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Better Man
by Pearl Jam
Tabbed by Josh Mullan
This is one of my favorite songs, but I still have yet to find an accurate tab for
this song, so I figured I'd bang it out myself. Here ya go.
Standard tuning, no capo
Chords used:
Dsus2 A G Asus4 G5
|-0-| |-0-| |-3-| |-5-| |-3-|
|-3-| |-2-| |-0-| |-3-| |-3-|
|-2-| |-2-| |-0-| |-2-| |-3-|
|-0-| |-2-| |-0-| |-2-| |-5-|
|-x-| |-0-| |-2-| |-0-| |-5-|
|-x-| |-x-| |-3-| |-0-| |-3-|
Intro: (play twice)
|---------------------------------0---0-0------|
|-----3-0-------3-0-------5-0-------0-------5--|
|-----2--2------2--2/4----4--4---4--------4----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---2-------0h2---------4------4---------------|
Verse 1:
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----3-0-------3-0-------5-0-------5-0---|
|-----2--2------2--2/4----4--4------4--4--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---2-------0h2---------4-------0h4-------|
Waiting, watching the clock, it's 4 o-clock, it's got to stop
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----3-0-------3-0-------5-0-------5-0---|
|-----2--2------2--2/4----4--4------4--4--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---2-------0h2---------4-------0h4-------|
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech as he
|-------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8/6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
opens the door, she rolls over, pretends to sleep as he looks her over
Chorus:
Dsus2 A G Dsus2
She lies and says she's in love with him
A G
Can't find a better man
Dsus2 A G Dsus2
She dreams in color, she dreams in red
Asus4 A
Can't find a better man
Dsus2
Can't find a better man
Asus4 A
Can't find a better man
G5///pm/// Oh....
|---------------------------------0---0-0------|
|-----3-0-------3-0-------5-0-------0-------5--|
|-----2--2------2--2/4----4--4---4--------4----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---2-------0h2---------4------4---------------|
Verse 2:
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----3-0-------3-0-------5-0-------5-0---|
|-----2--2------2--2/4----4--4------4--4--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---2-------0h2---------4-------0h4-------|
Talking to herself, there's no one else who needs to know
|---------------------------------0---0-0------|
|-----3-0-------3-0-------5-0-------0-------5--|
|-----2--2------2--2/4----4--4---4--------4----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---2-------0h2---------4------4---------------|
She tell herself, ohh..
|-----| |-----|
|--3--| |--5--|
|--2--| |--4--|
|-----| |-----|
|-----| |-----|
|--2--|........... |--4--|..........
Memories back when she was bold and strong and waiting for the
|-------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8/6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
World to come along, she swears she knew, now she swears he's gone
Chorus:
She lies and says she's in love with him
Can't find a better man
She dreams in color, she dreams in red
Can't find a better man
She lies and says she still loves him
Can't find a better man
She dreams in color, she dreams in red
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
(The rest of the song has the same chord progression as the chorus)
She loved him, yeah..
She don't want to leave this way
She feeds him, yeah..
That's why she'll be back again
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
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