BEN HARPER - "Alone (acoustic)" Tablature
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Artist: Ben Harper
Song: Alone (acoustic)
Tabber: Thomas Keane (Discoraheem)
E-mail: Disco_raheem@hotmail.com
Okay this is my first tab but i think its 100% right, or close to it.
I tabbed the acoustic version because i think its sounds much better, but its almost
the same for the regular version.
To get this song to sound perfect play it on a steel string acoustic, but it
still sounds good if you play it on an electric with no distortion.
Also slide between the frets on the A string.
VERSE: x8
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A|----10-10-10-10----10-10--|----9-9-9-9------9--9-----|
E|--8--------------8--------|--7-----------7-----------|
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A|-----12-12-12----10-10-10-|----9-9-9------10-10-10---|
E|--0-----------0-----------|--0---------0-------------|
PRE_CHORUS : x2
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A|----10-10-10-10----10-10--|----9-9-9-9-------9--9----|
E|--8--------------8--------|--7-----------7-----------|
CHORUS : x 3
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D|--------------------------|----------------4-4-4-----|
A|-----7-7-7-----10-10-10---|-----7-7-7----------------|
E|--0----------8------------|--5-----------3-----------|
BRIDGE: x1
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E|--0----------8------------|--5-----------5-----------|--5-----------5-----------|
VERSE: x4
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A|----10-10-10-10----10-10--|----9-9-9-9------9--9-----|
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A|-----12-12-12----10-10-10-|----9-9-9------10-10-10---|
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PRE_CHORUS : x2
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A|----10-10-10-10----10-10--|----9-9-9-9-------9--9----|
E|--8--------------8--------|--7-----------7-----------|
CHORUS : x 3
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------4-4-4-----|
A|-----7-7-7-----10-10-10---|-----7-7-7----------------|
E|--0----------8------------|--5-----------3-----------|
BRIDGE: x1
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D|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-----7-7-7-----10-10-10---|----7-7-7-7------7--7-----|----7-7-7-7------7--7-----|
E|--0----------8------------|--5-----------5-----------|--5-----------5-----------|
VERSE: x4
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----10-10-10-10----10-10--|----9-9-9-9------9--9-----|
E|--8--------------8--------|--7-----------7-----------|
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-----12-12-12----10-10-10-|----9-9-9------10-10-10---|
E|--0-----------0-----------|--0---------0-------------|
PRE_CHORUS : x 3
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----10-10-10-10----10-10--|----9-9-9-9-------9--9----|
E|--8--------------8--------|--7-----------7-----------|
CHORUS : x 3
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B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------4-4-4-----|
A|-----7-7-7-----10-10-10---|-----7-7-7----------------|
E|--0----------8------------|--5-----------3-----------|
OUTRO : x1
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D|--------------------------|--7-----------------------|
A|-----7-7-7-----10-10-10---|--7-----------------------|
E|--0----------8------------|--5-----------------------|
Let ring for the whole bar
LYRICS (as close i can understand them)
This empty room it fills my mind
Freedom it leaves me confined
Every single wall has cracked
But in this life you can't turn back
I don't want to live,
I don't want to live alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
As these words are with my tongue
I question why they're even sung
I have promised but I lied
I don't even know myself inside
I don't want to be,
I don't wanna be here alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Today and tomorrow have become one
Every single thing has become none
Human nature is a beast
What I've done the most to show I have the least
Please don't leave me here,
please don't leave me here
Don't you leave me alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
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