You Better You Bet
By The Who 
>From Face Dances, 1981
Written by Pete Townshend

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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Capo: 3rd fret

Chords (shape with capo):
C (A)           x3555x and x35588
Fsus2 (Dsus2)   xx356x
G (E)           355433
Am (F#m)        577555
Gm (Em)         355333
C/Bb (A/G)      6x555x
F/A (D/F#)      5x3565
Abmaj7 (Fmaj7)  x66543
C/G (A/E)       335553
Dm (Bm)         x35543
Ab (F)          x66543
Eb/Bb (C/G)     x65343
Bb (G)          6x3366
D (B)           x57775
Bm (Ab)         799777
A (F#)          577655

[intro]

[synth arr for gtr; approx]    
                4
||:C          :||
||-8-----8-----||
||------8----8-||
||-----9----9--||
||---10---10---||
||(3)----------||
||-------------||
   [palm mute]

  [gtr]              2
||:C      |        :||
||--------|---------||
||--8--8--|--8--8---||
||-5--5---|-5--5----||
||---5--5-|---5--5--||
||--------|---------||
||--------|---------||

 [guitar repeats as above]                      4
||:C       |                     |Fsus2  |G    :||
        You better you better you bet     ooh

||C                 |            |Fsus2               |G           |
   I call you on the telephone my voice too rough with cigarettes
|C                          |                    |Fsus2                
   I sometimes feel I should just go home but I'm dealing with a memory 
    |G             |
that never forgets
|C                   |             |Fsus2         |G            |
   I love to hear you say my name, especially when you say yes
|C                      |                    |Fsus2                   |
   I got your body right now on my mind but I drunk myself blind to the

|G             |Am   |   |Gm   |Fsus2 |C/Bb |       |
 sound of old T.Rex,   hmmm                   To the

|F/A           |Abmaj7  |     |C/G|           |Gsus4    |G       |
 Sound of old T.Rex            Oh,   and who's next

[chorus]

|C             |                   |Fsus2      |
  When I say I love you you say you better, you 

|Am         G         |C                |                    |Fsus2  
 better you better you bet. When I say I need you you say you better

   |Am         G         |Dm  |           Dm  Am  |G      |
You better you better you bet, you better bet your life 

|           |Dm       |            Am|G      |      |
or love will cut you,  cut you like a knife
            (love will cut you like a knife)

[repeat verse]

I want those feeble-minded axes overthrown
I'm not into your passport picture, I just like your nose
You welcome me with open arms and open legs
I know only fools have needs but this one never begs

I don't really mind how much you love me
Ooh, a little is all right
When you say come over and spend the night, tonight, tonight

[repeat chorus]
When I say I love you you say you better, 
You better you better you bet
When I say I need you you say you better, 
You better you better you bet
You better bet your life, or love will cut you, cut you like a knife

|Ab            |Eb/Bb        |Bb                |C              |
   I lay on the bed with you  we could make some book of records

|Ab              |Eb/Bb           
   Your dog keeps licking my nose 

   |Bb                  |Dm      Dm     Am |G     |     |Dm     |
And chewing up all those letters saying you better

|             Dm  Am  |G     |      |
   You better bet your life

||:Am  Am Am  G    Am |Am Am Am G    Am  |
   You better love me  all  the time now  

                                        2
|C   C  C   G/B   C |C    C C  G/B  C  :||
 You better shove me back into line now   

[guitar solo]
|Am Am Am G Am|Am Am Am G Am |C C C G/B C |C C C G/B C |
|-------------|---0----------|-3-3--------|---0--------|
|-1--1-1---1--|----1---------|-1-1---3/5--|------------|
|-2-2----0----|-----2--------|0----0-4/5--|-----5------|
|-2-----------|--------------|------------|------------|
|-------0-0---|-0------------|------------|------------|
|-------------|--------------|------------|------------|

|Am Am Am G Am|Am Am Am G Am |C C C G/B C |C C C G/B C |
|-------5--5--|----5--5-5----|-8----7-/12~|------------|
|--------5--5-|-----5--------|-8----8-/13~|-5(17)a.h.--|
|--5--5---5---|-5------------|---7--------|-5(17)a.h.--|
|/7-7---------|--------------|------------|------------|
|-------------|--------------|------------|------------|
|-------------|--------------|------------|------------|
                                         a.h.=artificial
                                              harmonics

[repeat verse]

I showed up late one night with a neon light for a visa
But knowing I'm so eager to fight can't make letting me in any easier
I know I've been wearing crazy clothes and I look pretty crappy 
sometimes
But my body feels so good and I still sing a razor line everytime
And when it comes to all that living, I know what I'm giving
I've got it all down to a tee, and it's free

[repeat chorus; synth only]
When I say I love you you say you better, 
You better you better you bet
When I say I need you you say you better, 
You better you better you bet

[repeat chorus]
When I say I love you you say you better, 
You better you better you bet
When I say I need you you scream you better, 
You better you better you bet

[repeat chorus; key change]
||D              |                    |G          |
     When I say I love you you say you better, you 

|Bm         A         |D                |                    |G      
 better you better you bet. When I say I need you you say you better

   |Bm         A         ||
You better you better you 

||D                |                    |G          |
  bet. When I say I love you you say you better, you 

|Bm         A         |D                |                       |G      
 better you better you bet. When I say I need you you scream you better

   |Bm         A         ||
You better you better you

||G    |A     |G    |A     |G     |A                  |G     |A     
..bet                              You better bet your life

|G             |A        |G      |A          |G          
   Or love will cut you           just like a knife.


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