Grant Lee Buffalo
Copperopolis - 1996
CHORDS

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Vladimir Roman

Tune guitar down half a step to play along: Eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb.

10. BETTER FOR US

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Comments:
1. Piano chords
          Bass    Chords
F#maj7     F#     f#  -  a# -  c# -  f
A6 (here)  A      a   -  c# -  f#
Amaj7      A      a   -  c# -  e  -  g#
Bsus2      B      d#  -  f# -  c#
2. Guitar chords:
F#maj7  Amaj7    A6    Bsus2
e[1]     e[0]   e[2]    e[2]
b[2]     e[2]   e[2]    e[2]
g[3]     e[1]   e[2]    e[4]
d[4]     e[2]   e[2]    e[4]
a[x]     e[0]   e[0]    e[2]
e[x]     e[x]   e[x]    e[2]
3. The Bsus2 on the guitar sounds worse than the Bsus2 on the piano.
But anyway it's the best variant that I could make up.
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Intro:

Figure 1: x2

    F#                   B      F#                   B
e[---------------------------------------------------1--2--]
b[--2-----2--4-----------4--2---2-----2--4-----------------]
g[-----3--------3--1---------------3--------3--1-----------]
d[--------------------4---------------------------4--------]

Verse 1:

F#                                B          F#
Soon we'll count the rings inside all one by one
C#                   F#(maj7)
Wondering if I could point to the place
C#                              F#maj7 A6
Where we first slept 'neath it's branches
Bsus2
Oh oh
F#                                B                 F#
Leaves once rose like an ocean we swam when we were boys
C#                        F#(maj7)
This one was all things a mansion a fortress
    C#                   F#maj7 A6
And as we matured it was shade for
Bsus2                      F#maj7
The secrets that we passed along

Chorus:

B                        Amaj7
  But this oak has grown old wither-wrung
B                 Amaj7
  It threatens to fall
B                    Amaj7
Better for us if the axe splits the trunk they say

Verse 2:

F#                                        B           F#
On your tip toes a ten-penny nail jutting high in the bark
C#                    F#(maj7)
Relics of tree houses built and torn down
C#                  F#maj7 A6
Places we hid after dark   oh
Bsus2
Oh oh
F#                                     B           F#
Please please lend some belief to this hard wasted ground
      C#                        F#(maj7)
Where little green soldiers and Indians fought
C#                 F#maj7 A6
This is the burial mound  of
   Bsus2                   F#maj7
My youth and my innocence

Chorus:

B                        Amaj7
  But this oak has grown old wither-wrung
B                 Amaj7
  It threatens to fall
B                    Amaj7
Better for us if the axe splits the trunk they say

Solo:

    F#             B        F#  C#                F#(maj)7  C#               
F#maj7  A6
e[-----------1------------------1--1--1--1--2--3--b(2)1-----1--1--1--1--2--3--6-------9--]
b[--2-----2-----2--4--2--4--2----------------------------2-------------------------------]
g[-----3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
d[---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
                                                  (bend)

Bsus2             F#maj7
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Outtro:

B
Better for us

Amaj7              F#maj7
Better for us  e[--------b(2)1----]
               b[--2------------2-]
               g[-----3-----------]
                         (bend)
B
Better for us
Amaj7              F#maj7
Better for us            yeah
               e[--------b(2)1----]
               b[--2------------2-]
               g[-----3-----------]
                         (bend)
B
Better for us
Amaj7
Better for us

Solo:

    F#             B        F#  C#                F#(maj)7  C#               
F#maj7  A6
e[-----------1------------------1--1--1--1--2--3--b(2)1-----1--1--1--1--2--3--6-------2--]
b[--2-----2-----2--4--2--4--2----------------------------2-------------------------------]
g[-----3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
d[---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
                                                  (bend)

Bsus2             F#maj7
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh