Better
by The Screaming Jets
All For One (1991)
Transcribed by Jean Pierre Benoir


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[Bass line 2 x 8]



[Riff x 4] (and then continues through verses)

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[Verse 1]

             
Still didn't k

              
now what happe

             
ned when you k

          
nocked upon my

 
 door
             
The things you

              
 had, the life

              
 you lived, al

         
l the dreams y

             
ou had before
             
Your eyes, you

              
r face, and yo

              
ur heart and s

         
oul, you know 

              
they said it a

  
ll
             
What happened 

              
on that day ba

             
ck then, the m

          
oment hurt us 


all

[Pre-Chorus]

           
Now you can se

             
e the reason w

             
hy not everyon

        
e's the same
           
And you don't 

             
have to please

              
 them, or try 

             
hard to save y

    
our name

[Chorus]
     
They said you'

d never get an

ywhere,
     
Well they don'

t care and it'

s just not fai

r
             
That you know,

            
 and I know be

tter.
     
They said you'

d never get an

ywhere,
     
Well they don'

t care and it'

s just not fai

r
             
That you know,

            
 and I know be

tter. (Yes I d

o)

[Riff x 2]

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[Verse 2]

             
Well the days 

              
go by and you 

             
wonder why, "i

          
s this really 


true?"
             
Your heart sai

              
d "No" but you

              
r feelings sho

            
w the whole th

           
ing you never 

    
knew
             
But you and I,

              
 we knew deep 

         
down, that ain

             
't really you
             
We always knew

              
 that it'd wor

              
k out right an

         
d we could sta

   
rt anew

[Pre-Chorus]

           
Now you can se

             
e the reason w

             
hy not everyon

        
e's the same
           
And you don't 

             
have to please

              
 them, or try 

             
hard to save y

    
our name

[Chorus]

     
They said you'

d never get an

ywhere,
     
Well they don'

t care and it'

s just not fai

r
             
That you know,

            
 and I know be

tter.
     
They said you'

d never get an

ywhere,
     
Well they don'

t care and it'

s just not fai

r
             
That you know,

             
 and I know ..

     
...better.

[Bridge]

     
Well things ai

n't always wha

t they seem

So wake up man

 get outta you

r dream

Things ain't a

lways what the

y seem so - wa

ke up!

Well things ai

n't always wha

t they seem

Wake up man, y

ou're in my dr

eam!

Things ain't a

lways...

[Pre-Chorus]

           
Oh, Now you ca

             
n see the reas

             
on why not eve

            
ryone's the sa

me
           
And you don't 

             
have to please

              
 them, or try 

            
hard....

[Chorus]

     
They said you'

d never get an

ywhere,
     
Well they don'

t care and it'

s just not fai

r
             
And you know, 

           
and I know bet

ter.
     
They said you'

d never get an

ywhere,
     
Well they don'

t care and it'

s just not fai

r
             
That you know,

            
 and I know be

tter.

[Acapella Chorus]

N.C.
They said you'd never get anywhere,
N.C.
They don't care and it's just not fair
N.C.
You know, and I know better.
N.C.
One, Two, Three, Four!

[Chorus]
     
They said you'

d never get an

ywhere,
             
Well they don'

              
t care and it'

              
s just not... 

         
fair

  You're never

 ever gonna

get anywhere
              
That's what th

            
ey tell me

Never, never, 

never, never, 

never, never,
            
never gonna ge

t anywhere. Th

ey don't care
             
and that's - n

     
ot - fair!

[Guitar Solo]
            

[Outro]
     
They said you'

d never get an

ywhere

[Break it down]


They don't car

e and it's jus

t not fair
             
   That you kn

              
ow, and I know

  
 (better)