tomorrowsgonnabeabrighterday .pdf

TOMORROW'S GONNA BE A BRIGHTER DAY

( Jim Croce )

Written by Jim Croce in the key of E in 4/4 time
Released on the album: You Don't Mess Around with Jim ( 1972 )
Strummed version for single acoustic guitar
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thumb: x
index: a
dirty: b
ring: c
pinky: d

Hammer on: h
Pull off: p
Slide up: /
Slide down: \
Arpeggio: ~~~

Bend up: )
Bend down: (
Grab but don't pick: !
Staccato: :
Mute: m

Downward stroke: ↓
Upward stroke: ↑
Break: p

INTRO ( to steady your picking hand, put your ring on the e-string, if played fingerstyle )
e---!------------------------|---!------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|
b---!------------------------|---!------------------------|----------------------------5b---|----- ( let ring ) -----|
g---!------------------------|---!------------------------|--------------------4ah6c--------|----p----p----p----p----|
D---2a-----------------------|---4d-----------------------|---2a---/---4ah6c----------------|------------------------|
A---2a-------------2a---4d---|---4d-------------2a---4d---|---------------------------------|------------------------|
E---0----0----4d-------------|---2a---2a---4c-------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|

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<---- half barré ---->

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<---- full barré ---->

... Well, I'm ...

1ST VERSE ( use the following strumming pattern if not otherwise suggested: ↑ ↑ ↑ ↓ )
... sorry for the things that I ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... told you ... but ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

... words only go so ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... far ... and if I ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

... had my way I would ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... reach into heaven and I'd ...

F#m ( 2a4c4d2a2a2a )

... pull you down a ...

C#m ( 4a4a6c6d5b4a ) D ( x002a3c2b )

... star for a present and I'd ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

... make you a chain out of ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... diamonds ... and ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

... pearls from a summer ...

F#m ( 2a4c4d2a2a2a ) D ( x002a3c2b )

... sea ...but...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

... all I can give you is a ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... kiss in the morning and a ...

F#m ( 2a4c4d2a2a2a )

... sweet apolo- ...

C#m ( 4a4a6c6d5b4a ) D ( x002a3c2b )

... gy- ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

↑↓↑↓

↑↓↑↓

↑↓↑↓

E ( 02b2c1a00 )
A ( 002a2a2b0 )
E ( 02b2c1a00 )
... Well, I ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

2ND VERSE
... know that it hasn't been ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... easy ... and I ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

... haven't always been a- ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... round ... to ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

... say the right words or to ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... hold you in the mornin' or to ... F#m ( 2a4c4d2a2a2a )
... help you when you're ...

C#m ( 4a4a6c6d5b4a ) D ( x002a3c2b )

... down ... I know I ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

↑↓↑↓

... never showed you much of a ... E ( 02b2c1a00 )
... good time ... but baby ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

... things are gonna ...

F#m ( 2a4c4d2a2a2a ) D ( x002a3c2b )

... change ... I'm gonna ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

... make up for all of the ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... hurt I brought ... I'm gonna ...

F#m ( 2a4c4d2a2a2a )

... love away all your ...

C#m ( 4a4a6c6d5b4a ) D ( x002a3c2b )

... pain ... And to- ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

↑↓↑↓

↑↓↑↓

CHORUS
... morrow 's gonna ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... be a brighter ...

C#m ( 4a4a6c6d5b4a )

... day ... there will ...

F#m ( 2a4c4d2a2a2a )

... be some changes ... to- ...

B ( 2a2a4c4c4d2a )

... morrow's gonna ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... be a brighter ...

C#m ( 4a4a6c6d5b4a )

... day ... this ...

F#m ( 2a4c4d2a2a2a )

... time you can believe me ...

B ( 2a2a4c4c4d2a )

... no more cryin' in your ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... lonely room ... and ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

... no more empty ...

F#m ( 2a4c4d2a2a2a ) D ( x002a3c2b )

... nights ... 'cause to- ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

↑↓↑↓

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picking pattern: Hint

!: press 2a
repeat tab 1x

... morrow mornin' every- ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

... thing 's gonna turn out ...

F#m ( 2a4c4d2a2a2a )

... right ...

E ( 02b2c1a00 )

↑:

A ( 002a2a2b0 )
E ( 02b2c1a00 )
... Well, there's ...

A ( 002a2a2b0 )

3RD VERSE ( same chord progression as 2nd verse )
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something that I've got to ...
tell you ... yes I've ...
got something on my ...
mind ... but ...
words come hard when your ...
lying in my arms ...and when I'm ...
looking deep into your ...
eyes ... but there's ...
truth and conso- ...
lation ... and ..
what I'm trying to ...
say ... is that ...
nobody ever had a ...
rainbow baby ... un- ...
til he had the ...
rain ... And to- ...

CHORUS ( same chord progression as above )
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morrow 's gonna ...
be a brighter ...
day ... there will ...
be some changes ... to- ...
morrow's gonna ...
be a brighter ...
day ... this ...
time you can believe me ...
no more cryin' in your ...
lonely room ... and ...
no more empty ...
nights ... 'cause to- ...
morrow mornin' every- ...
thing 's gonna turn out ...

OUTRO ( same tab as Intro )
... right ...
POSTSCRIPT: A cute little variation for fingerpickers concerning the first four bars of the verses and the 4 bars of the bridges
e---------------0---0------|---------------0---------|
b-------0------0-----0-----|-------2b-----2b---------|
g-------1a----1a------1a---|-------1a----1a----------|
D-------2c---2c------------|-------1a---1a-----------|
A-------!------------------|---0---------------------|
E---0----------------------|-------------------3c(---|

picking pattern:
x - abc - a↓ - a↑
x - abc - a↓ - x
!: grab 2b
repeat tab 1x