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Unread post by proudestmonkey41 » Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:00 pm

hey i was wondering if anyone could maybe post a vid, or audio of them playing this song. i can do the intro riff.. but the rest of the song just isnt comin to me. thanks a bunch!
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Unread post by pearljammer » Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:06 pm

Search for the PinkPop festival video on YouTube.
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Unread post by proudestmonkey41 » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:03 pm

i couldnt find it on there? searched about 15 times and couldnt find anything.
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Unread post by pearljammer » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:33 am

When you type in Betterman, it's the very first video. That being said, i actually think that some of the other vids on there may be better.
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Unread post by Easy E » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:43 am

pearljammer wrote:When you type in Betterman, it's the very first video. That being said, i actually think that some of the other vids on there may be better, man.



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Unread post by pearljammer » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:10 pm

Well done.

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Unread post by proudestmonkey41 » Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:01 am

okayy.. i stopped playing this for a while and magically it just clicked when i tried again.. except for the strumming pattern for the chorus...i know this is an odd request.. but since it doesnt sound too complicated could someone just tell me the DUDDUUDU for the chorus haha.. ill be able to figure it out using that and the song
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Unread post by Appfro » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:09 pm

are you using an open tuning for this? i was pretty sure that i wanted to learn this song but it was in an open tuning so i didn'mt cause i hate retuning my guitar. if not, can you post the tab?

edit: and don't worry so much about strumming patterns. play it how it's comfortable naturally to you and i guarentee that it'll be almost exactly how they play it. artists don't write down strum patterns. they just do what comes natural when they write the song
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Unread post by DrunkSam » Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:25 pm

If you watch Ed on some of the videos he's just moving around the D chord shape up and down the neck for the most part. Here's the tab from given to wail, it looks pretty accurate.

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Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: Better Man
Album: Vitalogy
Transcribed by: Chris Wilson, Correction by Mike Mabie, Lead by Evan Cowan
Email: yokel@zip.com.au
Last Updated - 03/30/99

Listen to CD for strumming patterns.
The picking in the chorus isn't 100% accurate but it's pretty close.
G1 is clean electric, G2 is an acoustic and G3 is an electric on moderate
distortion.
The bit before the intro is wierd, the chords are A#,C,G,Dm. 
It also has a weird timing, but thats all i could work out from it.

----------------------------------------0----------|--------------------------
----3-0-------3-0-------5-0---------5-----5---5\3--|--------------------------
----2---2-----2---2/4---4---4-----4---4-----4------|--------------------------
---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------
-2--------0h2--------0h4------0h4------------------|--------------------------
  Intro G1                                                                    

--------------------------------------|-----------------0------|-------|------
----3-0-----3-0-------5-0------5-0----|----6---6/8--8---8------|-------|------
----2---2---2---2/4---4---4----4---4\-|----5-5-5/7--7-7---7\5--|-7-7---|------
--------------------------------------|------------------------|-0-0-0-|------
--------------------------------------|------------------------|-x-x-x-|------
-2-------0h2-------0h2------0h2-------|--5------7--------------|-7-7-7-|------
 Verse G1         X2                    Pre-Chorus G1    X2                   

-------2-----------------------2-----------------3p2p0-2----------------------
---------3----2--------3-------3---3-3---2-------3-----3-3-3-----2-3p2-----3--
-----2-----2--2-2----0---0-----2-2-----2-2-2-----------2-2---2---2-2---0-0-0--
---0--------------2--0-----0-----------------2-0---------------0-2-2---0-0-0--
---------------------2-------------------------2-----------------------2-2-2--
---------------------3-------------------------3-----------------------3-3-3--
 Chorus G1                                                                    

-|2-2-2---5-5-5--5-5-5------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\--------|-------------------
-|3-3-3---5-5-5--5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\--3-----|-------------------
-|2-2-2-x-7-7-7--6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2--6-6-7-7-7-6-6-7\--0-0-0-|-------------------
-|------x-7-7-7--7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\--0-0-0-|-------------------
-|---------------------0-0-0-0-0--------------------2-2-2-|-------------------
-|--------------------------------------------------3-3-3-|-------------------
   Post-Chorus                                                                

--------------------------------0---------|--------------------------------|--
---------3-0--------5-0-----5-----5---5\3-|-3-0-----3-0-------4-0---4-0----|--
---2-2-2-2---2/4----4---4-4---4-----4-----|-2---2---2---2/4---5---5-5---5\-|--
------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--
------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--
--------2-------0h4-----------------------|2-----0h2-------0h4-------------|--
 Verse   G1                                 G1         X2                     

-------------------------------------|------x----------|----------------------
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6--x--8--8----|----8--8--8--8--8--8--
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5--x--7--7----|----7--7--7--7--7--7--
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0--x--0--0----|----0--0--0--0--0--0--
-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x--x--x--x----|----x--x--x--x--x--x--
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5--x--7--7----|----7--7--7--7--7--7--
 Verse G1 and G2                           X2         then                    

--2-2-0-0----0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3----2-2-3-2----0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3p2-0-2-|----------
--3-3-3-3----2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------
--2-2-2-2----2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--0-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|----------
--0-0-0-0----2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0----2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-------0-|----------
-------------0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2---------------0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2---------|----------
-------------------3-3-3-3-3---------------------3-3-3-3-3---------|----------
 Chorus G3                                                                    

-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3----2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2----5-5-5----
-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3----5-5-5----
-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--0-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2--x-7-7-7----
-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|--------x-7-7-7----
------------0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2---------------0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------
------------------3-3-3-3-3---------------------3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------
 G2 and G1                                                  Post-Chorus all   

-5-5-5-----------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-|-------------------------------------------
-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-2-6-6-7-7-7-6-6-7\-|-------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|-------------------------------------------
-------0-0-0-0-0------------------|-------------------------------------------
----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------
 guitars                                                                      

-3-3-x--3-3-x--|-3-3---------------------3-3-|-----------------------------|--
-3-3-x--3-3-x--|-3-3---------------------3-3-|-----------------------------|--
-0-0-x--0-0-x--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------------------|--
-0-0-x--0-0-x--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3/5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--
-2-2-x--2-2-x--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3/5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--
-3-3-x--3-3-x--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1/3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--
 G1 and G2       G1 and G2     -=simultaneously=- G3                          

-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-|-10-10----10--------------|---------------------|-
-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-|-10-10h12-10------10\8----|---------------------|-
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------11\---9\7----|---------------------|-
-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------|---------------------|-
-----------0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------------------|---------------------|-
-----------------3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------|---------------------|-
 Bridge G1 and G2            G3 fills  over Bridge  4x Back to Chorus G1 , G2 

-|-10----10-------------------|-----------------------------------------------
-|-10h12-10-------------------|-----------------------------------------------
-|----------11--9h11p9--7h9p7-|-----------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
 More G3 licks              2x                                                

-|-/14--14--14--14-14-14--12--12--10--10----10-10----------------|------------
-|-/15--15--15--15-15-15--14--14--12--10h12-12-10----------------|------------
-|------------------------------------------------9h11p9--7h9p7--|------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------
 Solo                                                                         

-|----------2-----------|--2--|-----14--|-------------------------------------
-|----------3-----------|-----|---------|-------------------------------------
-|----------2-----------|-----|-/14-----|-------------------------------------
-|----------0-----------|-----|---------|-------------------------------------
-|----------------------|-----|---------|-------------------------------------
-|----------------------|-----|---------|-------------------------------------
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Unread post by proudestmonkey41 » Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:23 pm

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/p/p ... r4_tab.htm

thats the tab ive been using
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