SONG: BETTERMAN
ARTIST: Pearl Jam
TAB BY: Neil Smith ([email protected])
Main Riff:
This note is played
in the intro, but I'm
not sure about the verse.
vvv
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------3---0-----------3---0-----------4---0---------4---4-4--[4]
------2-----2---------2-----2---------3-----3-----3---3-----3---
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2-------------0h2-------------0h4-------------0h4----[4]--------
^^^
This note is not played in the
intro, but is present when Vedder
is singing the verses.
And everything else is just a repeat of those bits, I think.
Hope that's OK. Cheers ...
Neil.
LYRICS:
Waiting, watching the clock, it's 4 o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more she practices her speech
As he opens the door, she rolls over
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over
She lies and says she's in love with him
Can't find a better man
She dreams in colour she dreams in red
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man .. Ohh ..
Talking to herself there's no one else who needs to know
She tell herself, ohh ..
Memories, back when she was smooth and strong and waited for
The world to come along, swears she knew it now she swears he's gone
(Chorus)
She loved him, yeah. She don't want to leave this way
She feeds him, yeah. That's why she'll be back again
Can't find a better man ...
Frot ( тексты песен и аккорды на Tekst-pesni.ru ): [email protected] (scott sebastian minder)
This is from the live Pearl Jam concert from Atlanta last weekend:
Frot ( тексты песен и аккорды на Tekst-pesni.ru ): [email protected] (Johan Kristian Sveen)
Subject: Re: TAB: Pearl Jam "Better Man"
You can also play Betterman this way:
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---3---0---0------3---0---------0---------
---2-----2--------2--------2--------------
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---2--------------2-----------------------
From here on it's basically the same chords as 'chorus 1', but
with added fills. It's pretty pointless to tab all the little
bits :-)
Enjoy this song (Texts of songs )..
Mark
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 23:44:44 -0500 (CDT)
Frot ( тексты песен и аккорды на Tekst-pesni.ru ): Denny
: Here's my thinking on 'Betterman'-- I'm not exactly sure what you wanted
: here, so I tried to post most of the parts--Keep in mind, most of this is
: varied from time to time, so don't be afraid to experiment with
: improvisation.
: ---0-------0---------------------7-----------------------
: -------5-----5-6---6-6---6-8---8---8----6---6-6---6-8----
: -4---4---4-----5-5-----5---7-7-------7--5-5-----5---7---- Pre-Chorus
: ---------------------------------------------------------
: ---------------------------------------------------------
: ---------------------------------------------------------
: This follows above lines
: -------2---------------------;------0-2------------5--5--------5--5-5-5-----
: -----3---3--------2------0---;----------3---------3----3------3---3-3-3-----
: ---2-------2--------2------0-;----2-------2------2------2----2----2-2-2-----
: -0-----------0---------------;--0---------------2-----------2-----2-2-2-----
: ----------------0------------;-----------------0-----------0------0-0-0-----
: -----------------------3-----;----------------------------------------------
: Repeat part before semicolons 3X
: After the semicolon: This is a variation of the chord A. Play it by
: barreing the strings at the second and then use your middle finger to
: fret the 3rd on the b string and your pincky to fret the 5th on the high
: E. It takes a while to get used too, so don't expect it to be really
: easy at first. I put the numbers here so close to try to get across the
: strumming effect used (usually represented by a squiggly line in
: manuals). Just kinda strum this chord and then a D chord shown below:
: -2--2-2-2--------------------------------------
: -3--3-3-3---2------------------------3-0---0---
: -2--2-2-2---2-----(pause)---2---2-2--2---2----- Back to intro
: -0--0-0-0---2----------------------------------
: ------------0----------------------------------
: ---------------3-------------------------------
: -2---4--5--7--5--7--- These are the order and shape of the chords
: -3---5--6--8--6--8--- when the song (Texts of songs ) picks up.
: -2---4--5--7--5--7---
: -0---0--0--0--0--0---
: ---------------------
: -2---4--5--7--5--5---
: When the song (Texts of songs ) kicks in, both acoustic and electric guitars play
: simultaneously:
