PEARL JAM - "betterman2" Tablature

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Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: Betterman
Album: Vitalogy
Transcribed by: adam bowen
Email: adam_assassin@hotmail.com

there's quite a few versions of this song already on here, but none of them are quite accurate. This is the way me and my band play it and this is how Eddie plays it live.

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----3-0--------3-0-----------5-0-----------5---5---5--------------------------
----2---2------2---2---------4---4-------4---4--------------------------------
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-2---------0h2--------0h2/4---------0h4---------------------------------------
Intro/Verse: For this you'll have to use a Dsus4 chord and slide it up...

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---6-6-------6-----8-8-------8------------------------------------------------
---5---5---5-------7---7---7--------------------------------------------------
---------0---------------0----------------------------------------------------
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-5--------------7-------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-Chorus: Use the same chord formations as the verse, just slide them up.

-2------------0-------------3------------2--------------0--------3------------
-3------------2-------------3------------3--------------2--------3------------
-2------------2-------------0------------2--------------2--------0------------
-0------------2-------------0------------0--------------2--------0------------
-0------------0-------------2------------0--------------0--------2------------
-0------------0-------------3------------0--------------0--------3------------
She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a betterman....

-2-------------0----------3------------2--------------0--0--0--0--------------
-3-------------2----------3------------3--------------2--3--2--3--------------
-2-------------2----------0------------2--------------2--2--2--2--------------
-0-------------2----------0------------0--------------2--2--2--2--------------
-0-------------0----------2------------0--------------0--0--0--0--------------
-0-------------0----------3------------0--------------0--0--0--0--------------
she dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a betterman...

--0--0--------2--3--2--3----2--3--------0--0--------0--0---------3------------
--2--3--------3--3--3--3----3--3--------2--3--------2--3---------3------------
--2--2--------2--2--2--2----2--2--------2--2--------2--2---------0------------
--2--2--------0--0--0--0----0--0--------2--2--------2--2---------0------------
--0--0--------0--0--0--0----0--0--------0--0--------0--0---------2------------
--0--0--------0--0--0--0----0--0--------0--0--------0--0---------3------------
can't find a betterman,...can't find a betterman,... then it goes back to

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--3---3----3----3----3---3--5----5----5----5----5----5---5--5---6-----6-------
--2---2----2----2----2---2--4----4----4----4----4----4---4--4---5-----5-------
--0---0----0----0----0---0--0----0----0----0----0----0---0--0---0-----0-------
--0---0----0----0----0---0--0----0----0----0----0----0---0--0---0-----0-------
--2---2----2----2----2---2--4----4----4----4----4----4---4--4---5-----5-------
memories back when she was bold and strong and waiting for the world to

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-8----8--------6----6----6----6----6---8---8----8----8----8-------------------
-7----7--------5----5----5----5----5---7---7----7----7----7-------------------
-0----0--------0----0----0----0----0---0---0----0----0----0-------------------
-0----0--------0----0----0----0----0---0---0----0----0----0-------------------
-7----7--------5----5----5----5----5---7---7----7----7----7-------------------
come along,...swears she knew him now she swears he's gone,...

--2------0------3------2---------0--0------2--3-------------------------------
--3------2------3------3---------2--3------2--3-------------------------------
--2------2------0------2---------2--2------2--2-------------------------------
--0------2------0------0---------2--2------0--0-------------------------------
--0------0------2------0---------0--0------0--0-------------------------------
--0------0------3------0---------0--0------0--0-------------------------------
then it's the chorus again, same as the first one, only faster and strum

--2------0------3------2------------------------------------------------------
--3------2------3------3------------------------------------------------------
--2------2------0------2------------------------------------------------------
--0------2------0------0------------------------------------------------------
--0------0------2------0------------------------------------------------------
--0------0------3------0------------------------------------------------------
the end G chord 3 times. After that it's just D-A-G-D until the end.

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