Betterman Ver 1 by John Butler Trio
John Butler Trio - Betterman ver 1 guitar tab
Betterman
There are only two versions with the full song that ive seen out there but they were all missing
little parts in them so re tabbed the whole song and included all the exrta little things that gives the song
character. This tab i think is much more accurate than previous tabs. I also use a different type
of tuning that i made up which allows the whole song to be played very easy but only two strings
need to be tuned which is much easier than CGCGCE as it takes a long time. This is a very
convenient tuning to use and i highly recoment you use it. Please note that the X's in the intro
represent hand slaps which is vital in making this song sound right. Get them right and it always works!
ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Intro
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0----------------------------------------------3h5-3p0-0---X-----------X-|
D|--5-5------3-5-5p3----/8--8------8-10-10p8-----3-3-X----------0-X-3-3--3/5--X-|
A|--5-5---/5---------5--/8-----/10-----------10--3-3-X------------X-----------X-|
D|--5-5-----------------/8-----------------------3-3-X------------X-----------X-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------5------------|
|----------------------------------------------------10-10-10-10----5--5-3p0-0---|
|-----3----------/5-X-----3-5-5p3-----/8-X--8-8-10-8-10-10-10-10--3-3----------3-|
|-3-5---5-3h5p3--/5-X--/5---------5---/8-X--8-8-10-8-8--8--8--8---3--------------|
|----------------/5-X-----------------/8-X--8-8-8--8-8--8--8--8---3--------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------5h7p5---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-X---------X--------7-53-3h5p3---------------------------------------------------|
|-X-3-3/5-5-X--------------------3/5--5-5-X-----3-5-5p3----/8-8-X-----8-10-10p8----|
|-X---------X-------------------------5-5-X--/5---------5--/8-8-X-/10-----------10-|
|-------------------------------------5-5-X----------------/8-8-X------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-X-5p0-X------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-----X-----X-3-5-5-X-------3----------5-5-X-----3-5-5p3----8-8-X--8h10--|
|-3-3-----X-----X---5-5-X—3h5p3---5-3h5p3--5-5-X--/5---------5--8-8-X--------|
|-3-3---------------5-5-X------------------5-5-X----------------8-8-X--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------X-----------X-5-3p0-0---X---------X---|
|-10p8------X-------3-3-X---------0-X-3-3-3/5-X---|
|------8/10-X-10/3--3-3-X-----------X---------X---|
|-----------X-------3-3-X-----------X---------X---|
Verse
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-/5--5-5---/8--8-8---/3--3-3---/5--5-5--|
|-/5--5-5---/8--8-8---/3--3-3---/5--5-5--|
|-/5--5-5---/8--8-8---/3--3-3---/5--5-5--|
Chorus
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-1-1-1----/8-8-8----3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1----/8-8-8----3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1----/8-8-8----3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Fill
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-/7--------------/12------------------------------------------------|
|----------/7------5------------------------------------53p0-3/5p0----------------|
|-/5--5-X------------5-/8--8-X------8-/10-8----/3--3-X--------------3-X-3-3-3/5-X--|
|-/5--5-X--------------/8--8-X--------------10-/3--3-X----------------X-----3/5-X--|
|-/5--5-X--------------/8--8-X-----------------/3--3-X----------------X-----3/5-X--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----5-/7-5---------------------------------------/12------------|
|-/7---/7---5----------53p0-3/5p0--------------------10-/12-10--|
|--------------/5--5-X-------------3-X-3--/8--8-X----------------|
|--------------/5--5-X---------------X----/8--8-X----------------|
|--------------/5--5-X---------------X----/8--8-X----------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------53p0-3/5p0----------------|
|-/3--3-X--------------3-X-3-3-3/5~---|
|-/3--3-X----------------X-----3/5~---|
|-/3--3-X----------------X-----3/5~---|
SOLO
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----7~---75--------0---------------------------------------------------5/7--7-109-|
|-/7----------5--53--------0-0------0-----3-/5--5/65-0-5/65-0-5/65-0-----7-------|
|----------------------3/5-------3/5---3/5-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------15/12--|
|---------7--------------------5-------3---2------7------12----12----12-----14/12--|
|-10--------7-7-7-7/87-7--5/7---0-3/5---0-0---/7---7/12----12----12----12---------|
|----10~---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12p10-12p10-10/12~~~~/---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------8h10-10-10p8h10p8h10br-8h10p8-10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10br--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------10------10-12-12b-12-10----10-------|
|-8h10p8-10p8h10p8h10p8h10p8h10br-8h10p8----8/10-----------------10----108--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play this whole part very fast......
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------10-10-10-12-12p10-10-12br-12-10----10-|
|-------------------------------10-12p10h12p10---------------------------------12----|
|-8-10-10p8-10p8h10p8-10br-8-10------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
........................................................................and so on
|----------------------------------------------------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--|
|-10-12-12-12-12-12p10----10-12-12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
|----------------------12-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This bit is quite difficult to get sounding right but play it like it is but very fast
and it sounds good. Also, use only the slide, but try and make the movements as quike as possible
as if you were trying to make it not sound like a slide. This is the best way to explain how to play it.
SLIDE SLIDE SLIDE SLIDE SLIDE SLIDE SLIDE SLIDE SLIDE
|-/14------------------------------------|-12------------------------------------|
|-/14-1210-10----12--------10/----12-12-|-12-10--------10/-------10--------10/--|
|-------------/12----12-12-----12-------|--------10-12-10/-10-10----10-12-10/--|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------(X3)-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------/13-------------------|
|-125---5/7-7-7-12-12-12--12-5-----7---7-7--1210-/12--------13-10--/12-12-12--|
|-125-5-------------------12---5-5---5------1210-----12~-----------/12-12-12--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------X-X---X-X---X-X-|------------------------------------------|
|-1210-10-10-10-10\0--X-X---X-X---X-X-|------------------------------------------|
|-1210-10-10-10-10\0--X-X---X-X---X-X-|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------X-X---X-X---X-X-|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------X-X---X-X---X-X-|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------X-X---X-X---X-X-|-/5--2-/8--5-/10--8-10/1110-8-108-8-/5-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------5-5-5-5----/5-5-5-3-5--/8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------------------------/3----3---------3---------------------------|
|-5-5-3-5-5/8-8-8-8-83-3-3-3/5--5----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/5-5-5-3-5--5—8--3/5-5-5-3-5----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------5------------------|
|--------------------------------10-10br-10--8-10--10-85-5--8-8--8-10-10br--|
|--------------------------------------------|-15-15-13-13--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------14-14-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------1-1--1-3-3br--1-1--1-3-3br-|--------------------------------|
|-8-8--8-10-10br-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----10---------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-----7-X----7-7--|
|-----10---------------------------5-----------------------7-7-7-7-----7-X----7-7--|
|-8-8----8-8h10-8--------------3-3---3-3h5-5-3-3-3-3-3--/5----------/5---X-/5------|
|-8-8-------------8-8-8-8-8-8--3-3-----3h5-5-3-3-3-3-3--/5----------/5-----/5------|
|-8-8--------------------------3-3-------------3-3-3-3--/5----------/5-----/5------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------5-5----------------10h12-10-10-------------------------------------|
|-------5h7-----7-7-7/---------------------12-12-12--------3h5-3-3------------|
|-5-5-5-----------------8-8-8------------------------3-3-3----------5-5-5-5-5/-|
|-5-5-5-----------------8-8-8------------------------3-3-3---------------------|
|-5-5-5-----------------8-8-8------------------------3-3-3---------------------|
Play the other sections like the first one
|----------------------|--------|---------|--------|--------|
|------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------7-|------10-|------5-|------7-|
|------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------7-|------10-|------5-|------7-|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-/5-5-5-|-/8-8-8--|-/3-3-3-|-/5-5-5-|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-/5-5-5-|-/8-8-8--|-/3-3-3-|-/5-5-5-|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-/5-5-5-|-/8-8-8--|-/3-3-3-|-/5-5-5-|
|--------|---------|--------|---------|
|------7-|------10-|------5-|------5--|
|------7-|------10-|------5-|------5--|
|-/5-5-5-|-/8-8-8--|-/3-3-3-|-/3-3-3--|
|-/5-5-5-|-/8-8-8--|-/3-3-3-|-/3-3-3--|
|-/5-5-5-|-/8-8-8--|-/3-3-3-|-/3-3-3--|
Play the other sections like the first one
|---------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----||
|---------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----||
|---------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----||
|-8-5-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|-8-X-X-|-3-X-X-|-5-X-X-|-5-X-X-|-8-X-X-|-3-X-X-|-5~--||
|-8-5-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|-8-X-X-|-3-X-X-|-5-X-X-|-5-X-X-|-8-X-X-|-3-X-X-|-5~--||
|-8-5-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|-8-X-X-|-3-X-X-|-5-X-X-|-5-X-X-|-8-X-X-|-3-X-X-|-5~--||
Betterman I am since I
Come into contact with you
And you taught so many things about myself
and you know this is true
but now we are apart and its all my fault
cos you know I need to be alone
Don't know myself
so how can I share me with you girl or anyone
Don't want to be a thorn in your side
good woman
Always be the one
to make you cry
Don't wanna be that guy
Good woman
cos you deserve everything
and I got nothing so leave me
and i'll go away better off I stay
Far from you,
because you are beautiful
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
Now typical man
I am because you think
I want my cake and eat it too
Cos say I can't be in a relationship
but I still feel for you
Cos you are the best woman
This old man has ever met
You taught me about my soul
you shared with me your magic
Don't want to be a thorn in your side
good woman
Always be the one
to make you cry
Don't wanna be that guy
Good woman
cos you deserve everything
and I got nothing so leave me
and i'll go away better off I stay
Far from you,
because you are beautiful
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