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The document provides a transcription of the Pat Metheny song "Better Days Ahead" in musical notation. It includes the chord progressions and melodic lines for the song over multiple verses and sections. The transcriptionist notes that the chords are not 100% certain and encourages musicians to learn the beautiful song, just do it.

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Better Days Tab

The document provides a transcription of the Pat Metheny song "Better Days Ahead" in musical notation. It includes the chord progressions and melodic lines for the song over multiple verses and sections. The transcriptionist notes that the chords are not 100% certain and encourages musicians to learn the beautiful song, just do it.

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BETTER DAYS AHEAD - Pat Metheny

transcripiton: Kaj Szyszkiewicz, Uppsala, Sweden. (szyszkiewicz@hotmail.com)


not 100 % sure about the chords..
E
H
A11
Dmaj
G#7b5 Gmaj
Em
A
||--------------|----------------|---------------|-------|-----------------|
||--------------|----------------|---------------|-------|-----------------|
||-*-----------6|-7--------------|---6-----7-----|-------|-----------------|
||-*-----6---9--|---9--------9-7-|-9---7---------|-------|-------------7-9-|
||-----7---9----|----------------|-----------9-7-|-9-5---|-----7-----7-----|
||-7-7----------|----------------|---------------|-------|-7-7---7-9-------|
Hm Am7 D7
G#m7 C#7
F#Maj7 E#m7b5 A#7
D#m7 G#7
|--------------|---------------|------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|---------------|------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------7-----|---------------|------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7-9-10---9---|-8-11-9------8-|--9-8-|-8-6-5-6-9--8---|-5-----------9-8-|
|--------------|--------11-----|------|---------------9|---5-5-----------|
|--------------|-----------9---|------|----------------|-----------------|
G#m7 C#7
F#Maj7 F#7#5 HMaj7 A#m7 D#m7 C#m7 Cm7b5 C#7/H
|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------|----------|
|---------------|-------------|------6----7|-7-----------|------|--7-7-6---|
|--------------6|-----7-------|-8--8---6---|---6--------8|------|--------8-|
|-8-6-5-6-9-8---|---8-------8-|------------|-----8-6-----|------|----------|
|---------------|-9-------9---|------------|----------9--|------|----------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------|----------|
(ending -->)|
|
F# F#m F#11 F#m F# F#m F#11 F#7b9 D#m7 G#7
G#m7 C#7
GMaj7#11/F#
|------|--------|------|----------|---------------|------------|-----------||
|------|--------|------|----------|---------------|------------|-----------||
|-6----|--------|------|------6---|-----8---------|------------|---------*-||
|------|--------|------|--------9-|-8-8---8-6---9-|-8-6--------|---------*-||
|------|--------|------|----9-----|-----------9---|----------9-|-----------||
|------|--------|------|----------|---------------|--------9---|-----------||
ENDING:
F# F#m F#11 F#m F# F#m F#11 F#m F# F#m F#11 F#m
|--------|----------|--------|----------|---------|--------------|
|--------|----------|--------|----------|---------|--------------|
|--------|----------|--------|----------|---------|----------6---|
|--------|----------|--------|----------|---------|--------------|
|--------|----------|--------|----------|---------|--------9---9-|
|--------|----------|--------|----------|---------|--------------|
D#m7 G#7
G#m7 C#7 A#m7 D#7 Hm7 E7
D#m7 G#7
G#m7 C#7
|---------------|---------|----------|-----------|---------------|----------|
|---------------|---------|----------|-----------|---------------|----------|
|-----8---------|------6--|--------7-|-6-----6---|-----8---------|----------|
|-8-8---8-6---9-|-8-6-----|-9-8--8---|---9-----9-|-8-8---8-6---9-|-8-6------|
|-----------9---|---------|----------|-----------|-----------9---|--------9-|
|---------------|---------|----------|-----------|---------------|------9---|

GMaj7#11/F#
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|

you propably know the form of this beautiful song


so I won't go through it, and all of you who don't
read notes/scores...LEARN IT, JUST DO IT- PEACE, Kaj

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