Goo Goo Dolls – Better Days (Bass Live Tab)
Drop D (D-A-D-G)
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Band: Goo Goo Dolls
Song: Better Days
Album: Let Love In (2006)
Tabbed for: Bass
Tune E String to D. Listen to the song for exact timing and rhythm.
E|-1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-|-1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-|-1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-|-1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&-|
I reference both the studio album as well as live recordings to ensure the proper "tonality".
[Intro]
D G
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A D
And you
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[Verse]
D G
ask me what I want this year. And I try to make this kind and clear.
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A D
chance that maybe we'll find better days.
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D G
Cause I don't need boxes wrapped in strings. And designer love and empty things, just a
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A G D
chance that maybe we'll find better days. So
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[Chorus]
G A
take these words. And sing out loud. Cause
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G A
every- one is for-given now. Cause to-
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B G D
-onight's the night the world begins again.
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D
I need
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[Verse]
D G
someplace simple where we could live. And something only you can give. And thats
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A G D
faith and trust and peace while we're alive. And the one
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D G
poor child who saved this world, and there's 10 million more who probably could. If we
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A G D
all just stopped and said a prayer for them. So
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[Chorus]
G A
take these words. And sing out loud. Cause
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G A
every- one is for-given now. Cause to-
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B G D
-onight's the night the world begins again.
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G B G
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D
I wish
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[Verse]
D G
everyone was loved tonight, and somehow stop this endless fight. Just a
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A G D
chance that maybe we'll find better days. So
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[Chorus]
G A
take these words. And sing out loud. Cause
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G A
every- one is for-given now. Cause to-
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B G D
-onight's the night the world begins again. Cause to-
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B G D
-onight's the night the world begins again.
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