Artist: Colin Hay Song: If I Had Been A Better Man (acoustic) Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLaTY3bTqyw Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gg5-ufdVSo Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Y-9oqVZ88 Video 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvJujMqnaDM Video 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWP1d4xexmw Transcription: SCA, [email protected] Note: Watch the videos in the links above! It differs from version to version a little bit, but this is the jist of it. Tuning: standard Capo: 2nd fret! Chords used: Dadd9: x.5.4.0.3.x C: x.3.2.0.1.0 C/B: x.2.0.0.1.0 C/A: x.0.0.0.1.0 G: 3.x.0.0.3.x C/G: 3.x.2.0.1.3 D: x.x.0.2.3.2 Dsus2: x.x.0.2.3.0 Em: 0.2.2.0.0.0 Am: x.0.2.2.1.0 Bm: x.2.4.4.3.x Cadd9: x.3.2.0.3.3 G/F#: 2.x.0.0.3.3 D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.x Cadd4: x.3.2.0.3.0 G/B: x.2.0.0.3.0 C/B: x.2.0.0.1.0 Em7: x.2.0.0.0.0 Asus2: x.0.2.2.0.0 Asus4: x.0.2.2.3.0 Intro: Dadd9 C C/B C/A Dadd9 C C/B Dadd9 C C/B C/A Dadd9 C C/B Verse: G C There were kings and queens and could have beens Dadd9 C C/B C/A G C/G G And pretenders to the throne Em I was a sweet contender then Am D Now my seeds they've all been sown G Bm I scorched the earth behind me Am D Dsus2 D I could have made a better plan Cadd9 D G C/G G Yeah if I had been a better man Verse: C My promises were not to keep Dadd9 C C/B C/A G C/G G But thrown into the dirt Em There must be more I told myself Am D As I buttoned up my shirt G Bm Well I could paint myself in glory now Am D Dsus2 D And be proud of who I am Cadd9 D G C/G G Yeah if I had been a better man Bridge: G G/F# Em D/F# Cadd4 Stumbling through deep suburbs of my mind G/B C/B Em7 Am Asus2 Am Asus4 Am As secrets of silence unwind Em D/F# Cadd4 I will sing you so long G/B C/B Em7 Am Asus2 Am Now only love D Dsus4 D Only love makes me strong Verse: G C You charity I took as mine Dadd9 C C/B C/A G C/G G I claimed it as my own C I followed my ascending star C/B C/A D/F# To far away from home G Bm Well I was mesmerized by shiny things Am D Dsus2 D Now in frozen time I stand Cadd9 D G C/G G Yeah if I had been a better man Verse: C Now I'm kneeling and I'm digging deep Dadd9 C C/B C/A G C/G G Deep into the ground Em I'm searching for my soul to keep Am D Like a burried treasure found G Bm In dreams I speak in ancient tongues Am D Dsus2 D Lost in wind and sand Cadd9 D G C/G G Yeah if only I had been a better man Note II: If you have any corrections or improvements to the tab write them on the comments section, or send me a message, or e-mail, so we can together make this tab even better. SCA, [email protected]
