Better Year Acoustic Live Chords

C#5  0       (For the following chords, the only string that really needs to be muted is your low E string.)
     0
     6
     6
     4
     x
 
A5   x
     x
     2
     2
     0
     x
 
E5   x
     x
     9
     9
     7
     x
 
As recorded by Sam Barber
(2024 Live Release)
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv8dC29rB4k
 
[Intro]
C#5 A5 E5   C#5 A5 E5
 
 
[Verse 1]
        C#5          A5       E5
If it's late and you hear me calling tonight
      C#5         A5                E5
but I ain't right there and you're wondering why
C#5          A5          E5
I've made my way to the severed seas
          C#5       A5
where the sun burns hot
        E5              C#5 A5 E5
and the wind does sing
 
 
[Verse 2]
C#5   A5        E5
Days away from where I left
        C#5         A5         E5
there's heaven sent eyes in a pickup bed
C#5        A5         E5
I'm trying harder to get on back
        C#5          A5
but the tides moving in
          E5                C#5 A5 E5
and god’s pushing the raft
 
 
[Verse 3]
C#5        A5          E5
A thousand miles have worn my feet
        C#5    A5          E5
and the body I hold ain't gettin sleep
C#5        A5            E5
your sweet touch moving closer to me
        C#5          A5
well it ain't what I got
         E5          C#5 A5 E5
but it's what I need
 
 
[Chorus]
     A5     C#5
Hold on my dear
             E5
because I'm fighting like hell to face my fears
    A5                 C#5                   E5
someday I'll tame the fires that brought me here
          A5
And it'll burn like hell
       C#5                  E5
but it might as well be the last time you're in tears
                 C#5         A5  E5    C#5 A5  E5
I'm betting on a better year
 
 
[Verse 4]
C#5    A5        E5
I'm so far into so many things Lord
  C#5      A5        E5
I pray someday I'll earn my wings
C#5       A5        E5
I've seen hell and been through greed
         C#5          A5        E5           C#5 A5 E5
That's a part of me I hope you do not meet
 
 
[Verse 5]
C#5      A5         E5
Waste my breath on things I hate
        C#5     A5              E5
like an ongoing trap that I'll never escape
C#5            A5          E5
But I hope the words that I do sing
        C#5     A5          E5            C#5 A5 E5
leave a mark on you like a wedding ring
 
 
[Chorus]
     A5     C#5
Hold on my dear
             E5
because I'm fighting like hell to face my fears
    A5                 C#5                   E5
someday I'll tame the fires that brought me here
          A5
And it'll burn like hell
       C#5                  E5
but it might as well be the last time you're in tears
                 C#5         A5  E5
I'm betting on a better year
                 C#5     A5 E5
I'm betting on a better year
 
 
[Outro]
    C#5    A5      E5
You know I dug my grave
      C#5     A5                  E5
I was buried alive with my dying faith
           A5                 E5
Your heart beats where I lay
    C#5            A5                   E5   C#5 A5 E5
and through you it seems I've found my way
               A5          E5
My dear you'll see one day
C#5              A5   E5
all I've done is for heaven's sake
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