I originally wrote this in 2014, hence the lyric:
“But what else would you expect from a year of the horse?”
I’ve changed that lyric almost a dozen times through the years and well, jeepers, it’s again a year of the horse… So the original lyric stands and its time to finish and publish a “done” song.
The current arrangement follows.
Most Recent Full Arrangement
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The Joy Riff
This is a great draft of the high points of the Joy Riff…
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I’ll include the decided guitar chords, and a click, here:
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The Solo section
I have a couple different recording of James playing some very cool rhythm lines in the solo section. For the sake of not waiting until 2038, I made some executive decisions and codified the ideas James created into this definitive structure for a recording…
I recommend the free tab program TuxGuitar. It natively opens .tg files. But it also opens .gp5 files from Guitar Pro, a premium tab app and a common format on Ultimate Guitar, etc…
https://www.tuxguitar.app/
Here is the above transcription in a TuxGuitar file:
The Lyrics
Better Days
Everything will be alright; I’ve just seen better days
Gotta keep my mind from falling into a bitter rage.
Gotta keep it moving on until I’m through this phaze.
If I keep my faith I know that I’ll see better days.
When I met you I was down and out, didn’t know my name
Reelin’ from the slings and arrows of this mortal cage
But you woke me up and put me back onto my game
And now I’m rockin’ down the road and won’t look back on pain
Better days are coming
This I see so clear
Better days are coming
Forget your fears
At any time our lives could change in unexpected ways
There will always be another challenge you must face
But its another chance to break away and win this race
Or a risk of losing all, the ultimate disgrace
Opportunities abundantly come right on course
But what else would you expect from a year of the horse?
Positivity and grace are allies and a force
that cannot be denied so all victory is yours
Better days are coming
This I see so clear
Better days are coming
Forget your fears
Everything will be alright; I’ve just seen better days
Gotta keep my mind from falling into a bitter rage.
Gotta keep it moving on until I’m through this phaze.
If I keep my faith I know that I’ll see better days.
Opportunities abundantly come right on course
But what else would you expect from a year of the horse?
Positivity and grace are allies and a force
that cannot be denied so all victory is yours
