Chords for Richard Lynch - A Better Place

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[Ab] I was driving, [Eb] it was raining, [Fm] on my way to bring [Db] her roses.
[Ab] When I got there, [Fm] she wasn't there [Eb] alone. _ _
[Ab] Oh, it tore my [Eb] world to pieces, [Fm] to know we'd never be [Db] together.
[Ab] So I said goodbye, [Bbm] and headed off [Eb] down the road.
_ [Fm] I couldn't [Ab] see, for the tears had [Fm] rained.
I heard the [Ab] crash, and I felt the pain.
[Bbm] And my life was over just [Eb] like that.
But I'm [Ab] in a better place, no [Fm] more tears on my face.
Up [Db] here above the clouds, I can see [Ab] clearly now.
[Eb] She [Ab] was my reason for living, and [Fm] after all the love I'd given.
[Db] I never [Ab] dreamed I'd die with this [Bbm] _ heartache.
Oh, [Db] but I'm [Eb] in a better [Ab] place.
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[Fm] Now _ [Db] _ [Ab] she's standing [Eb] there crying, [Fm] like she's dying to hold me.
[Ab] Too bad [Fm] she waited [Eb] too late.
_ [Ab] I spent most [Eb] of my life, [Fm] just trying to [Db] make her love me.
[Ab] I can't believe what it [Bbm] took, to finally make her [Eb] look my way.
_ [Fm] The preacher [Ab] man sends up a [Fm] prayer.
The organ [Ab] music fills the [Bbm] air.
And a choir sings, as they carry [Eb] me away.
But [Ab] I'm in a better place, [Fm] no more tears on my face.
[Db] Up here above the clouds, I can see [Ab] clearly now.
_ [Eb] She [Ab] was my reason for living, [Fm] and after all the love I'd given.
[Db] I never [Ab] dreamed I'd die with this [Bbm] _ heartache.
Oh, [Db] but I'm [Eb] in a better [Ab] place.
_ [Fm] Oh, _ _
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she [Ab] was my reason for living, [Fm] and after all the love I'd given.
[Db] I never [Ab] dreamed I'd die with [Bbm] this heartache.
Oh, [Db] but [Eb] I'm in a [Ab] better place.
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