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A Better Son Daughter

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This is how I play this song on my acoustic guitar. I put a CAPO on the 4th fret. 
It suits my voice nicely, but don't be afraid to move it around to your liking :-)
GSometimes in the morning I am Cpetrified and Gcan't move
CAwake but cannot Gopen my Deyes
And the Gweight is crushing down on my Clungs, I know I can't Gbreathe
And Chope someone will Gsave me this Dtime
And your Gmother's still calling you Cinsane and Ghigh
CSwearing it's Gdifferent this Dtime
And you Gtell her to give in to the Cdemons that Gpossess her
And that CGod never Gblessed her Dinsides
Then you Ghang up the phone and feel Cbadly for Gupsetting things
And Ccrawl back into Gbed to dream Dof a time
When your Gheart was open Cwide and you Gloved things just Cbecause
Like the Gsick and the Ddying
And Gsometimes when you're on you're Creally fucking Gon
And your Cfriends they sing Galong and they Dlove you
But the Glows are so extreme that the Cgood seems fucking Gcheap
And it Cteases you for Gweeks in its Dabsence
But you'll Gfight and you'll make it through
You'll Cfake it if you Ghave to
And you'll Cshow up for Gwork with a Dsmile
And you'll be be Gbetter and you'll be smarter
And more grown Cup and a better Gdaughter
Or Cson and a Greal good Dfriend
And you'll be Gawake, you'll be alert
You'll be Cpositive though it Ghurts
And you'll Claugh and eGmbrace all your Dfriends
And you'll be a Greal good listener
You'll be Chonest, you'll be Gbrave
You'll be Chandsome, you'll be Gbeautiful
You'll be Dhappy
 G   C   G   C   G   Dx2
Your Gship may be coming in
You're Cweak but not giving Gin
To the Ccries and the Gwails of the Dvalley below
Your Gship may be coming in
You're Cweak but not giving Gin
And you'll Cfight it, you'll go Gout fighting Dall of them
 G   C   G   C   G   Dx2
(Fade out)

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A Better Son Daughter

by Rilo Kiley

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

This is how I play this song on my acoustic guitar. I put a CAPO on the 4th fret.

It suits my voice nicely, but don't be afraid to move it around to your liking :-)

G C G

Sometimes in the morning I am petrified and can't move

C G D

Awake but cannot open my eyes

G C G

And the weight is crushing down on my lungs, I know I can't breathe

C G D

And hope someone will save me this time

G C G

And your mother's still calling you insane and high

C G D

Swearing it's different this time

G C G

And you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her

C G D

And that God never blessed her insides

G C G

Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things

C G D

And crawl back into bed to dream of a time

G C G C

When your heart was open wide and you loved things just because

G D

Like the sick and the dying

G C G

And sometimes when you're on you're really fucking on

C G D

And your friends they sing along and they love you

G C G

But the lows are so extreme that the good seems fucking cheap

C G D

And it teases you for weeks in its absence

But you'll fight and you'll make it through

C G

You'll fake it if you have to

C G D

And you'll show up for work with a smile

And you'll be be better and you'll be smarter

C G

And more grown up and a better daughter

C G D

Or son and a real good friend

And you'll be awake, you'll be alert

C G

You'll be positive though it hurts

C G D

And you'll laugh and embrace all your friends

And you'll be a real good listener

C G

You'll be honest, you'll be brave

C G

You'll be handsome, you'll be beautiful

You'll be happy

G C G C G D

Your ship may be coming in

C G

You're weak but not giving in

C G D

To the cries and the wails of the valley below

Your ship may be coming in

C G

You're weak but not giving in

C G D

And you'll fight it, you'll go out fighting all of them

G C G C G D

(Fade out)

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