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Better Than - Lake Street Dive
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Tabbed by: Emmett Mills
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
Here's a quick sketch of the most important parts of the bassline
Bass line over C chord:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3------3-3-3------3-3-3-3-------3-3-3------3-3---------------|
E|-----3h5--------3h5-----------3h5--------3h5-----5-3-----------|
Bass line over "Better Than" part:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------5--3-3-------------------------------------------------|
E|-1--0-0--------3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------|
Intro: C
[C]I could spend ages reading the news
I could spend days, singing the blues
[G]But I turn up the tv light
[Am]Give up without a fight
[F]Better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's [G]rig[Gsus4]ht[G]
[C]I could spend ages asking myself why
There's a million ways that I could say goodbye
[G]But I turn down the lights
[Am]Come on baby come inside
[F]Better then being some fool's [G]bri[Gsus4]de[G]
[F]Better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's [G]rig[Gsus4]ht[G]
Trumpet solo over C chord
[G]Turn down the lights
[Am]Come on baby, come inside
[F]Better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's [G]rig[Gsus4]ht[G]
[F]Better than being some fool's [G]bri[Gsus4]de[G]
Well it's [F]better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's [G]ri[Gsus4]ght[G]
Oh what's wrong, and what's [F]right[G][Gsus4][G]
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note