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1. Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening
   C#m
   To the hours and minutes ticking away
   F#m
   Yeah just sitting around waiting for my life to begin
   A
   While it was all just slipping away
   
   I'm tired of waiting for tomorrow to come
   Or that train to come roaring round the bend
   I got a new suit of clothes a pretty red rose
   And a woman I can call my friend

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R: These are better days baby
   A
   Yeah there's better days shining through
   E
   These are better days baby
   F#m         A         E
   Better days with a girl like you

2. Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss
   It's like eating caviar and dirt
   It's sad funny ending to find yourself pretending
   A rich man in a poor man's shirt
   
   Now my ass was dragging when from a passing gypsy wagon
   Your heart like a diamond shone
   Tonight I'm laying in your arms carving lucky charms
   Out of these hard luck bones

R1: These are better days baby
    These are better days it's true
    These are better days
    There's better days shining through

3. Now a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure
   Don't make much for tragedy
   But it's a sad man my friend who's living in his own skin
   And can't stand the company
   
   Every fool's got a reason for feeling sorry for himself
   And turning his heart to stone
   Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell
   And I feel like I'm coming home

R: These are better days baby...

R1: These are better days baby...