Song: Better Now
Band: Collective Soul
Album: Youth
Legend:
R - Rest
w - whole note
q - quarter note
e - eighth note
(1) - note tied to previous note. Don't strum it.
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
BPM - 123
This tab is perfect. I sat and listened to the song repeatedly while
tabbing it out using Guitar Pro. Then I synced them together to play at the
same time and it's a perfect match, notes and timing. Enjoy.
Intro:
(0:00)
G||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
D||-----------|-----2-0---|-----------|-----------||
A||-2-2-2-2-R-|-R-R-----0-|-2-2-2-2-R-|-R-R---0---||
E||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----2---2-||
e e e e h h e e e e e e e e h h e e e e
G||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
D||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----2-0---||
A||-R---------|-R---------|-R---------|-R-R-----0-||
E||-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
w w w h e e e e
Verse: _____________ ______________
(0:16) /1. /2
G||------------|-----------|-----------|------------|---------------||
D||o-----------|-----2-0---|-----------|-----------o|-------0---0---||
A||o-2-2-2-R-R-|-R-R-----0-|-2-2-2-R-R-|-R-R---0---o|-R-R-----------||
E||------------|-----------|-----------|-----2---2--|-----2---2---2-||
e e e e h h e e e e e e e e h h e e e e q e e e e e e
Chorus:
(0:32)
G||------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D||o-----------0-4-0-|-(0)-0-----0-------|-----------0-------|
A||o-2-R---R-2-------|-------0-R---4-2-0-|-(0)-0-4-R---4-2---|
E||------2-----------|-------------------|-----------------3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G||------------------||
D||-----------------o||
A||-------R-0-0-4-0-o||
E||-(3)-3------------||
e e e q e e e
Bridge 1
(0:48)
G||------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D||------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A||-R----------------|-R-----------------|-R-----------------|
E||------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
w w w
G||------------------||
D||------------------||
A||-R-R--------------||
E||-----------2/10\3-||
h e e e e
Verse:
(0:56)
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||o-----------------|-----------2-0---|-----------------|
A||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-----0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
__________________ _________________
/1. /2.
G||------------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------o|---------0-------||
A||-2-2-2-2-2---0---o|-2-2-2-------0---||
E||-----------2---2--|-------2---2---2-||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/collective_soul/better_now_btab_ver_2.html ]
Chorus:
(1:11)
G||------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D||o-----------0-4-0-|-(0)-0-----0-------|-----------0-------|
A||o-2-R---R-2-------|-------0-R---4-2-0-|-(0)-0-4-R---4-2---|
E||------2-----------|-------------------|-----------------3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G||------------------||
D||-----------------o||
A||-------R-0-0-4-0-o||
E||-(3)-3------------||
e e e q e e e
Bridge 2 - The worlds done shaking...
(1:27)
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-R---------------|-R---------------|-R---------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
w w w
G||-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-R---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
w e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-R---------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e w
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-R---------------|-R---------------|-R---------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
w w w
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G||------------------||
D||------------------||
A||-2-2-2-2-2--------||
E||-----------2/10\3-||
e e e e e e e e
Chorus (repeat 4x)
(1:58)
G||------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D||o-----------0-4-0-|-(0)-0-----0-------|-----------0-------|
A||o-2-R---R-2-------|-------0-R---4-2-0-|-(0)-0-4-R---4-2---|
E||------2-----------|-------------------|-----------------3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G||------------------||
D||-----------------o||
A||-------R-0-0-4-0-o||
E||-(3)-3------------||
e e e q e e e
Outro
(2:29)
G||------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D||o-----------0-4-0-|-(0)-0-----0-------|-----------0-------|
A||o-2-2---R-2-------|-------0-R---4-2-0-|-(0)-0-4-R---4-2---|
E||------2-----------|-------------------|-----------------3-|
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
G||------------------||
D||-----------------o||
A||-------R-0-0-4-0-o||
E||-(3)-3------------||
e e e q e e e
After this, the bassist just runs variations of the chorus. Instead
of tabbing it out, I'll leave it up to you to play around with it for
a few bars as the music fades out. Have Fun.
