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There Must Be A Better World

B.B. King
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 –  –  -
 |  | % |
 Sometimes I wonder
 |  | % |
 Just what am I fighting for?
 I  win some battles
 |  | % |
 But I always lose the war
 I  keep right on stumblin'
 In this no-man's  land out here
 But I know—Mmmmm  yes I know
 There  must be a better  world somewhere
 (once through chorus chords again)
 Flying high
 Some joker clips my wings
 Just because he gets a kick
 Out of doing those kind of things
 I keep on fallin' in space
 Or just hangin' in mid-air
 But I know—Ohh yes I know
 There has just got to be a better world somewhere
 (then |  |  |  | % |)
 (BREAK)
Everybody  I know, Only  loves they’ self
Every  woman I love, Seems  to love somebody else
And  every woman Got a  license to break my heart
And  every love is over before it gets a chance  to start
 once through verse chords) BREAK again
 In a year Maybe in the year after
 Instead of tears I'll learn all about laughter
 But meanwhile I'm stuck out here, It just ain't fair,
 But I know, Oh yes, I know
 There must be a better world somewhere
 There's just gotta be
 Gotta be a better world somewhere

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Readable chord sheet for There Must Be A Better World by B.B. King

[Ab] – [Fm] – [C#] - [Eb]

|[Ab]        |    %       |
Sometimes I wonder
|       [Ab7]     |       %       |
Just what am I fighting for?
I[C#] win some batt[C#]les[A]
|       [C#m]     |     % |
But I always lose the war
I[Ab] keep right on stum[Fm]blin'
In this no[C#]-man's land out here [Eb]

But I [Ab]know—Mmmmm yes I know[Fm]
T[C#]here must be a bette[Eb]r world somewhere
(once through chorus chords again)

Flying high
Some joker clips my wings
Just because he gets a kick
Out of doing those kind of things
I keep on fallin' in space
Or just hangin' in mid-air

But I know—Ohh yes I know
There has just got to be a better world somewhere
(then |[Ab]   | [C#]    | [Ab]   |   %   |)

(BREAK)
[C#]Everybody I know, Onl[Ab]y loves they’ self
[C#]Every woman I love, Seems[Ab] to love somebody else
[C#]And every woman Got [Bm]a license to break my heart
[Bb]And every love is over before it gets a c[Eb]hance to start

once through verse chords) BREAK again

In a year Maybe in the year after
Instead of tears I'll learn all about laughter
But meanwhile I'm stuck out here, It just ain't fair,

But I know, Oh yes, I know
There must be a better world somewhere
There's just gotta be
Gotta be a better world somewhere

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