------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Better Man - Steve Williams Band ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Jeff Sorensen Email: burntash@metalgel.com Tuning: Standard, Capo 2 Note: Em takes the form of Em7 during picking Chords used: C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Fe|---0-----0-----2-----0-----3-----1-----| (133211@1)B|---1-----0-----3-----1-----3-----1-----| G|---0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----2-----| D|---2-----2-----0-----2-----0-----3-----| A|---3-----2-----x-----0-----2-----3-----| E|---x-----0-----x-----x-----3-----1-----| Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd Fret Intro & Verse picking: e|-------------0-----3------------------------3---------------0-----3-------------------------0-----| B|-------1-------1-----1----------0-----3-------3-------1-------1-----1----------3----------3---3---| G|-----0---0--------------------0---0-----0-----------0---0--------------------0---0------2-------2-| D|---2-------2-----2----------2-------2-----2-------2-------2-----2----------2-------2--0-----------| A|-3------------------------2---------------------3------------------------2------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Intro: C - Em - C - Em7 - D Verse 1: CIt (x32010@1)was 1985 Em (022000@1) CWhen (x32010@1)your son and I drove by Em (022000@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)saw you standing there COutside (x32010@1)the liquor store Em (022000@1) CWith (x32010@1)a bottle in your hand Em (022000@1) DLiving (xx0232@1)the life you chose Pre-Chorus: Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)always wondered why AmWe (x02210@1)just drove on by DI (xx0232@1)never saw you again Chorus: G (320003@1) AmYou (x02210@1)never tried to be a better man Em (022000@1) CYou (x32010@1)chose to run instead G (320003@1) AmAll (x02210@1)of the guilt you carried Em (022000@1) CWas (x32010@1)written on your face G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)never knew the day you died Em (022000@1) CWould (x32010@1)take it all away Verse 2: CSoon (x32010@1)his mother died EmAnd (022000@1)all the locked up pain inside C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DBegan (xx0232@1)to rear its head CAnd (x32010@1)all the memories EmLike (022000@1)some old bad disease C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DWas (xx0232@1)finally put to bed Pre-Chorus: Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)CI (x32010@1)always wondered why AmWe (x02210@1)just drove on by DBut (xx0232@1)now I understand (Chorus) Bridge: F - C - F - C - D (chorus) | / slide up | slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================