know that love is the only redeemer

Everything else is just a make believer

Everything else

How can you say you?ll change when you?re gripping the knife

When you?re dressed in forms of a previous life

Won?t you lay down your sword

Your shield and your pride

Just ride in the river, crashin? on rock

Comin? up for air or just floating along

We?re all shaped like driftwood

C D

All you got to do is find some truth and see it through

Am-G-Am-G

Even the words that I learned from my father

Are shining a light in the face of the darkness

Shining a light

I know what I need and I already have it

You think it?s the money I?ve already spent it

You think it?s for glory I?ll only regret it

The story you sold I already forget it

I?m paying the rent, my head?s above water

What drove the wheel is the weight we are under

Tell me how and why we?re not bothered

How and why

Now some go kicking, some willing lay down

Most already live with both feet in the ground

Some won?t let go. Some won?t leave home

Some find it easier if they just don?t know

C D

And all we got to do is keep kicking the door until the light shines through

Am-G-Am-G

It's gonna get worse but its gonna get better

say it out loud and you'll always remember

It's gonna get worse, its gonna get better

It's gonna get worse but its gonna get better

It's gonna get worse, its gonna get better

I get worse, I get better

Am-G-Am-G-Am-G-Am-G

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