Табулатура: Pearl Jam - "Better Man"
[more versions than you'll know what to do with]
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
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------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 .. love with him
Can't find a betterman
She dreams in col our she dreams in red
Can't find a
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 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.
LYRICS:
Waiting, watching the clock, it's 4 o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more she practices her speech
As he opens the door, she rolls over
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over
She lies and says she's in love with him
Can't find a better man
She dreams in colour she dreams in red
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man .. Ohh ..
Talking to herself there's no one else who needs to know
She tell herself, ohh ..
Memories, back when she was smooth and strong and waited for
The world to come along, swears she knew it now she swears he's gone
(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 ...
From: sminder@engin.umich.edu (scott sebastian minder)
This is from the live Pearl Jam concert from Atlanta last weekend:
Better Man
Pearl Jam
Transcribed by Scott Minder
Verses:
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---3--0----------3--0-----5--2-------5-----5--2----5-
---2----2--------2----2---4----4--4-----4-------4----
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-3---------0--3--------------------------------------
This is repeated during the verses. The second half
is changed each time a bit.
Pre chorus:
F and G like:
1 3
1 3
2 4
3 5
Chorus:
Dsus2 A G repeated. Last G is G5
That's pretty much the whole song.
Please e-mail with suggestions, corrections, comments:
sminder@engin.umich.edu
.
From: Kevin Gardner
Subject: /p/pearl_jam/betterman.tab
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Better Man
by Pearl Jam
from the Vitalogy cd
transcribed by kevin gardner
code@wam.umd.edu
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----3---------3-----
--2---4-2---2---4-2-
--0---------0-------
--------------------
--------------------
------------------------
----5---------5---5-----
--4---6-4---4---4---6-4-
--0---------0-----------
------------------------
------------------------
--------------------
----3---------3-----
--2---4-2---2---4-2-
--0---------0-------
--------------------
--------------------
------------------------
----5---------5---5-----
--4---6-4---4---4---6-4-
--0---------0-----------
------------------------
------------------------
-------- --------
--6--8-- --6--8--
arpediate --5--7-- --5--7--
these --0--0-- --0--0--
-------- --------
-------- --------
the chorus is as follows
D A G 4x
D A D A G
From: johans@ifi.uio.no (Johan Kristian Sveen)
Subject: Re: TAB: Pearl Jam "Better Man"
You can also play Betterman this way:
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---3---0---0------3---0---------0---------
---2-----2--------2--------2--------------
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
---2--------------2-----------------------
------------------------------------------
---5---0------0---5---0----0--------------
---4-------4------4------4----------------
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
---4--------------4-----------------------
Pre Chorus:
(Am) (G)
------------------------------------------
---6-6---6-6-------8-8--8-8---------------
---5-5---5-5-------7-7--7-7---------------
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
---5-5---5-5-------7-7--7-7---------------
Chorus: D2 A G
Kristian
"Betterman" - Pearl Jam
>From the album Vitalogy
Tab transcription by Mark van 't Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)
INTRO - Lower notes played on bass, top notes feedback
3x
----------------|--------
----------------|--------
----------------|--------
--10----9-7-----|-6------
----------------|--------
--6-8-8-3-10-10-|-6-8-8--
PRE-VERSE 1 - Repeat twice
----------------------------------------------0---0--------
-----3--0-----------3--0--------5----0----------0---5---5\-
-----2----2---------2----2/4----4--4--------4---------4----
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
--2--2---------0-2--2------0-4--4-------0-4----------------
VERSE 1
waiting, watching the clock it's four 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--2---------0-2--2------0-4--4-------4--4---------------
tell him, take no more, she practices her speech as he
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----3--0-----------3--0--------5----0-----5----0----------
-----2----2---------2----2/4----4--4-------4--4---4/-------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
--2--2---------0-2--2------0-4--4-------4--4---------------
opens the door, she rolls over just to sleep as he looks
her over
-------------------0---------------------------------------
-----6--6---6/8--8---8-8\6--6-----6/8----------------------
--5--5--5-5-5/7--7---7-7\5--5--5--5/7---7------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
--5-----------7--7-------5--5-------7---7------------------
CHORUS 1 - Organ enters (that's 'organ, the musical instrument')
She lies and says she's in love with him
Can't find a betterman
----------2----------------3-----------2---------3---------
--3---------3-----2----------0------3--3---------3-----0---
--2----2------2---2--2--0------0--2-2--2--/6--4-----4--0---
--0--0----------------------------0-0-----/7--5------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
She dreams in colour she dreams in red
Can't find a
---------0----2--------------------------0--2--------------
---------3----3--------------3--0---3----3--3--------------
--2-----------2-----6-----4---------2----2--2--------------
--0-----------------7-----5---------0--0-------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
betterman can't find a betterman can't find a
--5---5-------5----------0---2---3---2-----0---------------
--5---5---5---5-----5----3---3---3---3-----3--3------------
--6---7---6---7--7-------2---2-------2-----2--2---x--------
--7---7---7---7----------0---0-------0--0---------x--------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
betterman oh
------------------------5----------------3-----------------
------5---5-------------5------------0---0-----------------
--6---7-------7---6--6--7--7\----0---0---0-----------------
--7---7-------7---7--7--7--7\----0---0---0-----------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------3---3---3-----------------
PRE-VERSE 2 - play PRE-VERSE 1 with this as the first measure
-----------------
-----------------
-----2--2-2------
-----------------
-----------------
--2--2---------0-
VERSE 2
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----3--0-----------3--0--------5----0-----5----0----------
-----2----2---------2----2/4----4--4-------4--4------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
--2--2---------0-2--2------0-4--4-------4--4---------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----3--0-----------3--0--------5----0-----5----0----------
-----2----2---------2----2/4----4--4-------4--4------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
--2--2---------0-2--2------0-4--4-------4--4---------------
(Bass & drums enter, repeat chords when necessary)
-----------------------------------------------------------
--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----3----------------5---------------------
--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----2----------------4---------------------
--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0----------------0---------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----2----------------5---------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
--6---6-----6------8---8-----------6---6-------------------
--5---5--5---------7---7--7--------5---5-------------------
--0---0--0---------0---0----0------0---0-------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
--6---6------------8---8-----------6---6-------------------
CHORUS 2 - With electrical guitar
>From here on it's basically the same chords as 'chorus 1', but
with added fills. It's pretty pointless to tab all the little
bits :-)
Enjoy this song..
Mark
