Biography:
Singer/Songwriter Jennifer Knapp released much anticipated new album Letting Go on May 11th, 2010. This is the first album of new music from Jennifer in 9 years and is released on her own independent record label, Graylin Records.
On another continent, some 9000 miles from the United States, is a corner of the earth where there is no Internet, no electricity, no telephone. From wherever you stand, you see red dirt and sky, well-adapted wildlife, rock piles next to dirt roads that seem to go on and on forever.
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Other songs:
- A Little More
- Better Off
- Breathe On Me
- By And By
- Come Freedom Come Breathe On Me
- Dive In
- Fallen
- Hallowed
- Hold Me Now
- Inside
- Letting Go
- Love Comes Back Around
- Martyrs And Thieves
- Refine Me
- Say Wont You Say
- Sing Alleluia
- Sing Mary Sing
- Trinity
- Undo Me
- Want For Nothing
- When Nothing Satisfies
- Whole Again
- You Answer Me
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ARTIST: Jennifer Knapp (www.jenniferknapp.com)
SONG: Better Off
ALBUM: Letting Go (2010)
TRANSCRIBED BY: Megan Gandy (meganegandy (at) gmail.com)
Key: Bb/Gm
Capo: 3
Tuning: Standard
Chords (relative to capo):
Em: 022000
C2: X32033
G: 320033
D/F#: 200232
Em7: 022033
Am: X02210
INSTRUCTIONS: The verse has hammer-on's included in the strum pattern.
Once you play it with the song, you will get a feel for where she puts the
pattern. But, to use as a general guide, here's some written instructions:
When playing the Em in the Verse, hammer-on the A-string from open fret to 2.
When playing the C2 in the Verse, hammer-on the D-strong from open fret to 2.
INTRO: Em
VERSE 1:
Em
Wish I'd known the way
C2
Wish I'd found the door
Em
Wish I took the path
C2
You showed me before
CHORUS:
G
'cause I'd be better off
D/F#
I'd be a better man
Em
If I was what you want
C2
And not what I am
VERSE 2: (same chords as Verse 1)
Careful what you wish
I am a dream come true
Now I'm someone else
Who only wanted you
REPEAT CHORUS
CHORUS CONTINUED:
G
I don't fear the break
D/F#
I can't feel the bend
Am
If its what you want
C2 D
Then I know, I know I can
BRIDGE:
C2
Please believe in me
Em
Don't be leaving me
C2 Em
I won't be thrown away
C2
Please believe in me
Em
Don't be leaving me
C2
I try to make it plain that
D Em
I can change, I can change
VERSE 3: (same chords as Verse 1)
Wish I'd known the way
Wish I could find the door
That can take us back
To where we were before
CHORUS: (same chords as above)
Where we were better off
I was a better man
I was what you want
And not what I am
CHORUS CONTINUED:
I don't fear the break
I can't feel the bend
If its what you want
Then I know, I know I can
CHORUS REPEATED:
'Cause I'd be better off
I'd be a better man
If it's what you want
Then I know I can
SONG: Better Off
ALBUM: Letting Go (2010)
TRANSCRIBED BY: Megan Gandy (meganegandy (at) gmail.com)
Key: Bb/Gm
Capo: 3
Tuning: Standard
Chords (relative to capo):
Em: 022000
C2: X32033
G: 320033
D/F#: 200232
Em7: 022033
Am: X02210
INSTRUCTIONS: The verse has hammer-on's included in the strum pattern.
Once you play it with the song, you will get a feel for where she puts the
pattern. But, to use as a general guide, here's some written instructions:
When playing the Em in the Verse, hammer-on the A-string from open fret to 2.
When playing the C2 in the Verse, hammer-on the D-strong from open fret to 2.
INTRO: Em
VERSE 1:
Em
Wish I'd known the way
C2
Wish I'd found the door
Em
Wish I took the path
C2
You showed me before
CHORUS:
G
'cause I'd be better off
D/F#
I'd be a better man
Em
If I was what you want
C2
And not what I am
VERSE 2: (same chords as Verse 1)
Careful what you wish
I am a dream come true
Now I'm someone else
Who only wanted you
REPEAT CHORUS
CHORUS CONTINUED:
G
I don't fear the break
D/F#
I can't feel the bend
Am
If its what you want
C2 D
Then I know, I know I can
BRIDGE:
C2
Please believe in me
Em
Don't be leaving me
C2 Em
I won't be thrown away
C2
Please believe in me
Em
Don't be leaving me
C2
I try to make it plain that
D Em
I can change, I can change
VERSE 3: (same chords as Verse 1)
Wish I'd known the way
Wish I could find the door
That can take us back
To where we were before
CHORUS: (same chords as above)
Where we were better off
I was a better man
I was what you want
And not what I am
CHORUS CONTINUED:
I don't fear the break
I can't feel the bend
If its what you want
Then I know, I know I can
CHORUS REPEATED:
'Cause I'd be better off
I'd be a better man
If it's what you want
Then I know I can
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