Chord/Tab song: You Better You Bet

You Better You Bet By The Who
From Face Dances, 1981

Acoustic: 12-string (right channel)
Electrics: 12-string (left) and 6-string (right); solo: 6-string (centered)

Acoustic Electrics
C x32013 x32013 ; x355xx and xx5588 (6-str only, 3rd verse)
(12-string) xxx013 (verse arpeggios)
F 1t33211 1tx3211 and 1t33211 and 133xxx
(12-string) xxx211 (verse arpeggios)
G 3tx0033 3tx5433 and 355xxx and 3x0033
(12-string) xxx433 (verse arpeggios)
Am x02210 x02210 and 5t77555
Gm 3tx0033 3tx0033
C/Bb 6x555x 6x555x and xx10 10 9 8 (12-str only)
F/A x03211 5tx(7)565 and x03211 (12-str only)
Abmaj7 4tx6543 4tx6543 and xx6888 (12-str only)
C/G 332010 3tx555x and 332010 (12-str only)
Gsus4 3tx5533 3tx5533
Dm x5t7765 xx0231 and x5t7765
Dsus2 x5t7765 xx0230
Ab 4tx6544 4tx6544
Eb/Bb x65343 6tx888x
Bb x1333x 6x8766
Ciix x3555x 8x10 10 988
Am/G 3x2210 3x2210
C5 x32013 x355xx
G/B x20003 x25xxx
Csus4/Bb xx10 10 88 (12-string only)
D xx0232 xx0232
Bm x24432 x24432
A x02255 x02255 and x022xx

[intro]

[synth arr for gtr; approx]
x4
||:C :||

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[palm mute]

[12-string acoustic] x4

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||-3--3--3-|-3--3-----||
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||[12-string electric]||

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||C | |Fsus2 |G ||
(You better you better you bet oo-ooh......)

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||-5--5--5|-----5--------5--------|-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5---||
||3--3--3-|--3--------3-----------|3---3----|5---5--5-||
||--------|-----------------------|---------|---------||

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||-3--3--3|-----3--------3--------|-3--3--3-|--3---3--||
||1--1--1-|--1--------1-----------|1--1--1--|-3-3-3-3-||
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x3
||:C | |Fsus2 |G :||
..ooh) (You better you better you bet oo-ooh.......)

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||-3---3---|3------------3---------|3---3----|5---5--5--||
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||--3--3--3|-----3--------3--------|-3--3--3-|--3---3---||
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[6-str elec gtr enters; 12-string arpeggios below]
||C | |F |G |
I call you on the telephone my voice too rough with cigarettes
(..oooh ) (oooh..)
[12-string elec]

||--3----------3-----|----3-----3-|----1---------1-----|----3----3--||
||-1-1-----1------1--|--1---1--1-1|--1---1-----1---1---|--3---3-3-3-||
||0----0-------------|0------0----|2--------2----------|4------4----||
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|C | |F
I sometimes feel I should just go home but I'm dealing with a memory
|G |
that never forgets
|C | |F |G |
I love to hear you say my name, especially when you say yes
|C | |F |
I got your body right now on my mind but I drunk myself blind to the

|G |Am | |Gm |F |C/Bb | |
sound of old T.Rex, hmmm To the

|F/A | |Abmaj7 | |C/G | |Gsus4 |G |
Sound of old T.Rex Oh, and who's next

[chorus]

|C | |F . |
When I say I love you you say you better
(You

|Am . G . |C | |F
When I say I need you you say you better
better you better you bet) (oooh )

|Am . G . |Dm |(Dsus2) Dm Am |G |
You better bet your life
(You better you better you bet) (bet your life)

| |Dm |(Dsus2) Am|G | |
or love will cut you, cut you like a knife
(love cut you like a knife)

[repeat verse]

I want those feeble-minded axes overthrown
I'm not into your passport picture, I just like your nose
You welcome me with open arms and open legs
I know only fools have needs but this one never begs

I don't really mind how much you love me
Ooh, a little is all right
When you say come over and spend the night, tonight, tonight

[repeat chorus]
When I say I love you you say you better,
(You better you better you bet ooooh)
When I say I need you you say you better,
(You better you better you bet ooooh)
You better bet your life, or love will cut you, cut you like a knife
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harm; 12-string only

|Ab |Eb/Bb |Bb |Ciix |
I lay on the bed with you, we could make some book of records

|Ab |Eb/Bb
Your dog keeps licking my nose

|Bb |Dm Am |G | |Dm Dsus2 Dm |
And chewing up all those letters saying you better

|Dsus2 Dm Am |G | |
You better bet your life

||: Am Am Am Am/G Am | Am Am Am Am/G Am |
You better love me all the time now

x2
| C5 C5 C5 G/B C5| C5 C5 C5 G/B C5 :||
You better shove me back into line now

[guitar solo]
|. Am Am Am G Am|. Am Am Am G Am |. C5C5C5G/B C5|. C5C5C5G/B C5|

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|---1-1------1--|------3/5-------|--5----0------|--------------|
|--2-2----------|----------------|--5----0--4/9-|--------------|
|-2-------------|----------------|----------5/10|-----------10-|
|0-----0-2h3----|0---------------|--------------|--------------|
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|. Am Am Am G Am|. Am Am Am G Am |. C5C5C5G/B C5|. C5C5C5G/B C5|

|-------5--5----|------5--5-5-5--|8-----7-/12~~~|~~~~~~~-------|
|--5-----5--5---|-------5--------|8-----8-/13~~~|~~~~~~~-------|
|---5--5---5----|---5----5h7-----|----9---------|~~~~~~~~~-|
|/7--7----------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
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[repeat verse]

I showed up late one night with a neon light for a visa
But knowing I'm so eager to fight can't make letting me in any easier
I know I've been wearing crazy clothes and I look pretty crappy
sometimes
But my body feels so good and I still sing a razor line every time
And when it comes to all night li[(Csus4/Bb]ving, [C/Bb)]I know what I'm giving
I've got it all down to a tee, and it's free

[repeat chorus; synth only - gtrs tacit]
When I say I love you, you say you better,
(You better you better you bet)
When I say I need you you say you better,
(You better you better you bet)

[repeat chorus]
When I say I love you you say you better,
(You better you better you bet ooooh)
And when I say I need you you scream you better, ooh
(You better you better you bet ooooh)

[repeat chorus; key change]
||D | |G |
When I say I love you you say you better
(oooh (You
[12-string]

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||--2---2--2-----|-2---------2-----2--|4----------|
||0------0-------|0-------------0-----|5----------|
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|Bm A |D | |G
And when I say I need you you say you better
better you better you bet) (oooh )

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|-------3----------2--||
|-------4----------2--||
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|Bm . A . ||
(You better you better you

||D | |G |
When I say I love you you say you better
bet) (oooh ) (You

|Bm . A . |D | |G
And when I say I need you you scream you better
better you better you bet ooooh )

|Bm . A . ||
(You better you better you

||G |A |G |A |G |A |G |A
You better bet your life
..bet)

|G |A |G |A |G
Or love will cut you just like a knife.