Fastball - Better Than It Was

      

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 Tuning: Standard
 
 This is my first attempt at a proper TAB...here goes.
 Notice that the chords are amazingly similar to those in 'Warm Fuzzy Feeling'
 
 Suggested voicings:
 
 A B D E5* F F#m

 e-0--2--2--x--1--2-|
 B-2--4--3--x--1--2-|
 G-2--4--2--x--2--2-|
 D-2--4--4--2--3--4-|
 A-0--2--5--2--3--4-|
 E-0--2--2--0--1--2-|
 

 
 *For E5, it's basically just hitting the E string with down strokes, but you can add more
 
 INTRO 
 
 >>in the intro and chorus chords, there's a small theme that goes like this:

 e-----------------------------------------------|
 B---2---2---3-2-0-2-0---------------------------|
 G---------------------2-------------------------|
 D-----------------------------------------------|
 A-----------------------------------------------|
 E-----------------------------------------------|
 

 >>this might be played on a different guitar, but if you're playing solo,
 >> try to play this with the chords in the chorus. Not too hard with the A chord, but
 in F#m 
   
 VERSE 1 
 
  A                           
 Once I had it all planned out
     B                       
 My dirty fingers moved about
     D             E             A     E5 
 To make a mess of everything around me
  A                          
 I don't claim to know my way
          B                      
 I still run in circles every day
  D                    E  
 Running around half blind
  F             E  
 Life can be unkind
 
 CHORUS 1 
 
                          A 
 But it's better than it was
                     F#m 
 It's better than it was
         D                 E   
 I complain very little because
                      A E5 
 It's better than it was
 
 VERSE 2 
 
  A                  
 I get to remembering
     B                      
 We had alot more money then
     D             E            A      E5 
 To make a mess of everything around us
  A                                
 Now the money comes and goes a bit
  B                             
 Faster than my confidence grows
  D          E  
 Everybody knows
               F                E        
 There ain't nothing new about money woes
 
 CHORUS 2 
 
                         A  
 But it's better than it was
                     F#m 
 It's better than it was
                     D  E 
 It's better than it was
                      F#m           
 It's better than we ever could have
 E                A 
 Wished it to before
 
 BRIDGE 
 
 F#m            E      
 It was bad a while ago
 F7                   E 
 Better than this I know
 
 SOLO - timing is approximate 
 

 e----------------------------------4-7---7---7-7---7-7-6---4--------|
 B------------------4---4-4-4-4-5-7-----------------------------7----|
 G----4---4---4-6----------------------------------------------------|
 D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B----7-7---5---4-5---7-7---5---4-5---5-5---4-----4---4-5---4-----4--|
 G----------------------------------------------6---------------6----|
 D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 

 CHORUS - everything up a tone 
 
                          B 
 But it's better than it was
                     G#m 
 It's better than it was
         E                 F#  
 I complain very little because
                      B 
 It's better than it was
 
 * B, with that theme, for the rest *
 Better than it was .....