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Brighter Day 
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

(J. Jett / D. Child)

from the album Pure and Simple, released 1994
(CD and Cassette only)


Play the following throughout the whole song:

                C 
e|---------------------------0--------------------------|
b|---------1-----3-----1-----------1-----3-----1--------|
g|o-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----o| (play 
D|o----------------------------------------------------o|  twice!)
A|---3--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
                                                     
e|--------------------------------------0-----------|
b|--------1-----3-----1-----------1--------3--1-----|
g|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------0--|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|---3-----------------------3----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
         Am
e|-------------------------------------0------------|
b|--------1-----3-----1-----------1-------3--1------|
g|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----------0---|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----------------------0-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
             F
e|--------------1-----------------------5--3--1--0--|
b|--------1-----------1-----------1-----------------|
g|-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------------|
D|--3-----------------------3-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
             C                          G
e|--------0-----1-----0-----------------3-----------|
b|--------------------------------0-----------0-----|
g|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3-----------------------|

the whole song: 
C, Am, F, Fm, C, G, F, C                     

(I'm not trying to tell you...)
C, Em, Bb, F, Fm, C, G

    EADGBE
C : x32010 
Am: x02210 
F : 320011 
G : 320003 
Fm: 133111 
Bb: 113331 


Brighter Day
(Jett-Child)

C 
I watch my generation die 
Am 
I watch the heads of nations lie 
F 
  I watch the homeless on the streets
C
 I stand here helpless just
 G
 Lookin' at my feet, yeah

C
  I watch the children run away
Am
  The bullets fly where they would play
F
  I watch a junkie fade away
C
  I ain't got an answer
        G
  But I sure got things to say

     C
Hey, hey I gotta find a way
                  Am
Cause the road is dark
Gotta light my way
                F
Gotta fight the fear
      Fm
In my heart
       C
Oh, I pray
         G
I live to see
            F         C
A brighter day...hey hey

I watch the old folks sit alone
They talk to ghosts they used to know
Where are the wise men of the tribe
Where are the midwives and the newborn's cry, yeah
I whish that I could turn back time
Way back before there was corporate crime
We'd fight the wind to plant our seed
When the earth was stronger than human greed

Hey, hey, I gotta find a way
Cause the road is dark
Gotta light my way
Gotta fight the fear
In my heart
Oh I pray
I live to see
A brighter day...hey, hey
                                    
C
I'm not tryin' to tell ya
       Em
What's right or wrong
Bb                     F
  I'm not trying to be clever
Fm                                 C
  Ya gotta hope things get better 
                          G
 Even when they never...
Hey, hey, hey hey hey, 

I gotta find a way
Cause the road is dark
Gotta light my way
Gotta fight the fear
In my heart
Oh, I pray
I live to see
A brighter day

I gotta find a way
Cause the road is dark
Gotta light my way
Gotta fight the fear
In my heart
Oh, I pray
I live to see
A brighter day...hey, hey

Solo:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------8------------------8---------------------------|
|-------7-9-7-----------7-9---9-7----------7-9---9-7-5---5-7-5-------------|
|----10-------10-7-10-------------10-7-10--------------7-------7-----------|
|-10-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------8---------------------------|-10--8^10-8----9-8^9-8-6-------------|
|---7-9---9-7-5---5-7-5-------------|------------10-----------------------|
|-7-------------7---------5---------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------7---7-7-5---|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------8-|-------------------------------------|

|----12-13-12-10----10--------10-12-10-------------|----------------------|
|----------------13--------13----------13-10----13-|----------------------|
|-12-------------------12--------------------12----|----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-5-7-5----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------7-5------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-----------5-8--------|

|--------------------17-17-15-13-16-16-16-16-15-13-|-12-10----12-10-------|
|-10-(8-10-8-----10)------------------------------------------------------|
|----(-------9-7---)---------------------------------------12-------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-12-10----10----12-15-12-15--12-15-12-15--12-10----------|----3----------|
|-------13---------------------------------------13-10-13-|3-5---5-3-1---1|
|-------------12------------------------------------------|------------2--|
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|

|-----3--------------------3---------------|-------------------------------|
|-3-5---5-3-1---5-3----3-5---5-3-1---5-3---|-------------------------------|
|-------------2-----2--------------2-----2-|-2-0---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----3-2-0----------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------3-2-3-0------------1-|
|------------------------------------------|------------------3-1--1-3-4---|

|------3------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5---5-3-------1-5-3-1-0-1-5-3-1---1--5-5-5-5-3-1---1----5-5-5-3-1---1|
|--------------0-2-------------------2----------------2---2------------2--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-5-5-3-1-4-4-3-1-----12-13-12-10----10-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------13----12---10-8------------7/8----------|
|-----------------12-------------------------10-9--9-7-------8/9----------|
|------------------------------------------------------10-7--9/10---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I just wrote it down, my guitar teacher taught me how to play it :-)
The solo, however, is transcribed for acoustic guitar. Since it's rather 
hard to bend the strings on an acoustic guitar it's mostly with 
sliding or with hammering on the strings or simply playing the 
notes seperately. 


source: Vanna
--

The Blackhearts :

Thommy Price 
Tony Bruno 
Kenny Aaronson 
Joan Jett 

Additional Musicians and Contributors:

Ricky Bird, Kathleen Hanna, Donita Sparks, Jennifer Finch,
John Marshall, Mike Howe, Kat Bjelland, Billy Karen,
Jim Vallance, Blake Brocksmith, Arno Hecht, Chuck Kentis, Desmond