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Better Together Tabs

(ver. 1)
Jack Johnson
Tuning: Standard [EADGBE]

This tab is 100% perfect.  This is how he plays it on the album, on AOL sessions, and
in concert.  Nobody got the bridge right, and nobody nailed the ending solo either.
There is *NO CAPO* for this song!  It’s a basic strum pattern followed throughout the
entire song, so once you get it down you’re good to go.  Pluck the first note of the
chord, finger-strum the chord *up* and then knock the chord (mute it). Jack uses this
in a ton of his songs.


Introduction solo:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------12------10------7-------7-----7------10-------12-------10----10---|
D-10/12---12\10----10\7---7\5-----5/7---7/10----10/12----12/10----10-----|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------8-|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse: [strum pattern: pluck, strum up, tap/beat/mute for the entire song!
Even chorus and bridge!] *the notes in () are optional*
E-------8--x-------8--x-------5-x-------3-x-------6—x-------3-x-------8—-x-|
B-------10-x-------10—x-------6-x-------5-x-------6-x-------3-x-------8—-x-|
G-------10-x-------10-x-------7-x-------5-x-------7-x-------3-x-------9—-x-|
D-------10-x-------10—x-------7-x-------5-x-------8-x-------5-x-------10-x-|
A-(8)-8-8--x-(7)-7-7--x—(5)-5-5-x-(3)-3-3-x-------8-x-------5-x-------10-x-|
E----------x----------x---------x---------x-(6)-6-6-x-(3)-3-3-x-(8)-8-8—-x-|

Chorus: [slide down on the first chord only and use strum pattern]
E-7\6---------8---------------------|
B-7\6---------8---------------------|
G-8\7---------9---------------------|
D-9\8---------10--------------------|
A-9\8---------10--------------------|
E-7\6---------8---------------------|

Bridge: [the part no one got right! Continue with strum pattern]
E-3------------------------3---------------------|
B-3------------------------5---------------------|
G-3------------------------5---------------------|
D-5------------------------5---------------------|    (repeat x3)
A-5------------------------3---------------------|
E-3------------------------3---------------------|
    i believe in memories…             …pretty when i sleep…

E-6------------------------8----------------------|
B-6------------------------8----------------------|
G-7------------------------9----------------------|
D-8------------------------10---------------------|
A-8------------------------10---------------------|
E-6------------------------8----------------------|
…not enough time…                 … song I could sing…

Outro solo [tabbed to perfection]
e ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G ------12------10------7-------7-----7------10-------12-------10----10-|
D 10/12---12\10----10\7---7\5-----5/7---7/10----10/12----12/10----10----|
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e------13-------10------8------10------13------15-------13-------10----------|
B10/13----13\10----10\8---8/10----10/13---13/15----15/13----13/10----10\8/10-|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
            
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