Life Is Better With You Tab by Eskimo Joe


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Eskimo Joe - Life is better with you
Standard Tuning

This first part is for the person not really strumming all the time, just with the
little fancy add-ons

First plucking bit (at the very start of song)

e |------------------------------------------|
b |--5h12-----12h5---7-8-7-5-3h2-------------|
g |------------------------------------------|   
d |------------------------------------------|
a |------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|

Hold the 3 for a bit, before sliding to 2. Try to follow the song

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Plucking before chorus, "...falling off the ground"

e |-----------------------------------------------|
b |-----------------------------------------------|
g |--------0-----------0------------0--------0----|   
d |-----2-----------0------------0--------0-------|
a |--3--------3-----------------------------------|
E |--------------3--------3---5--------5----------|

But if you don't want to pluck it, you can do this:
'Build-up'

e |--------------------------------------------------|
b |--------------------------------------------------|
g |--5--5--5--5--------------------------------------|   
d |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
a |--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
E |--------------3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

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Third plucking bit, "It happens all the time.."


e |------------------------------------------|
b |------------------------------------------|
g |-----7--9--11--14--11--9--11--------------|   
d |--9---------------------------------------|
a |------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------|

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This second section is for the person who the main strumming dude

Verses (Throughout the song)

e |--------------------------------------------------|
b |--------------------------------------------------|
g |--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--------------------------|   
d |--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
a |--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
E |--------------------------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

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Chorus 1 & 2

e |-------------------------------------|
b |-------------------------------------|
g |-----------------------5-------------|   
d |--5--7--9--7--5--7--9--5--5--7-------|
a |--5--7--9--5--5--7--9--3--5--7-------|
E |--3--5--7--5--3--5--7-----3--5-------|


Thats what who have to strum, just listen to the song and strum as you like.

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Other part; lyrics start at "It happens all the time.."
e |-----------------------------------|
b |-----------------------------------|
g |---7--9-----7--9--------7--9-------|   
d |---7--9--7--7--9--7--8--7--9--7----|
a |---5--7--7--5--7--7--8--5--7--7----|
E |---------5--------5--6--------5----|


Same as earlier, that is what you need to strum, just listen and strum along.


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Chorus till fade
e |-------------------------------|
b |-------------------------------|
g |-------------------------------|   
d |--5--7--9--7--5--7--9--7-------|
a |--5--7--9--5--5--7--9--7-------|
E |--3--5--7--5--3--5--7--5-------|


The song finishes with the chorus till the end, played like this.



Song goes as follows:
Verse x 7.5 times followed by 'build-up'
Chorus 1
Verse x 4
Chorus 2
Other Part
Chorus till fade