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Better Tab by Jack Garratt

Better tab by Jack Garratt

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Bb/D: x 5 8 7 x x

Intro:

e|---------------------|
B|----11--11--8----11--|(essentially just ad-libbing around these two notes)
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Hey, I think you’re really cool
I like you a lot
Hey, I think you’re really cool
I like you-
Hey, I think you’re really cool
I like you a lot
Maybe we can hang out or something
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Verse 1:
  Oh,                   Something's telling me to save myself,   Something's tell-
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3--3----3--3--3----3--3--3----3--3--3----3--3--1--1----1----1--1----1----|

 -ing me to hurt myself               Something's eating at me
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--1-----1/3----3--3----3----3--3----3--------------------------------------|
E|-----3-----------------------------------1--2--3----3--3----3---3--3----3--|

         And oh,                   Something's telling me that to save myself, I might have to
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-1--1--2--3--3----3--3--3----3--3--3----3--3/8--8--8----1--1--1----1--1--1-|

  go and sedate myself, and join the reverie
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(this is an F7sus4, which I
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------4--4---|play by flattening my third
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------3--3--3---|finger accross the A D and G
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------3--3--3---|strings while playing the 4th
A|--1--2--3----3--3----3----3--3----3----3--3-------------------3--3--3--3---|fret on the B with my pinky)
E|---------------------------------------------1----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---|

Chorus:
             Eb
Oh, if I can take something
   Bb                           Gm         F
To make me feel better than I’m feeling now
F                               Eb
Then everything else will work itself out
Gm                         F
Everything else will work itself out
      Eb5 Bb/D Eb
Oh, if I can swallow something
Bb                                         Gm        F
Then people might like me better when I choke it down
F                              Cm
And everything else will work itself out
              Dm
Everything else will work its-

Verse 2:
  Oh,      I'll sit back helplessly and watch the world descend//  Into chaos
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------3--------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------3----------------------|
E|--3--3----3--3--3----3--3-------------------------------1----1----1--1--1--|

  Curated by suited men, and they all look like me
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--1--1-----1--2--3--------------0-----3----1----0---------|
E|--------3-------------0----3-------3-----------------3----|


e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------1h3--------|
D|-------------------------0-------2-----1--4--1h3--------3/5---|
A|-------1-----0--3--0h2------2h4-----4-------------------------|
E|--1h3-----3---------------------------------------------------|

  But oh,            Something, it has to start making sense
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------3/5--3--1--3---------------------------|
E|--3--3----3--3--3----3--3--3----3--3--------------------1----1----1--1----1--|

  But in my dreams I see no evidence//That this is happening
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------10/-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--1--1------1--2--3----3----3~----3--3--3----3--3--3-------------------------8/--|
E|--------3--------------------------------------------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1------|

Chorus:
      Eb5 Bb/D Eb
Oh, if I can take something
   Bb                           Gm         F
To make me feel better than I’m feeling now
F                               Eb
Then everything else will work itself out
Gm                         F
Everything else will work itself out
     Eb5 Bb/D Eb
Oh, if I can swallow something
Bb                                         Gm        F
Then people might like me better when I choke it down
F                              Cm
And everything else will work itself out
              Dm
Everything else will work its-


Sample:
N.C.
Hey, I think you’re really cool
N.C.
I like you a lot
N.C.
Hey, I think you’re really cool
N.C.
I like you-
N.C.
Hey, I think you’re really cool
N.C.
I like you a lot
N.C.
Maybe we can hang out or something


Bridge:
F
Everything else will work itself out
        Bb
I don’t care how
            Ebm          Bb          Ab   Bb
Just keep my head buried under the ground
Bb
And wait for everything to work out

Eb
(Hey, I think you’re really cool
Eb Bb/D Eb    F
I like you a lot
Eb                        Bb
Hey, I think you’re really cool
Dm
I like you-
Eb
Hey, I think you’re really cool
Eb Bb Eb    F
I like you a lot
Eb        Ebsus2
Maybe we can hang out or something)


Chorus:
             Eb
Oh, if I can take something
   Bb                           Gm         F
To make me feel better than I’m feeling now
F                               Eb
Then everything else will work itself out
Gm                         F
Everything else will work itself out
      Eb5 Bb/D Eb
Oh, if I can swallow something
Bb                                         Gm        F
Then people might like me better when I choke it down
F                              Cm
And everything else will work itself out
           Dm          Eb            F
Everything else will work itself out
F                          Gm        Bb
Everything else will work itself out
Bb                         Cm        Eb
Everything else will work itself out
Eb                           F
Everything else will work its-
F                         Gm         Bb
Everything else will work itself out
Bb                         Cm        Eb
Everything else will work itself out
Eb                           F
Everything else will work its-
F                         Gm         Bb
Everything else will work itself out
Bb                        Cm         Eb
Everything else will work itself out
Eb                           F
Everything else will work its-
F                        Gm
Everything else will work its-

Outro:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3--3--3----3--3--3----3--3/8--8--8----1--1--1----1--1--1----|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------x------------------------------------------------|
A|----1--2--3-----------------0------3----1----0------------------|
E|------------------0----3-------3-----------------1--2--3--------|


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| h   Hammer-on
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| x   Dead note

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