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    Pearl Jam
    Song Name:
    Better Man
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    Date Added:
    Dec 10, 2005
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    guitar tab
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Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: Betterman
Album: Vitalogy
Transcribed by: adam bowen
Email: adam_assassin@hotmail.com

there's quite a few versions of this song already on here, but none of them are quite accurate.  This is the way me and my band play it and this is how Eddie plays it live.

-------------------------------------------------0----------------------------
----3-0--------3-0-----------5-0-----------5---5---5--------------------------
----2---2------2---2---------4---4-------4---4--------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2---------0h2--------0h2/4---------0h4---------------------------------------
 Intro/Verse: For this you'll have to use a Dsus4 chord and slide it up...    

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---6-6-------6-----8-8-------8------------------------------------------------
---5---5---5-------7---7---7--------------------------------------------------
---------0---------------0----------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-5--------------7-------------------------------------------------------------
 Pre-Chorus: Use the same chord formations as the verse, just slide them up.  

-2------------0-------------3------------2--------------0--------3------------
-3------------2-------------3------------3--------------2--------3------------
-2------------2-------------0------------2--------------2--------0------------
-0------------2-------------0------------0--------------2--------0------------
-0------------0-------------2------------0--------------0--------2------------
-0------------0-------------3------------0--------------0--------3------------
    

-2-------------0----------3------------2--------------0--0--0--0--------------
-3-------------2----------3------------3--------------2--3--2--3--------------
-2-------------2----------0------------2--------------2--2--2--2--------------
-0-------------2----------0------------0--------------2--2--2--2--------------
-0-------------0----------2------------0--------------0--0--0--0--------------
-0-------------0----------3------------0--------------0--0--0--0--------------
          

--0--0--------2--3--2--3----2--3--------0--0--------0--0---------3------------
--2--3--------3--3--3--3----3--3--------2--3--------2--3---------3------------
--2--2--------2--2--2--2----2--2--------2--2--------2--2---------0------------
--2--2--------0--0--0--0----0--0--------2--2--------2--2---------0------------
--0--0--------0--0--0--0----0--0--------0--0--------0--0---------2------------
--0--0--------0--0--0--0----0--0--------0--0--------0--0---------3------------
  

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--3---3----3----3----3---3--5----5----5----5----5----5---5--5---6-----6-------
--2---2----2----2----2---2--4----4----4----4----4----4---4--4---5-----5-------
--0---0----0----0----0---0--0----0----0----0----0----0---0--0---0-----0-------
--0---0----0----0----0---0--0----0----0----0----0----0---0--0---0-----0-------
--2---2----2----2----2---2--4----4----4----4----4----4---4--4---5-----5-------


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-8----8--------6----6----6----6----6---8---8----8----8----8-------------------
-7----7--------5----5----5----5----5---7---7----7----7----7-------------------
-0----0--------0----0----0----0----0---0---0----0----0----0-------------------
-0----0--------0----0----0----0----0---0---0----0----0----0-------------------
-7----7--------5----5----5----5----5---7---7----7----7----7-------------------
            

--2------0------3------2---------0--0------2--3-------------------------------
--3------2------3------3---------2--3------2--3-------------------------------
--2------2------0------2---------2--2------2--2-------------------------------
--0------2------0------0---------2--2------0--0-------------------------------
--0------0------2------0---------0--0------0--0-------------------------------
--0------0------3------0---------0--0------0--0-------------------------------
 then it's the chorus again, same as the first one, only faster and strum     

--2------0------3------2------------------------------------------------------
--3------2------3------3------------------------------------------------------
--2------2------0------2------------------------------------------------------
--0------2------0------0------------------------------------------------------
--0------0------2------0------------------------------------------------------
--0------0------3------0------------------------------------------------------
 the end G chord 3 times.  After that it's just D-A-G-D until the end.