ARTIST: Jennifer Knapp (www.jenniferknapp.com)
SONG: Better Off
ALBUM: Letting Go (2010)
TRANSCRIBED BY: Megan Gandy (meganegandy (at) gmail.com)
Key: Bb/Gm
Capo: 3
Tuning: Standard
Chords (relative to capo):
Em: 022000
C2: X32033
G: 320033
D/F#: 200232
Em7: 022033
Am: X02210
INSTRUCTIONS: The verse has hammer-on's included in the strum pattern.
Once you play it with the song, you will get a feel for where she puts the
pattern. But, to use as a general guide, here's some written instructions:
When playing the Em in the Verse, hammer-on the A-string from open fret to 2.
When playing the C2 in the Verse, hammer-on the D-strong from open fret to 2.
INTRO: Em
VERSE 1:
Em
Wish I'd known the way
C2
Wish I'd found the door
Em
Wish I took the path
C2
You showed me before
CHORUS:
G
'cause I'd be better off
D/F#
I'd be a better man
Em
If I was what you want
C2
And not what I am
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jennifer_knapp/better_off_crd.html ]
VERSE 2: (same chords as Verse 1)
Careful what you wish
I am a dream come true
Now I'm someone else
Who only wanted you
REPEAT CHORUS
CHORUS CONTINUED:
G
I don't fear the break
D/F#
I can't feel the bend
Am
If its what you want
C2 D
Then I know, I know I can
BRIDGE:
C2
Please believe in me
Em
Don't be leaving me
C2 Em
I won't be thrown away
C2
Please believe in me
Em
Don't be leaving me
C2
I try to make it plain that
D Em
I can change, I can change
VERSE 3: (same chords as Verse 1)
Wish I'd known the way
Wish I could find the door
That can take us back
To where we were before
CHORUS: (same chords as above)
Where we were better off
I was a better man
I was what you want
And not what I am
CHORUS CONTINUED:
I don't fear the break
I can't feel the bend
If its what you want
Then I know, I know I can
CHORUS REPEATED:
'Cause I'd be better off
I'd be a better man
If it's what you want
Then I know I can
