Islander - Better Day Tabs

Tuning: Drop B (B,F#,B,E,G#,C#)

Riff 1
C#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|---5--5-5-5-5-5---4--4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------|
 B|---5--5-5-5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5---4--4-4-4-4-4-|
F#|-x-0--0-0-0-0-0-x-3--3-3-3-3-3-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-x-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
 B|-x--------------x--------------x-2--2-2-2-2-2-x-0--0-0-0-0-0-|

C#|----------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------|
 E|---5--5-5-5-5-5---4--4-4-4-4-4----------------|
 B|---5--5-5-5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5---5--5-5-5-5-4-|
F#|-x-0--0-0-0-0-0-x-3--3-3-3-3-3-x-2--2-2-2-2-0-|
 B|-x-------------------------------2--2-2-2-2-0-|

Riff 2 (w/ delay and reverb, let all notes ring out)   "So what's been going on with you..."
C#|-20-------------19----------------------------------|
G#|------22-------------20--19b20r19b20r19b20r19b20r19-|
 E|----------------------------------------------------|
 B|----------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------|
 B|----------------------------------------------------|

C#|-20--------------------------------|
G#|------22--------20--19--15------15-|
 E|----------------------------14-----|
 B|-----------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------|

Riff 3 (lightly palm-muted)  "You've been feeling hopeless and angry and broken..."
C#|-8------8------8----7-----7--------|
G#|---10-----10----------8-----8---10-|
 E|------9------9----------7-----7----|
 B|-----------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------|

Play Riff 3 x2   "And you've been feeling sad..."

Riff 4 (let all notes ring out)  "You've been waiting for a better day..."
C#|-------10----10----------------10----10--------|
G#|----8------------8--7-------8------------8--10-|
 E|-9-----------------------9---------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------|

Play Riff 4 x2   "Cause you've been waiting for a better day..."
Play Riff 2 x1   "You've been looking in the mirror..."
Play Riff 3 x1   "You've been waiting for the warmth..."

Riff 5   "You've been feeling hopeless and angry and broken..."
C#|----------|
G#|-12b13r12-|
 E|----------|
 B|----------| just keep holding, bending and releasing this note over and over
F#|----------|
 B|----------|

Chorus lead-in:
C#|---------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------|
 B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
F#|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 B|---------------------------------|
    * * * * * * * *

Play Riff 1 x4   "Cause you've been waiting for a better day..."

Lead (w/ delay and reverb)
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10\8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10\8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8/12-12-12-12/15-15-15-15\10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
 E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play Lead x2   "To love you like it used to..."

Chorus lead-in:
C#|---------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------|
 E|---------------------------------|
 B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
F#|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
 B|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
    * * * * * * * * * * * *

Play Riff 1 x12  "Cause you've been waiting for a better day..."

Ending   "Take a ride with me..."
C#|-------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|
 E|-5~----------------------------------|
 B|-5~----------------------------------|
F#|-0~----------------------------------|
 B|-------------------------------------|