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From: nj2-smit@uwe.ac.uk (NJ Smith)
Subject: TAB: Betterman by Pearl Jam

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SONG: BETTERMAN
ARTIST: Pearl Jam
TAB BY: Neil Smith (nj2_smit@uwe.ac.uk)

Main Riff:


This note is played
in the intro, but I'm
not sure about the verse.
vvv
----------------------------------------------------------------
------3---0-----------3---0-----------4---0---------4---4-4--[4]
------2-----2---------2-----2---------3-----3-----3---3-----3---
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
2-------------0h2-------------0h4-------------0h4----[4]--------

^^^
This note is not played in the
intro, but is present when Vedder
is singing the verses.

Bridge: (He opens the door ...)

F/A G/B
----------------------0---------
6---------6-----8---------8-----
5-----5-----5---7-----7-----7---
--------------------------------
--------------------------------
5-----5-------X-7-----7-------X-

The second time (or on the live version) you may want to strum those
chords, thus:

F/A G/B
-5--------7-
-6--------8-
-5--------7-
-7--------9-
-8-------10-
-5--------7-



Chorus: (If my chord names are wrong, sorry, I never did theory) :-(

(This part given double time so I can fit some lyrics in)

Dsus2 A G (Gadd4 ???)

0-------------------------------0-----------3-------3---3-------
3-------------------------------2-----------0-------1---0-------
2-------------------------------2-----------0-------0---0-------
0-------------------------------2-----------0-------0---0-------
0-------------------------------0-----------2-------2---2-------
x-------------------------------x-----------3-------3---3-------

She lies and says .. ....
Asus4 A Dsus2

0-------0------- 0---------------
3-------2------- 3---------------
2-------2------- 2---------------
2-------2------- 0---------------
0-------0------- 0 --------------
x-------x------- x---------------

Betterman .... Can't find a ...

Asus4 A G5

0-------0------- 3---------------
3-------2------- 3---------------
2-------2------- 0---------------
2-------2------- 0---------------
0-------0------- x---------------
x-------x------- 3---------------

Betterman ....



And everything else is just a repeat of those bits, I think.

Hope that's OK. Cheers ...

Neil.

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