Bruce - Better Days guitar tab
Bruce Sprinsteen: "Better Days"
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Well my soul checked out missin' as I sat listenin'
E
To the hours and minutes tickin' away.
E c#-minor
Yeah, just sittin around waitin' for my life to begin
f#-minor
While it was all just slippin' away
f#-minor A
Well I'm tired of waitin' for tomorrow to come
E
For the train to come rollin' 'round the bend
E c#-minor
I got a new suit of clothes and a pretty red rose
f#-minor
A women I can call my friend
F#-minor A
CHORUS 1:
These are Better Days, baby
A E
Yeah, there's Better Days shinin' through
E A
These are Better Days, baby
A E
Better Days with a girl like you
f#-minor A E
Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss
E
It's like eatin' cavier in the dirt
E c#-minor
It's a sad funny ending when you find yourself pretending
f#-minor
To be a rich man in a poor man's shirt
f#-minor A
Now my ass was draggin from a passin' gypsy wagon
E
Your heart like a diamond shown
E c#-minor
Tryin' to lay it in your arms, count the lucky charms
f#-minor
Get out of these hard luck bones
CHORUS 2
These are Better Days, baby
A E
Yeah, there's Better Days shinin' through
E A
These are Better Days, baby
A E
Better Days are shining through
A B E
: A c#-minor F#-minor A E
Now a life of leisure, and a pirate's treasure
E
Don't make much for tragedy.
E c#-minor
It's a sad man, my friend, whose livin' in his own skin,
f#-minor
And can't stand the company.
f#-minor A
Every fools got a reason to feel sorry for himself
E
And turning his heart to stone
E c#-minor
Drag this fool half way to heaven, just a mile on to hell
f#-minor
And I feel like I'm comin' home!
F#-minor A
CHORUS 1
CHORUS 2 etc...
Corrections welcome!
Lyrics transcribed by:
Roger Carasso
carasso@inference.com
Chords (and minor lyric changes) transcribed by:
Suzy Shaw
suzshaw@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
Solo:
e 5 7
B 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5^7 7v5 3 5 5^7 (7v5 5-3 7
G 2 2 2/4 4 4 4) 4 7 2 2 2-4 2
D 2(-4) 2 0
A
E
e 0
B 3 3 3 3
G 2 2(-4) 2 2 2
D 2(-4) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 2
E
Explanation (some of the symbols I use are not standard, I'm afraid)
2/4 fret the 2nd, play it, then slide to the 4th
5^7 bend 5th till it sounds like the 7th
7v5 start with a 5th bended up to 7th, play it and release the bend to a
normal 5th
(...) play what's inside the brackets, but with your left hand only
(i.e., do not hit the strings with your right hand)
5-3 pull off from 5 to 3
2-4 hammer-on from 2 to 4
Have fun,
Mark.
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