Monday, January 25, 2010

Better man

Chords - 
D/F# shape - 2x0230  (finger - 1xx23x or 2xx34x, latter being preffered)
(Now move this shape accordingly)
E/G# - 4th fret , F/A - 5th fret , G/B - 7th fret 
D/F#  E/G# F/A  G/B 
|--0----0----0----0-----|
|--3----5----6----8-----| 
|--2----4----5----7-----|
|--0----0----0----0-----|
|-----------------------|
|--2----4----5----7-----| 
 
Verse riff 1                                
      D/F#                E/G#                    
|-----------------------------------------0------0--------| 
|----3-0-------3-0--------5-0---------------0-------0-----| 
|----2---2-----2---2------4---4---------------4-------4---|  
|-------------------------0-------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------| 
|-2-------0-2-------2/4-----------------------------------| 
 
Verse riff 2

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

Intro -  Riff1X 2

Verse1(Riff1 X 2)
Waiting, watching the clock it's(RIFF 1 (f 2) )
Four o'clock it's got to stop     (RIFF 1(f 4), with picking twice instead of once in intro)
Tell him, take no more
She practices her speech

Bridge(Riff2)
He opens opens the door  (RIFF 2(f 5))
And she rolls over....         (RIFF 2(f7))
And pretends sleep  
As he looks her over

strumming - DDUUD DUDUUD = 4 beats  -- D(DDUUD) A(DUD)G(UUD)
or  picking - [b3] 2 2 b23b2(on D) ; b34b (on A) b34b(on G)  with rhythm same as strumming
Chorus (4 beats on D and then two on A and two on G---) 
D                     A        G              D                         A       G
She lies and says she’s in love with him, can’t find a better man...
D A G D A Asus4
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can’t find a better man...
A Asus4                        D Dsus4 
Can’t find a better man Can’t find a better man
 
Verse2: (riff 1 x2 then once more but strummed not picked out. Then riff 2)
Talkin’ to herself, there’s no one else who needs to know...
She tells herself, oh...      (f4 riff1 part is played with vocal silent)
(start strumming)
Memories back when she was bold and strong
 
Bridge
And waiting for the world to come along...
Swears she knew it, now she swears he’s gone
 
Chorus (chords as last Chorus but play first line chords 3 times)
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 (2x)
Outro
D A G D A G
She loved him, yeah...she don’t want to leave this way
D A G D A G
She feeds him, yeah...that’s why she’ll be back again
D A G
Can’t find a better man
x lots (with lots of ooh’s and ahhh’s until fade)
 
Solo stuff:
---------------------9---7-------;-------14-----14---14-14-14--------12-12-12-
-----15----15--------10--8-------;--------------------------------------------
-/14-14h16-14--------9---7-------;---/14----14--14---14-14-14----12--12-12-12-
---------------16----------------;--------------------------------------------
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-----10--10-10------------------------------------------
------------------------10---------------8-----8--------
--11-----11-11-------9--9-h-11--9-----7--7-h-9-7--------
--------------------------------------------------9----
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