------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Better Man - Steve Williams Band ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard, Capo 2 Note: Em takes the form of Em7 during picking Chords used: e|---0-----0-----2-----0-----3-----1-----| B|---1-----0-----3-----1-----3-----1-----| G|---0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----2-----| D|---2-----2-----0-----2-----0-----3-----| A|---3-----2-----x-----0-----2-----3-----| E|---x-----0-----x-----x-----3-----1-----| Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd Fret Intro & Verse picking: e|-------------0-----3------------------------3---------------0-----3-------------------------0-----| B|-------1-------1-----1----------0-----3-------3-------1-------1-----1----------3----------3---3---| G|-----0---0--------------------0---0-----0-----------0---0--------------------0---0------2-------2-| D|---2-------2-----2----------2-------2-----2-------2-------2-----2----------2-------2--0-----------| A|-3------------------------2---------------------3------------------------2------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Intro: - - - - Verse 1: It was 1985 When your son and I drove by And saw you standing there Outside the liquor store With a bottle in your hand Living the life you chose Pre-Chorus: I always wondered why We just drove on by I never saw you again Chorus: You never tried to be a better man You chose to run instead All of the guilt you carried Was written on your face I never knew the day you died Would take it all away Verse 2: Soon his mother died And all the locked up pain inside Began to rear its head And all the memories Like some old bad disease Was finally put to bed Pre-Chorus: I always wondered why We just drove on by But now I understand (Chorus) Bridge: - - - - (chorus) | / slide up | \ slide down | hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================