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

Main Riff:


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

              
              
              
              
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--------3---0-
--------2-----
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0h2-----------

              
              
           not
              
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----------5---
2---------4---
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--0h4---------

  This note is
in the intro, 
 sure about th
              
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0---------5---
--4-----4---4-
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----0h4----[4]

 played
but I'm
e verse.
     vvv
--------
5-5--[5]
----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         
e|------------
B|-6---------6
G|-5-----5----
D|------------
A|------------
E|-5-----5----

    G/B
-----------0--
-----8--------
-5---7-----7--
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---X-7-----7--

-------
-8-----
---7---
-------
-------
-----X-

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

  F/A      G/B
e|-5--------7-
B|-6--------8-
G|-5--------7-
D|-7--------9-
A|-8-------10-
E|-5--------7-

 Chorus: (If m

y chord names 

are wrong, sor

ry, I never di

d theory) :-(

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

  Dsus2       
e|-0----------
B|-3----------
G|-2----------
D|-0----------
A|-0----------
E|-x----------

              
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       A      
-------0------
-------2------
-------2------
-------2------
-------0------
-------x------

     G      (G
-----3-------3
-----0-------1
-----0-------0
-----0-------0
-----2-------2
-----3-------3

add4 ???)
---3------- 
---0------- 
---0------- 
---0------- 
---2------- 
---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  
e|-0-------0--
B|-3-------2--
G|-2-------2--
D|-2-------2--
A|-0-------0--
E|-x-------x--

              
-----         
-----         
-----         
-----         
-----         
-----         

       Dsus2
       0------
       3------
       2------
       0------
       0 -----
       x------

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---------

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

  Asus4    A  
e|-0-------0--
B|-3-------2--
G|-2-------2--
D|-2-------2--
A|-0-------0--
E|-x-------x--

              
-----         
-----         
-----         
-----         
-----         
-----         

       G5
       3------
       3------
       0------
       0------
       x------
       3------

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Betterman ....


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

Hope that's OK. Cheers ...

Neil.:

Solo stuff:;
e|------------
B|-----15----1
G|-/14-14h16-1
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

---------9---7
5--------10--8
4--------9---7
---16---------
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----------/14-
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14-----14---14
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---14--14---14
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-14-14--------
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-14-14----12--
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12-12-12-
---------
12-12-12-
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---------


e|-----10--10-
B|------------
G|--11-----11-
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

10------------
------------10
11-------9--9-
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h-11--9-----7-
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-8-----8------
-7-h-9-7------
----------9---
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