Better Than

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Better Than - Lake Street Dive
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Tabbed by: Emmett Mills
Tuning: Standard

Here's a quick sketch of the most important parts of the bassline

Bass line over C chord:

E|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--3------3-3-3------3-3-3-3-------3-3-3------3-3---------------| 
E|-----3h5--------3h5-----------3h5--------3h5-----5-3-----------| 

Bass line over "Better Than" part:

E|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------5--3-3-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-1--0-0--------3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------| 

Intro:  C

C
I could spend ages reading the news

I could spend days, singing the blues
G
But I turn up the tv light
Am
Give up without a fight

F                                                      G  Gsus4  G
Better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's right

C
I could spend ages asking myself why

There's a million ways that I could say goodbye
G
But I turn down the lights
Am
Come on baby come inside
F                             G  Gsus4  G
Better then being some fool's bride
F                                                      G  Gsus4  G
Better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's right


Trumpet solo over C chord

G
Turn down the lights
Am
Come on baby, come inside
F                                                      G  Gsus4  G
Better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's right
F                             G  Gsus4  G
Better than being some fool's bride
          F                                                      G 
Well it's better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's 
Gsus4 G
right
                            F         G  Gsus4  G
Oh what's wrong, and what's right


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note

• Am
• C
• F
• G
• Gsus4