The Who – You Better You Bet (Guitar Tab)

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From Face Dances, 1981 Acoustic: 12-string (right channel) Electrics: 12-string (left) and 6-string (right); solo: 6-string (centered) Acoustic Electrics C x32013 x32013 ; x355xx and xx5588 (6-str only, 3rd verse) (12-string) xxx013 (verse arpeggios) F 1t33211 1tx3211 and 1t33211 and 133xxx (12-string) xxx211 (verse arpeggios) G 3tx0033 3tx5433 and 355xxx and 3x0033 (12-string) xxx433 (verse arpeggios) Am x02210 x02210 and 5t77555 Gm 3tx0033 3tx0033 C/Bb 6x555x 6x555x and xx10 10 9 8 (12-str only) F/A x03211 5tx(7)565 and x03211 (12-str only) Abmaj7 4tx6543 4tx6543 and xx6888 (12-str only) C/G 332010 3tx555x and 332010 (12-str only) Gsus4 3tx5533 3tx5533 Dm x5t7765 xx0231 and x5t7765 Dsus2 x5t7765 xx0230 Ab 4tx6544 4tx6544 Eb/Bb x65343 6tx888x Bb x1333x 6x8766 Ciix x3555x 8x10 10 988 Am/G 3x2210 3x2210 C5 x32013 x355xx G/B x20003 x25xxx Csus4/Bb xx10 10 88 (12-string only) D xx0232 xx0232 Bm x24432 x24432 A x02255 x02255 and x022xx [intro]

[synth arr for gtr; approx]    
                 x4
||:C            :||
||---------------||
||-8------8------||
||.------9----9-.||
||.----10---10--.||
||----10---10----||
||(8)------------||
   [palm mute]

[12-string acoustic]  x4     
||---------|----------||
||---------|----------||
||.--0--0--|0--0--0--.||
||.-5--5--5|--5--5---.||
||-3--3--3-|-3--3-----||
||---------|----------||
||[12-string electric]||
||--3--3--3|--3--3-3--||
||-1--1--1-|-1--1-----||
||.--0--0--|0--0-----.||
||.--------|---------.||
||---------|----------||
||---------|----------||

||C       |                       |Fsus2    |G        ||
      (You better you better you bet      oo-ooh......)
||--------|-----------------------|---------|---------||
||--------|-----------------------|---------|---------||
||--0--0--|0------0----------0----|--0---0--|--0---0--||
||-5--5--5|-----5--------5--------|-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5---||
||3--3--3-|--3--------3-----------|3---3----|5---5--5-||
||--------|-----------------------|---------|---------||

||                                                    ||
||-3--3--3|-----3--------3--------|-3--3--3-|--3---3--||
||1--1--1-|--1--------1-----------|1--1--1--|-3-3-3-3-||
||--0--0--|0------0----------0----|--0--0---|0---0----||
||--------|-----------------------|---------|---------||
||--------|-----------------------|---------|---------||
||--------|-----------------------|---------|---------||

                                                        x3
||:C       |                       |Fsus2    |G        :||
..ooh) (You better you better you bet      oo-ooh.......)
||---------|-----------------------|---------|----------||
||---------|-----------------------|---------|----------||
||.--0---0-|-------0-----------0---|--0---0--|--0---0--.||
||.-5-5-5-5|---5------5-----5----5-|-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5---.||
||-3---3---|3------------3---------|3---3----|5---5--5--||
||---------|-----------------------|---------|----------||

||                                                      ||
||--3--3--3|-----3--------3--------|-3--3--3-|--3---3---||
||-1--1--1-|--1--------1-----------|1--1--1--|-3-3-3-3--||
||.--0--0--|0------0----------0----|--0--0---|0---0----.||
||.--------|-----------------------|---------|---------.||
||---------|-----------------------|---------|----------||
||---------|-----------------------|---------|----------||

[6-str elec gtr enters; 12-string arpeggios below]
||C                  |            |F                   |G           |
    I call you on the telephone my voice too rough with cigarettes
 (..oooh       )                                              (oooh..)
[12-string elec]
||--3----------3-----|----3-----3-|----1---------1-----|----3----3--||
||-1-1-----1------1--|--1---1--1-1|--1---1-----1---1---|--3---3-3-3-||
||0----0-------------|0------0----|2--------2----------|4------4----||
||-------------------|------------|--------------------|------------||
||-------------------|------------|--------------------|------------||
||-------------------|------------|--------------------|------------||

|C | |F I sometimes feel I should just go home but I'm dealing with a memory |G | that never forgets |C | |F |G | I love to hear you say my name, especially when you say yes |C | |F | I got your body right now on my mind but I drunk myself blind to the |G |Am | |Gm |F |C/Bb | | sound of old T.Rex, hmmm To the |F/A | |Abmaj7 | |C/G | |Gsus4 |G | Sound of old T.Rex Oh, and who's next [chorus] |C | |F . | When I say I love you you say you better (You |Am . G . |C | |F When I say I need you you say you better better you better you bet) (oooh ) |Am . G . |Dm |(Dsus2) Dm Am |G | You better bet your life (You better you better you bet) (bet your life) | |Dm |(Dsus2) Am|G | | or love will cut you, cut you like a knife (love cut you like a knife) [repeat verse] I want those feeble-minded axes overthrown I'm not into your passport picture, I just like your nose You welcome me with open arms and open legs I know only fools have needs but this one never begs I don't really mind how much you love me Ooh, a little is all right When you say come over and spend the night, tonight, tonight [repeat chorus] When I say I love you you say you better, (You better you better you bet ooooh) When I say I need you you say you better, (You better you better you bet ooooh) You better bet your life, or love will cut you, cut you like a knife |----

                      |<5>-
                      |<5>-
                      |<5>-
                      |----
                      |----
                      harm; 12-string only

|Ab |Eb/Bb |Bb |Ciix | I lay on the bed with you, we could make some book of records |Ab |Eb/Bb Your dog keeps licking my nose |Bb |Dm Am |G | |Dm Dsus2 Dm | And chewing up all those letters saying you better |Dsus2 Dm Am |G | | You better bet your life ||: Am Am Am Am/G Am | Am Am Am Am/G Am | You better love me all the time now x2 | C5 C5 C5 G/B C5| C5 C5 C5 G/B C5 :|| You better shove me back into line now

[guitar solo]
|. Am Am Am G Am|. Am Am Am G Am |. C5C5C5G/B C5|. C5C5C5G/B C5|
|---------------|-----0----------|----3----3----|--------------|
|---1-1------1--|------3/5-------|--5----0------|--------------|
|--2-2----------|----------------|--5----0--4/9-|--------------|
|-2-------------|----------------|----------5/10|-----------10-|
|0-----0-2h3----|0---------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|

|. Am Am Am G Am|. Am Am Am G Am |. C5C5C5G/B C5|. C5C5C5G/B C5|
|-------5--5----|------5--5-5-5--|8-----7-/12~~~|~~~~~~~-------|
|--5-----5--5---|-------5--------|8-----8-/13~~~|~~~~~~~-------|
|---5--5---5----|---5----5h7-----|----9---------|<12>~~~~~~~~~-|
|/7--7----------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
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[repeat verse] I showed up late one night with a neon light for a visa But knowing I'm so eager to fight can't make letting me in any easier I know I've been wearing crazy clothes and I look pretty crappy sometimes But my body feels so good and I still sing a razor line every time (Csus4/Bb C/Bb) And when it comes to all night living, I know what I'm giving I've got it all down to a tee, and it's free [repeat chorus; synth only - gtrs tacit] When I say I love you, you say you better, (You better you better you bet) When I say I need you you say you better, (You better you better you bet) [repeat chorus] When I say I love you you say you better, (You better you better you bet ooooh) And when I say I need you you scream you better, ooh (You better you better you bet ooooh)

[repeat chorus; key change]
||D              |                    |G          |
     When I say I love you you say you better 
                  (oooh                       (You
[12-string]
||----2----------|-----2--------------|3----------|
||---3-3---------|---3----3-----------|3----------|
||--2---2--2-----|-2---------2-----2--|4----------|
||0------0-------|0-------------0-----|5----------|
||---------------|--------------------|-----------|
||---------------|--------------------|-----------|

|Bm         A         |D                 |                    |G      
                         And when I say I need you you say you better
 better you better you bet)    (oooh                   )
|-------2----------0--||
|-------3----------2--||
|-------4----------2--||
|-------4----------2--||
|---------------------||
|---------------------||

|Bm . A . || (You better you better you ||D | |G | When I say I love you you say you better bet) (oooh ) (You |Bm . A . |D | |G And when I say I need you you scream you better better you better you bet ooooh ) |Bm . A . || (You better you better you ||G |A |G |A |G |A |G |A You better bet your life ..bet) |G |A |G |A |G Or love will cut you just like a knife.