A Better Way

A Better Way is a slow blues song. The feel should be a fraction behind the beat, and the count is in 6/8. The song is also meant to feature the guitar, build into the bridge, and then allow for a soaring guitar solo after the bridge, before resolving back the chorus for the end.

Standard Tuning
Structure: Intro, V1, Chorus, V2, Bridge, Solo (over chorus, and verse chords), Chorus

Verse 1
E B/Eb
It’s Friday night, I know I’m supposed to be somewhere
Dadd9b5 Db+5
Turned off the phone and locked the door, just sitting in my underwear
E Eb-9+5sus4 Dadd9b5 Db+5
The world outside is passing by, and me without an alibi, as he meets her and she meets him
Csus4 B7sus4 Bbmin+5
They’ve found someone they can let in

Chorus
A Ab A B
Tomorrow’s another day, that’s what they say
E B/Eb Dadd9b5 A6 [x2]
And you’ll find a better way

Verse 2
I finally got you off my mind, I found you took up all my time
Wondering when you’d walk through my door
I thought so hard the years passed by
All these people in their eight by tens, lonely as the space that they live in
Asking for time to turn things around
The clock repeats its faithful hymn

Chorus
A Ab A
Says, “Tomorrow’s another day,” that’s what they say
Ab A
It’s another day to find your way
Ab A
Another day to know your name
B
And you’ll find

Bridge
Gbm7 E5/Ab Am7 E5/A5
And you’ll find a better way
Gbm7 E5/Ab Am7 B7
Do do do Do do do Hey Ohhhhhh

Solo
E B/Eb Dadd9b5 A6 [x4]
E B/Eb Dadd9b5 Db+5 [x4]
Csus4 B7sus4 Bbmin+5

Chorus
A Ab A
Tomorrow’s another day, that’s what they say
Ab A
It’s another day to find your way
Ab A
Another day to know your name
B
And you’ll find a better way

 

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