Grant Lee Buffalo
Copperopolis - 1996
CHORDS
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Vladimir Roman
Tune guitar down half a step to play along: Eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb.
10. BETTER FOR US
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Comments:
1. Piano chords
Bass Chords
F#maj7 F# f# - a# - c# - f
A6 (here) A a - c# - f#
Amaj7 A a - c# - e - g#
Bsus2 B d# - f# - c#
2. Guitar chords:
F#maj7 Amaj7 A6 Bsus2
e[1] e[0] e[2] e[2]
b[2] e[2] e[2] e[2]
g[3] e[1] e[2] e[4]
d[4] e[2] e[2] e[4]
a[x] e[0] e[0] e[2]
e[x] e[x] e[x] e[2]
3. The Bsus2 on the guitar sounds worse than the Bsus2 on the piano.
But anyway it's the best variant that I could make up.
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Intro:
Figure 1: x2
F# B F# B
e[---------------------------------------------------1--2--]
b[--2-----2--4-----------4--2---2-----2--4-----------------]
g[-----3--------3--1---------------3--------3--1-----------]
d[--------------------4---------------------------4--------]
Verse 1:
F# B F#
Soon we'll count the rings inside all one by one
C# F#(maj7)
Wondering if I could point to the place
C# F#maj7 A6
Where we first slept 'neath it's branches
Bsus2
Oh oh
F# B F#
Leaves once rose like an ocean we swam when we were boys
C# F#(maj7)
This one was all things a mansion a fortress
C# F#maj7 A6
And as we matured it was shade for
Bsus2 F#maj7
The secrets that we passed along
Chorus:
B Amaj7
But this oak has grown old wither-wrung
B Amaj7
It threatens to fall
B Amaj7
Better for us if the axe splits the trunk they say
Verse 2:
F# B F#
On your tip toes a ten-penny nail jutting high in the bark
C# F#(maj7)
Relics of tree houses built and torn down
C# F#maj7 A6
Places we hid after dark oh
Bsus2
Oh oh
F# B F#
Please please lend some belief to this hard wasted ground
C# F#(maj7)
Where little green soldiers and Indians fought
C# F#maj7 A6
This is the burial mound of
Bsus2 F#maj7
My youth and my innocence
Chorus:
B Amaj7
But this oak has grown old wither-wrung
B Amaj7
It threatens to fall
B Amaj7
Better for us if the axe splits the trunk they say
Solo:
F# B F# C# F#(maj)7 C#
F#maj7 A6
e[-----------1------------------1--1--1--1--2--3--b(2)1-----1--1--1--1--2--3--6-------9--]
b[--2-----2-----2--4--2--4--2----------------------------2-------------------------------]
g[-----3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
d[---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
(bend)
Bsus2 F#maj7
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Outtro:
B
Better for us
Amaj7 F#maj7
Better for us e[--------b(2)1----]
b[--2------------2-]
g[-----3-----------]
(bend)
B
Better for us
Amaj7 F#maj7
Better for us yeah
e[--------b(2)1----]
b[--2------------2-]
g[-----3-----------]
(bend)
B
Better for us
Amaj7
Better for us
Solo:
F# B F# C# F#(maj)7 C#
F#maj7 A6
e[-----------1------------------1--1--1--1--2--3--b(2)1-----1--1--1--1--2--3--6-------2--]
b[--2-----2-----2--4--2--4--2----------------------------2-------------------------------]
g[-----3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
d[---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
(bend)
Bsus2 F#maj7
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh (
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