• Song:

    Feel A Whole Lot Better

  • Artist:

    The Byrds

Intro:
A  A2 A A4 A A2 A A A2 A  (No E strings this line only.)
/  /  / /  / /  / / /  /

A  A2 A A4 A A2 A A A2 A    A  A2 A A4 A A2  A A A2 A
          The  rea-son why.         Oh, I can  say- ay.

A  A2 A A4 A A2  A A A2 A   E                       F#m     B7
          I have to let you go  ba-by.  And right a-way-ay.

B7              A  A A2 A A4 A A2  A A A2  A  D      D
Af-ter what you did.           I  can't  stay o-on.
D                    A                E
And I'll prob-a-bly  feel a whole lot bet-ter,
E           D        E7      A
when you're go-one.  /////// /

A A A2 A A4 A  A2 A A   A2    A                 A4   A
            Ba-by for a long  time.(Ba-by for a long time.)
A                              A4 A
You had me be - lieve.
                   (You had me be-lieve.)
A                      E                              E7  E
That your love was all mi-ine.(That your love was all mi-ine.)
E                           F#m             B7
And that's the way it would be.  (Ah  ah ah ah.)
B7           A              A4  A
But I didn't know.(But I didn't know.)
A                         D        D
That you were put-ting me on-o-on.
D                    A                E
And I'll prob-a-bly  feel a whole lot bet-ter,
E           D          E                 A2 A A2 A A4 A A2 A A2
when you're go-o-one.    Ah, when you're go-one.

  A2    A         A2 A  A2           A              A2
E---------------------------------------------14-14-12----|
B----12h14-14-14--12h14-12-12-----12h14-14-14----------14-|
G-14---------------------------14-------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|

  A2    A         A2 A                    A2 A   A2
E------------------------------17-17-------------------|
B-12-12h14-14-14--12h14-14-14-------------12-14--12-12-|
G-------------------------------------14---------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|

  A2 E         A2        E         A2
E----7-7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7-7-------|
B-10-----------10-10-10------------10-10-|
G----------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|

  F#m            B7   A A2 A A4 A A2 A A2
E-------------------7h9-7----------7\9---|
B---7-7-7--7---7-10-------10-7--10-------|
G-9----------9---------------------------|
D----------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|

    A2 A   A2 A A2 A       A2 A        A2
E----7-9-9--7-9--7h9-9--14-12-------------|
B-----------------------------14-14-14-12-|
G-----------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|

  A2    A  A2  A  A4 A  A2        A  A2    A  A2
E------------------------------------------------|
B----12-14-12-----15-14-12-----12-14-12----14-12-|
G-14-----------14-----------14----------14-------|
D------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|

  A2 A            A2 A     A2        E               A2
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-12h14-14-14-14--12h14-14-12-12--10-12-12-12-12--12-10-|
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

  A2 D                    Gmaj7/E    A2 A
E-----------------------------------------|
B---7h10-10-10--10-10-7---3-3h5-5-5-3-----|
G-9-----------------------------------4-2-|
D-----------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|

A A2 A A4 A A2 A  A  A2  A                A4  A
/  / / /  / /  /  /   /  /
         Now I've got to say.(Now I've got to say.)
A                                                    A4 A
That's it's not like be-fore-ore.(That it's not like be-fore.)
A                  E                        E7 E
And I'm not gon-na play-ay-ay.
                        (And I'm not gon-na play.)
E              F#m           B7
Your games any-more-or-ore.
B7              A                A4  A                  D        D
Af-ter what you did.(Af-ter what you did.) I can't stay on-o-on.
D                   A                E                   D       E
And I'll prob-a-bly feel a whole lot bet-ter when you're go-one.
E               A2 A      E               A2 A
Ah, when you're go-one.   Ah, when you're go-one.
E               A2 A            A2 A     A2 A
Ah, when you're go-one.
E----------------------------------------------|
B------------------12h14-14-14--12h14-14-12----|
G---------------14--------------------------14-|
D----------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|

  A     A2        A  A2    A  A2
E-------------------------------|
B----10h12-12-12--10h12-12-10---|
G-14----------------------------|
D-------------------------------|
A-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|

 A2 D                     A      Gmaj7/E          A2  A
E-----------------------------------------------------0-|
B---7h10-10-10--7h10-10-7--------3h5-5-5--3h5-5-3-----2-|
G-9-----------------------9----6------------------4-2-2-|
D-----------------------------------------------------2-|
A-----------------------------------------------------0-|
E-----------------------------------------------------x-|

Chord diagrams:
A      Asus2(A2) Asus4(A4) F#m    E7     E      B7
x02220 x02200    x02230    244222 022130 022100 x21202
D      Gmaj7/E
x00232 x55430

E,B,G,D,A,E = guitar strings, \ = slide up, h = hammer on.

The A chord sequences are not as hard as they might appear.
From the standard A chord add the little finger for the A4
and remove the ring finger for the A2

Tabbed from: The Byrds  Mr.Tambourine Man. Original Mono LP
from the 1960's and the same titled stereo CD. Same for both.
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