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Keith Urban - You're My Better Half (Chord)
Album: Be Here (2004)
Submitter: palamin0 (160) on 9/15/04 24 comments
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Artist: Keith Urban
Title: You're my better half
CD: (2004) BE Here
chords by: palamin0 at countrytabs.com



     ***  I have provided a soundbyte for this tab....
           This is the way I play it. I also left the 
          Lead area free after the second chorus, so those 
          of you who want to practice the lead part can do so
          I play it out of "E" ***




E/G# = 422100

Intro - E - E/G# - A - B - E - E/G# - A - B



(verse 1)
E
Car door slams, it's been a long day at work,
                  A
I'm out on the freeway,
         F#m7                             E
And I'm wonderin' if it's all worth the price that I pay,
                                   A
Sometimes it doesn't seem fair, I pull into the drive,
              F#m7
and you're standin' there,



(pre-cho)
        C#m     A
And you look at me, 
                             Bsus4     B
and give me that "come here baby smile"
      Bsus4      B
IT's all gonna be alright,
C#m             A
   You take my hand, 
     D                    A
You pull me close and you hold me tight,




(chorus)
            E       E/G#    A                      B (Bsus4-B)
And it's a swee- ee -eet, love that she gives to me,
              E   E/G#          A                      B (Bsus4-B)
Makes me be - lie- eve, we can make it through anything,
              A     E     B
Cause when it all comes down, 
                   A  E   B
Feelin like I'll nev--er last,
                A    E     B                         E - E/G# - A - B
I just lean on you cause baby You're my better half,





(verse 2)
They say behind every man is a good woman,
But I think that's a lie,
Cause when it comes to you I'd rather have you by my side,
You don't know how much I count on you to help me when,
I've given everything I got and I just feel like givin in 


(pre-cho)
And you look at me, 
and give me that "come here baby smile"
IT's all gonna be alright,
You take my hand, 
You pull me close and you hold me tight,



(chorus)
            E       E/G#    A                      B (Bsus4-B)
And it's a swee- ee -eet, love that she gives to me,
              E   E/G#          A                      B (Bsus4-B)
Makes me be - lie- eve, we can make it through anything,
              A          B
Cause when it all comes down, 
                   A     B
Feelin like I'll never last,
                A         B                         E
I just lean on you cause baby You're my better half,




(lead - E - A - F#m7 - E - A - B
yea I need to know




(bridge)
C#m            A
  You take my hand, 
        D                   A
Yea You pull me close and I understand,




(chorus)
            E       E/G#    A                      B (Bsus4-B)
And it's a swee- ee -eet, love that she gives to me,
              E   E/G#          A                      B (Bsus4-B)
Makes me be - lie- eve, we can make it through anything,
            E       E/G#    A                      B (Bsus4-B)
Yea it's a swee- ee -eet, love that she gives to me,
              E   E/G#          A                      B (Bsus4-B)
Makes me be - lie- eve, we can make it through anything,
              A          B
Cause when it all comes down, 
                   A     B
Feelin like I'll never last,
                A         B                        E - E/G# - A - B
I just lean on you cause baby You're my better half,          ouh ouh
                         E - E/G# - A - B                         E - E/G# - A - F#m
baby you're my better half,          Hey baby you're my better half,   ooooo    yea




--------------------------------  OR  ----------------------------------


          *****Capo 2nd fret****

Intro - D - D/F# - G - A - D - D/F# - G - A



(verse 1)
D
Car door slams, it's been a long day at work,
                  G
I'm out on the freeway,
         Em7                              D
And I'm wonderin' if it's all worth the price that I pay,
                                   G
Sometimes it doesn't seem fair, I pull into the drive,
              Em7
and you're standin' there,



(pre-cho)
         Bm     G
And you look at me, 
                             Asus4     A
and give me that "come here baby smile"
      Asus4      A
IT's all gonna be alright,
Bm            G
 You take my hand, 
   Cadd9                   G
You pull me close and you hold me tight,




(chorus)
            D       D/F#    G                      A (Asus4-A)
And it's a swee- ee -eet, love that she gives to me,
              D   D/F#          G                      A (Asus4-A)
Makes me be - lie- eve, we can make it through anything,
              G     D     A
Cause when it all comes down, 
                   G   D   A
Feelin like I'll nev--ver last,
                G    D     A                         D - D/F# - G - A
I just lean on you cause baby You're my better half,


(2nd verse - Pre-cho - Chorus)


(lead - D - G - Em7 - D - G - A
yea I need to know




(bridge)
Bm            G
 You take my hand, 
        Cadd9                   G
Yea You pull me close and I understand,




(chorus)
            D       D/F#    G                      A (Asus4-A)
And it's a swee- ee -eet, love that she gives to me,
              D   D/F#          G                      A (Asus4-A)
Makes me be - lie- eve, we can make it through anything,
            D       D/F#    G                      A (Asus4-A)
Yea it's a swee- ee -eet, love that she gives to me,
              D   D/F#          G                      A (Asus4-A)
Makes me be - lie- eve, we can make it through anything,
              G          A
Cause when it all comes down, 
                   G     A
Feelin like I'll never last,
                G         A                        D - D/F# - G - A
I just lean on you cause baby You're my better half,          ouh ouh
                         D - D/F# - G - A                         D - D/F# - G - Em
baby you're my better half,          Hey baby you're my better half,   ooooo    yea
 Comments (click here to add a non-facebook comment)
where did u hear this song? I've been looking all over for the new cd so i can learn to play it
-country_marc | 9/15/2004
You can hear this song on Keith's new CD, "Be Here". It came out today, 9/21.
-urbanriffs | 9/21/2004
I think its Capo 2, isn't it?
-Monte Baugh | 9/22/2004
sure is I for got to note that ...thanks for the reminder:)

ken
-palamin0 | 9/22/2004
palamin0- great job once again.
chris
-cpova2 | 10/11/2004
Sounds great, exactly how Keith's band plays it live, but Keith plays without a capo, so he can do the solo, which includes alot of pull-offs to open strings.
-ragincajun013 | 10/26/2004
can anyone tab out the solo to this song when i first heard it, it was the coolest solo id ever heard, if anyone knows it please tab that out for me...
-ipitch4wm | 10/28/2004
Anybody know how Keith is playing this song at AOL sessions. These chords posted seem to be the root notes, but what he is playing is actually alot more complex.
-edgerrin322000 | 12/14/2004
lol...what he is playing on aol sessions
is Rock chords or barre chords which
are NOT more complex...
verse=E5-A5-F35
bridge=C#5-A5-B5
C#5-A5-D5
and so forth.......
-palamin0 | 12/15/2004
Good song. Great tab. And the solo on this song...holy crap. I'm not sure exactly how hard it is, but on the video, wow. He should get a speeding ticket. Someone might have it tabbed by 2006, lol. I'm just curious, in the chorus is there like a D/B in between the D and D/F#? It's kind of a petty question but it just sounds like there's something else there.
-mystikal1116 | 12/22/2004
LOL,Thanks for clearing that up. Keith Rules.
-edgerrin322000 | 1/8/2005
good stuff, right on point
-natty316 | 1/22/2005
palamino, can you email me the strum pattern for this. Thanks. Chrisleprachaun@aol.com
-celliott112 | 1/25/2005
actually CMT had a thing on keith a while ago and he was playin this on acoustic and he was playin it up high on the neck it looked like there some open strings to .... and he wasn't really strumming more picking notes i mean just for the sweet and beileve parts in the chorus
-sweet_emotion16 | 1/30/2005
yeah- in the "swee-heet" part, he doesn't play chords- he plays the same notes (as in the other tabs here), but up on the G string, at the 13th fret. He uses his index finger to fret the notes (all on the G string), while using the same finger to mute the b string BUT NOT THE E string. So, the whole chorus riff is the G and E strings only- he lets the high E ring out thru the entire lick. Man, this guy sure like open strings...lol
-ruger9 | 2/5/2005
I'll fix up a soundbyte for you all on this....
HE actually plays barre chords such as in the chorus it would be E5/G#
-palamin0 | 2/7/2005
umm i think that first part has a capo on one not on two but thats just me
-tjaaa | 2/26/2005
palamin0, awesome tab, sounds great on acoustic. Would you mind putting up the fingerings for the electric chords?? Thanks
-daverrosie | 3/3/2005
Hey good job but what is the strumming pattern? ya that solo is really hard to learn. I figured it out though! thinking of posting it.....
-uncontrolled | 3/28/2005
Once again Ken You've come up with the goods! Great stuff mate!!
-browntrout | 4/3/2005
Here's your soundbyte people..this is how I play it...I'm not Keith Urban but it works for me...

http://country.totaltabs.com/mp3/songs/Ken - You're my better half.mp3
-palamin0 | 9/27/2005
can some one pls tell how to play play the power chords he uses on aol sessions....i can seem to find how to play em....
-paramedic79ca | 1/13/2006
i had my guitar teacher, tab this outya ya i know sounds kinda funny but im not a good as some of you guys...so i had someone else do it for me....so if anyone wants a copy let me know....not to disrespect who ever wrote the tab...cuz its awesome...but u left a couple chords out, in the chorus it should go---- E, B/E and E/G# and instead of a regular A chord use
A(9)..ITS SOUNDS ALOT BEETER...:)
-KEITHURBAN79 | 2/9/2006
oh yea i forgot....instead of c#m use C#m7 and F#m7 try using F#m11 its make a difference trust me....
-KEITHURBAN79 | 2/9/2006
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