Better Off Without You (ver 2) by Clarks
Note: There are a lot of fills that I haven't had a chance
to transcribe. I really wanted this to be complete, but
time is hard to come by these days.
This will get ya started though....
Standard Tuning
Intro (2x):
Guitar 1
A E D D
e|--------------------2---2---2---2---------|
B|--------------------3---3---3---3---------|
G|----2---2---1---1---2---2---2---2---------|
D|----2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---------|
A|----0---0---2---2-------------------4-----|
E|------------0---0-------------------------|
Guitar 2 played over the melody Scott singing, "Ah, ah, ah, ah"
These are just some 1/2 step bends and a little hammer off
the 9th fret to the 7th.
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|----9b10b9---9b10b9---9b109b9---9h7-------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
Note: (no chords through the first two lines,
just the A, E, D bass line)
You are sultry, dirty, soft and hard
You are close to me and you're so far
A
And I'm thinking of the time we spent together
A
Now I'll bury this in my backyard
E
Sometimes I sit and wonder
E7
But I'll never dial your number 'cause
A E D
I'm having fun looking out for number one
A E D
And I'm doing all the things I like to do
A E D
I'm having fun 'cause I knew it all along
A E D
I'd be better off without you
Repeat intro 2x
(bass line)
You are guilty, pretty, high and low
You're a place to stay and a time to go
A (appregio) E D
And I'm searching through the things you left behind here
A E D
Now it's time for me to let it go
E
Sometimes I sit and wonder
E7
But I'll never dial that number 'cause
A E D
I'm having fun looking out for number one
A E D
And I'm doing all the things I like to do
A E D
I'm having fun 'cause I knew it all along
A E D
I'd be better off without you
A E D
I'd be better off without you
Bridge:
E
Late at night you pick up the telephone
E D
Call me up and cry 'cause you're all alone I don't care
E
Apologize for taking my cigarettes
E
Now it's time to feel all the side effects
D E
Missing the life you had RIFF
e-------------------|
b-----7--------7----| ANALOG CHORUS WITH A FAST
G---9---9----9---9--| LESLIE SOUND
D-9--------9--------|
A-------------------|
E-------------------|
SOLO (over A, E, D) - use the wah pedal throughout this. Also,
there is a fill leading up to the solo that I haven't worked out
yet.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------5b6------------------------------------------------|
G|---4b5--2-------6-----6--4--2--4b--4b5--6--4--2----2--4--2-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------4-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---9h5----7h5----9h5----7h5----9h5----7h5----7b9b7--5----------|
B|-------5------5------5------5------5------5------------5---3---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A E D
I'm having fun looking out for number one
A E D
And I'm doing all the things I like to do
A E D
I'm having fun 'cause I knew it all along
A E D
I'd be better off without you
A E D
I'd be better off without you
A E D
I'd be better off without you
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