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			Better Man - Steve Williams Band
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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
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