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Better Days Are Coming Chords

Music by: Jimmy Cliff
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[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][A][D]

[Verse 1]
Better days [G]are
coming by and [D]by
Don't you get down [G]hearted,
don't you [D]cry
Troubles will be [A]over,
[Bm]all our joys come over[G][D]
Better days are [G]coming [A]by [D]and by

[Verse 2]
Don't you [D]know
Better days are [G]coming by and [D]by
Don't you get down [G]hearted,
don't you [D]cry
Sorrows will be [A]over,
[Bm]all our joys come over[G][D]
Better days are [G]coming [A]by an[D]d by

[Verse 3]
[A]It can't be this way always
[G]A train must come, a train must come
[A]There must be some brighter days
[G]We'll have fun,
we'll have fun, [D]yeah

[Verse 4]
Better days are [G]coming by and [D]by
Don't you get down [G]hearted,
don't you [D]cry
Troubles will be [A]over,
[Bm]all our joys come over[G][D]
Better days are [G]coming [A]by and

[Interlude 1]
by
[D][G][D][A][D][G][D]
[A]

[Verse 5]
[A]Things get rough, your friends get few
[G]Don't you cry, don't you cry
[A]Change your flock, we'll come for you
[G]We'll get high,
we'll get high, [D]yeah

[Verse 6]
Better days are [G]coming
by and [D]by[Bm][D]
Don't you get down [G]hearted,
don't you [D]cry
Troubles will be over[A],
[Bm]all [G]our joys c[Bm]ome [G]over[D]
Better days are [G]coming [A]by and[D] by

[Verse 7]
Don't you [D]know
Better days are [G]coming by and [D]by
So don't you get down hearted,
[G]don't you cry
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