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You Better You Bet – bass tab

You Better You Bet | bass tab
By The Who 
>From Face Dances, 1981
Written by Pete Townshend (c)1981 Eel Pie Publishing/Towser Tunes Inc.

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

By: Johari Taylor
Added 1999-06-03                  Whotabs                www.thewho.net/whotabs/

common time(4/4)
standard tuning(EADG)

VERSE:

|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|*-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
  _____              _____	
 |all except	  |last	
|------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-*|-5-5-5-5-/-17-17-17-|
|-----------------*|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 &  4  &

PRE-CHORUS:

|---------|-----------3-|-----------|-------------|
|---------|---------3---|-----------|-------------|
|-0-------|-------------|-1---1-1-1-|-------------|
|---------|-3---r-------|-----------|-1---1-1-1-1-|
  1 2 3 4   1 2 3 & a 4   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &

|---------------|-----------5-|--------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------6-6---6-|-------------|-5---5-5-/-12----------------------|
|---------------|-3---3-3-----|-----------------------------------|
|-4---4---------|-------------|-----------------------------------|
  1 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 & a 2 & a  3  e  &  a  4  e  &

CHORUS:

|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|*-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

|--------------|
|-----7-----5-*|
|---7-----5---*|(x2)
|-5-----3------|
  1 & 2 3 & 4

|-------------|---------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------|-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-0-|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------|-------------|---------------|
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 & 4 &

|-------------|-7---7-7---|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|---------7-|-5---5-5---5-|-5-5---5/17-17-17-|
|-5---5-5---5-|-----------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-----------|-------------|------------------|
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 & 2 & 3  &  4

MIDDLE EIGHT:

|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|-6-----r-|---------|-3-----r-|---------|-6-----r---|
|-4-----r-|---------|-6-----r-|---------|-4-----r-|---------6-|
  1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4 &

|-----------|---------|-------------|---------7/9-7-----|
|-----------|-------7-|-5---5-5---5-|-5-5---5-------9-7-|
|---------6-|-5-------|-------------|-------------------|
|-6---------|---------|-------------|-------------------|
  1 2 3 4 &   1 2 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 e & 4 &

|-------------|---------|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------7-|-5---5-5---5/|-17-17-17-17/12-12/7-|
|-5---5-5---5-|-5---5---|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|---------|-------------|---------------------|
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 3 4   1 2 & 3 4 &   1  &  2  &  3  & 4

"You Better Love Me" BIT:

|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|*-r-7-7-7-5/7-|-r-7-7-7-5/7-|-------------|-------------*|
|*-------------|-------------|-r-3-3-3-2/3-|-r-3-3-3-2/3-*|(x4)
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
   1 & 2 & 3 4   1 & 2 & 3 4   1 & 2 & 3 4   1 & 2 & 3 4

PRE-LAST CHORUS:

|---------|----------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------|-----19-/-|*-----------------|-----------------|
|-r-r-r-r-|-r-r------|*-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------|----------|------------------|-----------------|
  1 2 3 4   1 2 3  4    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                             (x2)					
|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----7-----5-*|*-----------------|
|-----------------|---7-----5---*|*-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-5-----3------|------------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 3 & 4     1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                             (x4)	
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----9-----7-*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---9-----7---*|
|-----------------|-7-----5------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 3 & 4

END:
                                      (x4)
|---------|---------|----------|----------|---------|
|-5~~~~-r-|-7-------|*-5-------|-7-------*|-5-------|
|---------|---------|*---------|---------*|---------|
|---------|---------|----------|----------|---------|
  1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4    1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4    1 2 3 4

By: Johari Taylor
E-mail: viking@powerup.com.au


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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