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Ben Harper - ( Alone Acoustic tab )


Title:  Alone (Acoustic) 

Artist: Ben Harper 



Chords:  
A/E    = 0-12--x-14--x-x
G/E    = 0-10--x-12--x-x
F#/E   = 0--9--x-11--x-x
E/E    = 0--7--x--9--x-x
C      = 8-10-10-(9)-x-x
B      = 7--9--9-(8)-x-x
A      = 5--7--7-(6)-x-x
Gmmaj7 = 3--x--4-(3)-x-x (may list in places as Gmm7 for room)          

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Section Breakdowns:
 
INTRO: 
    A/E         G/E         F#/E        G/E
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------| 
A|---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10---9-9-9-9---10-10-10-10-|
E|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &

    C                       B
e|---------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------:|| (repeat x4)
D|---------------------------------------------------||
A|---10-10-10-10----10--10-----9-9-9-9------9--9-----||
E|--8-----------8-----------7-----------7------------||
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
4)                                            This...
                                              
VERSE:    
    A/E         G/E         F#/E        G/E
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------| 
A|---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10---9-9-9-9---10-10-10-10-|
E|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
1a) emp-       -ty          room        it
2a) Free-      -dom         it          leaves 
3a) Eve-       -ry          sin-       -gle
4a) But         in          this        life  you

    C                       B
e|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------:|| (x4)
D|--------------------------------------------------||
A|---10-10-10-10----10--10-----9-9-9-9------9--9----||
E|--8-----------8-----------7-----------7-----------||
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
1b) fills             my    mind.
2b)   me  con- -fi-  -i-   -ned.
3b) wall              is    cracked.
4b)  can't turn ba-  -a-   -ack.      

PRE-CHORUS:
    C                       B
e|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------:|| (x2)
D|--------------------------------------------------|| 
A|---10-10-10-10----10--10-----9-9--9-9-----9--9----||
E|--8-----------8-----------7-----------7-----------||
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
1)     I don't     want to  be,                 I
2)  don't       wanna       be          here   (A-)

CHORUS:
    E/E         C           A           Gmmaj7 
e|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------:|| (x3)
D|-----------------------------------------4--4--4--||
A|-----7-7-7-7-----10-10-10----7-7-7-7--------------||
E|--0-----------8-----------5-----------3-----------||
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
1)A-lone...    (Aah,        ahh,        ah)     A-
2)A-lone...    (Aah,        ahh,        ah)     A-
3)A-lone...    (Aah,        ahh,        ah)     A-

then...

   E/E          C           A
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------| (x1)
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7-7-7-7-----10-10-10----7-7-7-7------7--7----|
E|--0-----------8-----------5-----------5-----------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
4)A-lone...    (Aah,        ahh)

    A
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------| (x1)
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7-7-7-7------7--7-------7-7-7-7------7--7----|
E|--5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &     

OUTRO: (last Chorus line)
    E/E         C           A
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------7-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
A|-----7-7-7-7-----10-10-10-7-~~~~~~(ring)~~~~~~~~~-|
E|--0-----------8-----------5-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
  A-lone       (Aah,        ahhhhhhhhhhhh!)

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Okay, now for the lyrics and chords....

ALONE - Ben Harper

Intro: (x4)
A/E  G/E  F#/E  G/E  |
C         B          |
                This...
Verse 1:

A/E  G/E  F#/E  G/E  |C        B        |
Emp--ty   room  it    fills my mind
A/E  G/E  F#/E  G/E  |C        B        |
Free-dom  it    leaves  me con-fined
A/E  G/E  F#/E  G/E  |C        B        |
Eve--ry   sin---gle   wall has cracked
A/E  G/E  F#/E  G/E     |C          B       | 
But  in   this  life you can't turn back 

Pre-chorus:

C                B              |
 I don't want to live, 
C                B              |
 I don't wan-na  li-i-ive...  

Chorus:

 E/E   C   A   Gmm7 |
Alone (ah, ah, ah)
 E/E   C   A   Gmm7 |
Alone (ah, ah, ah)
 E/E   C   A   Gmm7 |
Alone (ah, ah, ah)
 E/E   C   A        |A             |
Alone (ah, ah)

Verse 2:

A/E  G/E   F#/E  G/E   C        B        
As   these words are   with  my tongue 
  A/E  G/E   F#/E  G/E     C         B        
I ques-tion  why   they're   even su-ng 
A/E  G/E   F#/E  G/E   C        B        
I    have  pro---mised but    I lied 
A/E  G/E   F#/E  G/E    C        B        
I    don't even  know myself inside 

Pre-chorus:

C                B
 I don't want to be,
  C           B             
I don't wanna be here 

Chorus:

 E/E   C   A   Gmm7 
Alone (ah, ah, ah)
 E/E   C   A   Gmm7 
Alone (ah, ah, ah)
 E/E   C   A   Gmm7 
Alone (ah, ah, ah)
 E/E   C   A         A             
Alone (ah, ah)

Verse 3: (*first two passes don't get played on CD)

  A/E  G/E   F#/E G/E      C       B     *
Today  and tomor--row have be-come one.
A/E  G/E  F#/E   G/E       C         B   *
Eve--ry   single thing has become no-ne 
A/E  G/E  F#/E  G/E   C    B        
Hu---man  na----ture  is a beast 
A/E  G/E  F#/E     G/E     C               B        
What I've done the most to show I have the least 

Pre-chorus: (w/ extra pass)

C                     B
Please don't leave me here 
C                     B
Please don't leave me here 
C         B
Don't you leave me 

Chorus: (w/ Outro ending)

 E/E   C   A   Gmm7 
Alone (ah, ah, ah)
 E/E   C   A   Gmm7 
Alone (ah, ah, ah)
 E/E   C   A   Gmm7 
Alone (ah, ah, ah)
 E/E   C   A~~~~~~~             
Alone (ah, ahhhh!)

*END*

Great song. Beginners, you should be able to play this if you know the song pretty well. I 
would recommend just playing the notes, no chords, as in the tabs. Where 4 notes are shown on
the 5th (A) string it, you can use 2 to get the rhythm down. Then, move to 3 notes and
graduate to 4. Very fun song and it is great for both fretting and picking accuracy while
trying to keep a clean rhythm going. 

Example of the Intro/Verse riff using chords:

(Yes, I know this isn't how the song is played, but give it a try. I think you'll like it.)

V = hard down
v = quick down
u = quick up

    A/E           G/E           F#/E          G/E
    V v--u--v--u  V v--u--v--u  V v--u--v--u  V v--u--v--u
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----14-14-14-14---12-12-12-12---11-11-11-11---12-12-12-12--|
D|----x--x--x--x----x--x--x--x----x--x--x--x----x--x--x--x---| 
A|----12-12-12-12---10-10-10-10---9--9--9--9----10-10-10-10--|
E|--0-------------0-------------0-------------0--------------|
    1      &      2      &      3      &      4      &

    C                           B
    V v--u--v--u  V   V   V     V v--u--v--u  V   V     V
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------(9)---(9)----(9)-(9)--------(8)---(8)----(8)---(8)---|
D|----10-10-10-10-----10--10------9--9--9--9------9-----9----|
A|----10-10-10-10-----10--10------9--9--9--9------9-----9----|
E|--8-------------8-------------7-------------7--------------|
    1      &      2      &      3      &      4      & 

Then the same idea for the chorus chords.

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