Noah Gundersen - Better Days Chords

[intro]
E  B/D#  A  E/G#  B  C#m  A
E  B/D#  A  E/G#  B  C#m  A

[verse 1]
      E                      B/D#
I was dancing with some kids
        A
In this house where I lived
         B          C#m    A
a couple lifetimes, maybe more
           E               B/D#
We had the music up loud
        A
By that old leather couch
      E/G#       B
Where I lost my best friend
         C#m      A
a couple years before
           E                 B/D#
And on the front porch steps
           A
I smoked a million cigarettes
           B       C#m        A
With every woman I loved and left
            E                   B/D#
The loudest house on the block
              A
The neighbors never called the cops
    E/G#           B        C#m A
But I don't wanna test ’em anymore

[interlude]
E  B/D#  A  E/G#  B  C#m  A

[verse 2]
      E                 B/D#
I was down on the beach
A                  E/G#
Just out of reach
     B                C#m         A
Of a freaked out kid learning to swim
       E                 B/D#
He was doing his best
       A
He was holding his breath
E/G#    B     C#m        A          E/G#  A
As the water rose past his chest

[chorus]
            E                          B
Sometimes I feel like I'm caught in a riptide
                  C#m        B      A
That's pulling me out to a watery grave
            E                    B
Sometimes I feel like I’ve seen enough
             C#m
It's all too much,
            B      A
I feel like giving up on better days

[interlude]
E  B/D#  A  E/G#  B  C#m  A

[verse 3]
               E                B/D#
There was this guy that I knew
            A
We met when I was 22
   E/G# B          C#m    A
In San Diego when I was on tour
         E
He was a real good dude
B/D#  A
Everyone was drawn to
E/G#      B     C#m          A
Like the ocean to the moon
          E                 B/D#
I got the news that he died
        A                 E/G#
That he took his own life
           B                  C#m      A
And left a beautiful wife and baby boy
      E                B/D#
I may never understand
         A
The full measure of a man
    E/G#          B               C#m          A
But this is what I'd tell him if he was here

[chorus 2]
             E                            B
Sometimes it feels like you're caught in a riptide
                   C#m        B      A
That's pulling you out to a watery grave
             E                       B
Sometimes it feels like you’ve seen enough
             C#m                  B      A
It's all too much, you feel like giving up

[chorus 3]
             E                            B
Sometimes it feels like I'm stretched too thin
                C#m          B               A
How does anyone win in this race that we’re in?
               E                B
Sometimes the going gets pretty rough
                C#m
But I’m hangin' tough,
        B      A            E    B  C#m B A
I’m not giving up on better days
               E  B  C#m B A
I'm not giving up

[outro]
E  B/D# A  E/G# B  C#m A             E  B/D#  A  E/G#  B  C#m  A
                         a better days