Intro: Bb7M Eb7M Ab7M Bb7M Eb7M Eb/F
Verse one
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Silver gray hair neatly combed in place
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There were four generations of love on her face
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She was so wise, no surprise passed her eyes, she'd seen it all
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I was a child, oh about three or four
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All day I'd ask questions at night I'd ask more
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But whenever, she never, would ever turn me away. No oh.
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I'd say how can I be sure what is right or wrong
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And why does what I want always take so long
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Please tell me where does God live and why won't He talk to me
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I'd say, grandma what is love will I ever find out?
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Why are we so poor, what is life about
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I wanna know the answers before I fall off to sleep. Oooh oh
Verse two
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She sort of smiled as she tucked me in,
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Then she pulled up that old rocking chair once again.
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But tonight she was slightly, remarkably, different somehow
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Slowly she rocked, looking half asleep
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Grandma yawned as she streched then she started to speak
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What she told me, would mould me, and holds me together inside
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She said all the things you ask you will know someday,
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But you have got to live in a patient way God put us here by fate
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And by fate that means better days
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She said, child we all moons in the dark of night
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Ain't no morning gonna come 'til the time is right
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Can't get to better days lest you make it through the night
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You gotta make it through the night, yes you do.
Bridge
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You can't get to no better days,
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Unless you make it through the night.
Db7M
Oh, you will see those better days
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Be pa - tient, be pa - tient, oh baby, be patient
Verse three
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Later that year, at the turn of spring,
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Heaven sent angels down and gave grandma her wings.
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Now she's flying, and sliding, and gliding in better days
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And although I'm all grown up, I still get confused.
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I stumble through the dark, getting bumped and bruised,
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When the night gets in my way, I could still hear my grandma say
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I can hear her say. I can hear her say
Coda
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You can't get to no better days
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Unless you make it through the night baby
Db7M
Oh, you will see those better days,
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But you gotta be patient child, do you hear me yeah, well, well, well well well
Db7M
You can't get to no better days
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Unless you make it, you got to make it, you got to make it
Ddim
You got to make it through the night yeah
Db7M
Oh grandma, oh grandma
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Do you see me now lady oh oh oh
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She used to sit me on her knee, she used to comb my hair
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She used to tell me stories (fade out)