Busted – Better Than This (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Busted (From the 2003 Album A PRESENT FOR EVERYONE) Words and Music by Matt Willis, Guy Chambers & Stephen Power D5 Dsus2 Csus2 Gsus2 0 5 x 7 0 0 0 7 x 9 0 0 10 10 12 12 x x 5 5 6 6 5 5 D5open Dsus2open E5 B5 0 0 0 x x x 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 x 2 4 4 x x Bsus4 G5 A5 Asus2 x 2 4 4 2 2 5 5 5 x x x x 0 2 2 x x x 0 2 2 2 2 C5 D Csus2open G/B x 3 5 5 x x 0 0 4 x x x x 3 0 0 x x x 2 0 0 x x Gm9/Bb x 1 0 0 x x LOOK AT THE TUNING!!! Gtr I (D A D G A D) Gtr II (D A D G A D) Gtr III (D A D G A D) Gtr IV (D A D G A D) Gtr V (D A D G A D)
 Intro
  Q=114
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E. S E E +S  S E E S S   S S S S E E +S  S E S S S S
|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----|
|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----|
|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-7s9-------9-(9)-9-9-9-9-7-7-|
|-x----x-x-(x)-----x-----|-xsx-------x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-5----5-5-(5)-----5-----|-5s7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-0----0-----------------|-----0-0-0---------------0-0-|

  E. S E E +S  S E E S S   S S S S E E +S  S E S S S S
|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----||
|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----||
|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-7s9-------9-(9)-9-9-9-9-7-7-||
|-x----x-x-(x)-----x-----|-xsx-------x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
|-5----5-5-(5)-----5-----|-5s7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-||
|-0----0-----------------|-----0-0-0---------------0-0-||

   Verse
    $
    E. S E E +S  S E E S S   S S S S E E +S  S E S S S S
||--0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----|
||o-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----|
||--7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-7s9-------9-(9)-9-9-9-9-7-7-|
||--x----x-x-(x)-----x-----|-xsx-------x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
||o-5----5-5-(5)-----5-----|-5s7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
||--0----0-----------------|-----0-0-0---------------0-0-|

  E. S E E +S  S E E S S   q  Q  H            Q.    E  +Q     Q
|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------------|------------------------|
|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------------|------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-9--------------|--12----12-(12)---12S===|
|-x----x-x-(x)-----x-----|-x--------------|--12----12-(12)---12S===|
|-5----5-5-(5)-----5-----|-7--------------|--10----10-(10)---10S===|
|-0----0-----------------|-0--------------|--10----10-(10)---10S===|
|
|                                     Gtr II
| W                        H     Q  E   E    +H.             +Q
|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------^12-|-(12)------------(12)S==|
|------------------------|------------^12-|-(12)------------(12)S==|
|------------------------|------------^10-|-(10)------------(10)S==|
|------------------------|------------^10-|-(10)------------(10)S==|

                   1.
  Q.   E +Q   Q    E. S E E +S  S E E S S
|------5-(5)--5--|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------5-(5)--5--|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-7----7-(7)--7--|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7----7-(7)--7--|-x----x-x-(x)-----x-----|
|-5----5-(5)--5--|-5----5-5-(5)-----5-----|
|-5----5-(5)--5--|-0----0-----------------|
|
| W                W
|----------------|------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------|
|-7--------------|------------------------|
|-7--------------|-0----------------------|
|-5--------------|-0----------------------|
|-5--------------|-0----------------------|

   S  S S S E E +S  S E  S  S  S  S
|--0----------0-(0)-0-0--0--0--------||
|--0----------0-(0)-0-0--0--0-------o||
|--7s=9-------9-(9)-9-9--9--9--7--7--||
|--xs=x-------x-(x)-x-x--x--x--x--x--||
|--5s=7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7--7--7--5--5-o||
|-------0-0-0------------------0--0--||
|
| +H.                   +E    +e
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||
|-(0)-------------------(0)---(0)----||
|-(0)-------------------(0)---(0)---o||
|-(0)-------------------(0)---(0)----||

  2.,D.S.
  E. S E S S +S  S E E S S    E.  S  E  E  +S   S  E  E  S  S
|-0--0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-|--0---0--0--0--(0)--0--0--0--0--0-|
|-0--0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0-|--0---0--0--0--(0)--0--0--0--0--0-|
|-7--7-7-7s9-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-|-11--11-11-12-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-x--x-x-xsx-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-|--x---x--x--x--(x)--x--x--x--x--x-|
|-5--5-5-5s7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|--9---9--9-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| W                          +W
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-(0)------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-(0)------------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-(0)------------------------------|

   Q.    E  +Q     Q     E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-------5-5---5----||
|----------------------|-------5-5---5----||
|-12----12-(12)---12---|-7-7-7-7-7---7----||
|-12----12-(12)---12---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
|-10----10-(10)---10---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--||
|-10----10-(10)---10---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--||
|
|  H.             +Q     W
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|-12-------------(12)S=|=7----------------||
|-12-------------(12)S=|=7----------------||
|-10-------------(10)S=|=5----------------||
|-10-------------(10)S=|=5----------------||

 Chorus
  $$
  Gtr II
  Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   E E
|------2-(2)------|------2-(2)------|------2-(2)------|
|------0-(0)------|------2-(2)------|------2-(2)------|
|------2-(2)------|------4-(4)------|-4----4-(4)--4---|
|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|-4----4-(4)--4-0-|
|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|-2----2-(2)--2-0-|
|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|---------------0-|

  Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   E E
|-----------------|------2-(2)------|------2-(2)------|
|-----------------|------0-(0)------|------2-(2)------|
|-----------------|------2-(2)------|------4-(4)------|
|-5----5-(5)--5-0-|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|
|-5----5-(5)--5-0-|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|
|-5----5-(5)--5-0-|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|

  Q.   E +E  E E E   E. S E E +E  E E E   Q.   E +Q   E E
|------2-(2)-------|--------------------|------2-(2)------|
|------2-(2)-------|--------------------|------0-(0)------|
|-2----2-(2)-2-2---|-5--5---------------|------2-(2)------|
|-2----------2-2---|-5--5---5-(5)-5-5---|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|
|-0----------0-0-0-|-3--3-0-5-(5)-5-5-0-|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|
|----------------0-|------0-5-(5)-5-5-0-|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|

  Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   E E
|------2-(2)------|------2-(2)------|-----------------|
|------2-(2)------|------2-(2)------|-----------------|
|------4-(4)------|-4----4-(4)--4---|-----------------|
|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|-4----4-(4)--4-0-|-5----5-(5)--5-0-|
|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|-2----2-(2)--2-0-|-5----5-(5)--5-0-|
|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|---------------0-|-5----5-(5)--5-0-|

                                                                   To Coda
                                                                   To Coda
  Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +E  E E E   E. S E E +E  E E E
|------2-(2)------|------2-(2)------|------2-(2)-------|---------------------||
|------0-(0)------|------2-(2)------|------2-(2)-------|---------------------||
|------2-(2)------|------4-(4)------|-2----2-(2)-2-2---|-5--5----------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|-2----------2-2---|-5--5---5-(5)-5-5----||
|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|-0----------0-0-0-|-3--3-0-5-(5)-5-5-0--||
|-0----0-(0)--0-0-|-2----2-(2)--2-2-|----------------0-|------0-5-(5)-5-5-0--||

                                         D.S. al Coda
  Gtr I
  E. S E E +S  S E E S S   S S S S E E +S  S E S S S S
|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----||
|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----||
|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-7s9-------9-(9)-9-9-9-9-7-7-||
|-x----x-x-(x)-----x-----|-xsx-------x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
|-5----5-5-(5)-----5-----|-5s7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-||
|-0----0-----------------|-----0-0-0---------------0-0-||

  &
  Gtr III
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----||
|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-||
|-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---||

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q  E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----3-----2--0--|
|-----4-----4-----|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-------|
|---0-----0-----0-|-3-----3-----3---|-2-----2-----2---|-1-----1---------|
|-0-----0-----0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-^0----||
|-----------------|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-^0----||
|-----4-----4-----|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|-^0----||
|---0-----0-----0-|-3-----3-----3---|-2-----2-----2---|-^1----||
|-0-----0-----0---|-----------------|-----------------|-------||
Interlude D5open E5 Gtr II Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / /
  Gtr IV
   Q.   E +Q    Q     Q.  E +Q      Q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-11----7-(7)---2---|-4---7-(7)----12-----|
|--x----x-(x)---x---|-x---x-(x)-----x-----|
|--9----5-(5)---0---|-2---5-(5)----10-----|
|-------------------|---------------------|
B5 G5 Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / /
   Q.   E +Q    Q      a  Q.    E  +Q     Q
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-11----7-(7)---2---|-12s14----12-(12)---12---|
|--x----x-(x)---x---|--xs=x-----x--(x)----x---|
|--9----5-(5)---0---|-10s12----10-(10)---10---|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
D5open E5 Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / /
   Q.   E +Q    Q     Q.  E +Q     Q
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-11----7-(7)---2---|-4---7-(7)----9-----|
|--x----x-(x)---x---|-x---x-(x)----x-----|
|--9----5-(5)---0---|-2---5-(5)----7-----|
|-------------------|--------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda C5 Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / /
    TP                TP          TP
  a W                 H.          E S S
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-7s9---------------|-9-----------9-9s7--||
|-xsx---------------|-x-----------x-xsx--||
|-5s7---------------|-7-----------7-7s5--||
|-------------------|--------------------||

 Outro
  &&
  Gtrs I, V
  E. S E E +S  S E E S S    S  S S S E E +S  S E S S S S
|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|--0----------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----|
|-0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|--0----------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----|
|-7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|--7s=9-------9-(9)-9-9-9-9-7-7-|
|-x----x-x-(x)-----x-----|--xs=x-------x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-5----5-5-(5)-----5-----|--5s=7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-0----0-----------------|-------0-0-0---------------0-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| W                        +W
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0----------------------|-(0)---------------------------|
|-0----------------------|-(0)---------------------------|
|-0----------------------|-(0)---------------------------|

   E. S E E +S  S E E S S    S  S S S E E +S  S E S S S S    W
|--0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|--0----------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----|-^0----*|
|--0--0---0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|--0----------0-(0)-0-0-0-0-----|-^0----*|
|--7--7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|--7s=9-------9-(9)-9-9-9-9-7-7-|-^7----*|
|--x----x-x-(x)-----x-----|--xs=x-------x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-^x----*|
|--5----5-5-(5)-----5-----|--5s=7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-5-5-|-^5----*|
|--0----0-----------------|-------0-0-0---------------0-0-|-^0----*|
|
| +W                        +W                               W
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-^2----*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-^0----*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|-^2----*|
|-(0)---------------------|-(0)---------------------------|-^0----*|
|-(0)---------------------|-(0)---------------------------|-^0----*|
|-(0)---------------------|-(0)---------------------------|-^0----*|
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide <n> - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths *************************************************************************************** * Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org * ***************************************************************************************