{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":583938,"song":"Better Man","artist":"Steve Williams Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11570894-better-man-chords-by-steve-williams-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/583938?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTuning: Standard, Capo 2\r\nNote: Em takes the form of Em7 during picking\r\n\r\nChords used:  \r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\ne|---0-----0-----2-----0-----3-----1-----|\r\nB|---1-----0-----3-----1-----3-----1-----|\r\nG|---0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----2-----|\r\nD|---2-----2-----0-----2-----0-----3-----|\r\nA|---3-----2-----x-----0-----2-----3-----|\r\nE|---x-----0-----x-----x-----3-----1-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\nStandard Tuning, Capo 2nd Fret\r\n\r\nIntro & Verse picking:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-------------0-----3------------------------3---------------0-----3-------------------------0-----|\r\nB|-------1-------1-----1----------0-----3-------3-------1-------1-----1----------3----------3---3---|\r\nG|-----0---0--------------------0---0-----0-----------0---0--------------------0---0------2-------2-|\r\nD|---2-------2-----2----------2-------2-----2-------2-------2-----2----------2-------2--0-----------|\r\nA|-3------------------------2---------------------3------------------------2------------------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]Em7[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was 1985[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen your son and I drove by[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd saw you standing there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOutside the liquor store[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a bottle in your hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving the life you chose[/tab]\r\n\r\nPre-Chorus:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI always wondered why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe just drove on by[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI never saw you again[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou never tried to be a better man[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou chose to run instead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll of the guilt you carried[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas written on your face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI never knew the day you died[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould take it all away[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSoon his mother died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd all the locked up pain inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBegan to rear its head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all the memories[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLike some old bad disease[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas finally put to bed[/tab]\r\n\r\nPre-Chorus:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI always wondered why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe just drove on by[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut now I understand[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\nBridge: [ch]F[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]F[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n(chorus)\r\n\r\n| /  slide up\r\n| \\  slide down\r\n[tab]| [ch]H[/ch]  hammer-on\r\n| p  pull-off[/tab]\r","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTuning: Standard, Capo 2\nNote: Em takes the form of Em7 during picking\n\nChords used:  \n\n\nStandard Tuning, Capo 2nd Fret\n\nIntro & Verse picking:\n\n\n\nIntro: C - Em - C - Em7 - D\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-Chorus:\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-Chorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\nBridge: F - C - F - C - D\n\n(chorus)\n\n| /  slide up\n| \\  slide down","chords":["Em","C","D","Am","G","F","B","A","E","Em7","H"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}