Title: Better Than This
Artist: The Normals
Album: Better Than This
Copyright 1998 Forefront Records


Standard tuning

Emaj7     021100
E7     020100
Dsus   x00230
C      032010
Csus   032030, sometimes 032033
G      3x0033
G/F#   2x0033


E
   Help me
Emaj7                             E7
   Could something so right be so tainted? A brief intermission
A          Am          E
   Between feeling and reason
(E)
   I promise
               Emaj7
   Beneath the shrink wrap and the price tag
           E7
   There's something worth your while,
                  A            Am
   At least there used to be

C
   Believe in me
E
   Believe in love
C                             A
   Believe in anything that's better than this

E
I want You
    Dsus
But I just can't ask You
    Csus                  G            G  - G/F#
Cuz I don't even know You now (Want to know you now)
E
Caught in this dust bin
    Dsus
And blinded by my sin
    Csus                   G            G  - G/F#
And I still don't know You now (Want to know you now)

   I'm writing a book
   But it's got no pages
   Cuz you were all I had to say and I
   Guess I have walked away from You
   I'm too slow
   There's God on the phone; well, leave a message
   And I'll get back to You soon

   Don't believe in me
   Please, believe in love
   Believe in God, He's better than this

I want You
And I wanna love You
Cuz I don't even know You now
I need this
And I'm prayin' for it
But I still don't know You now

THE HARD-TO-READ INTERLUDE:

Riff:  (This is the most comfortable way for me to play this.)
E|--x-x-x-------x-x---x-x-x--|
B|--2-2-2-------2-2---x-x-x--|
G|--2-2-2-------2-2---x-x-x--|   NOTE: ^ is a downstroke,
D|--2-2-2-------2-2---x-x-x--|         v is an upstroke
A|--0-0-0-x-0---0-0---x-x-x--|         Make up your own solo -
E|--x-x-x-3p0-3-x-x---x-x-x--|         it's more fun.
   ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^   ^ v ^

Riff (2x)
Riff C   G
Riff (3x)
Csus    Dsus

E           Dsus
I want You
Csus         G       G  - G/F#
I need this (Want to know you now)
    E                   Dsus
And I'm prayin' for it
Csus              G         G/F#
I stillŠ I don'tŠ know You

E      Dsus     Csus
Now...
 G       G  - G/F#
(Want to know you now)
E      Dsus     Csus
Now...
 G       G  - G/F#
(Want to know you now)

ENDING (Continuosly strum):
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--9--------11-------12--------14--|
D|--x--------x--------x---------x---|   (2x)
A|--7--------9--------10--------12--|
E|--x--------x--------x---------x---|
Second time:
I wanna be, I wanna see, I wanna know you,
                                             E
I wanna know you, I wanna know you, I...