Better Than Nothing Chords & Tabs
Better Than Nothing Chords
"Better Than Nothing"
Artist: Jennifer Trynin
Album: Cockamamie (1994)
Artist website: http://www.jentrynin.com/
Tabbed by Lon Turner
loudlon@yahoo.com
Standard tuning (EADGBe)
Legend:
(0) = plucked open sixth string between chord changes
Chord list (refer to song for strumming patterns):
E |----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|
G |----------------------------|
D |-3---5---8---10---12---13---|
A |-3---5---8---10---12---13---|
E |-1---3---6---8----10---11---|
F G Bb C D Eb
INTRO:
D |---------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------|
E |--11-11-0-6--------------------------------0-|
Maybe we could talk in the shower
I'll bet we'd be gone in an hour
maybe we could leave all this behind
or we could just stay home
FILL:
D |-13--13-----8------|
A |-13--13-----8------|
E |-11--11--0--6------|
Eb Eb Bb
VERSE 1
Bb (0) Eb Eb (0)
Maybe we could pool all our money
Bb (0) Eb Eb (0)
Maybe head out west to the country
Bb (0) Eb Eb (0)
It'd be just like here but we'd be there
Bb Bb Bb
Or we could just stay home
PRE-CHORUS 1:
Eb C
It's better than nothing
Eb C
It's better than nothing...
...I'm feeling
CHORUS 1
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb F
Good............for now......I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb F G Bb
Good............for now, but I know that by
Eb G Eb Eb (0) Bb
Tomorrow I'll probably...come around...
VERSE 2
Bb (0) Eb Eb (0)
Maybe we can hang out all night
Bb (0) Eb Eb (0)
Do shots of whiskey and have a good fight
Bb (0) Eb Eb (0)
Finally figure out whos really right
Bb Bb Bb
I think I'll just stay home
PRE-CHORUS 2
Eb C
It's better than nothing
Eb C
It's better than nothing...yeah, yeah yeah
Eb C
It's better than nothing...I'm feeling
CHORUS 2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jennifer_trynin/better_than_nothing_crd.html ]
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb F
Good............for now......I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb F G Bb
Good............for now, but I know that by
Eb G
Tomorrow I'll probably...come around...
FILL:
E |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-13--13--13-13-13--3----5---8-8-8----|
A |-13--13--13-13-13--3----5---8-8-8----|
E |-11--11--11-11-11--1----3---6-6-6----|
INTERLUDE:
Eb F G Bb
For now things don't seem so bad
Eb F G Bb
I..........don't wanna know
F G
If I will...sink...or
C Eb
Swim my way to shore...yeah...
FILL: Eb Eb (0) Bb
VERSE 3:
Bb (0) Eb Eb (0)
Maybe we could talk in the shower
Bb (0) Eb Eb (0)
I bet we'd be gone...in an hour
Bb (0) Eb Eb (0)
Maybe we could leave all this behind
Bb
Or we could just stay home
...I'm feeling
CHORUS 3
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb F
Good............for now......I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good.............I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb F G Bb
Good............for now, but I know that by
Eb G
Tomorrow I'll probably...come around...
BREAKDOWN:
Eb D (0) Bb...F G Bb (x4)
OUTRO CHORUS
Bb
I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good..........I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good..........I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb F
Good..........for now....I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good..........I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb
Good..........I'm feeling
Eb D (0) Bb F G Bb
Good..........for now, but I know that by
Eb C
Tomorrow I'll probably come around
Eb Eb (0) Bb (hold and fade)
And you're done!