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There will be a light - Ben Harper
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This is the transcription of a Ben Harper's performance at an open mic
at the Folk Music Center in Claremont, CA on 07/23/06.
(www.folkmusiccenter.com)
The video can be found on my Youtube channel: bojocatkite.
Album: There Will Be a Light
Artist: Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Tabbed by: Joel C.
Email: jcboxfr AT yahoo DOT fr
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
A E C D Dbm D
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
x02220 022100 x32010 xx0232 x46654 x57775
F#m Bm
EADGBe EADGBe
244222 x24432
On the third bar the C# is played with the little finger and the B is
played with the thumb, in order to keep the D chord in position.
Fingering: t: thumb, i: index, m: middle, r: ring, p: pinky.
h: hammer-on, p: pull-off, s: slide
Structure: P1
P2 P2 P3 P3
P2 P2 P3 P3
P4 P3 P3 P5
P1 (Intro):
sweep
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---0---0---|-3---3---3-3-3---|-2---2---0-2-3---|
G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---1---1---|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2---2---1-1-1---|
D|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A|-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----------4-2---|-0---0-----------|
E|---------4---4-0-|-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|---------0-0-0---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
sweep
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---0---0---|-3---3---3-3-3---|-2---2---0-2-3---|
G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---1---1---|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2---2---1-1-1---|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---0---0-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----------4-2---|-0---0-----------|
E|---------4---4---|-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|---------0-0-0---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e|-----------------|
B|-0-2-3---0-2-3---|
G|-1-1-1---1-1-1---|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A|-----------------|
E|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|
* * * *
P2:
sweep
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---0---0---|-3---3---3-3-3---|-2---2---0-2-3---|
G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---1---1---|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2---2---1-1-1---|
D|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0-------|-2---2---2-2-2---|
A|-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----------4-2---|-0---0-----------|
E|---------4---4---|-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|---------0-0-0---|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
P3:
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e|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-------0---|-----------------|
B|-2---2---5---5---|-7-5---2-----2---|------2-------0--|-3-3-3-2---------|
G|-2---2---6---6---|-7-6---2-----2---|----2--2----1--1-|-2-2-2-2---------|
D|-2---2---6---6---|-7-6---2-----2---|---4-------2-----|-0---------------|
A|-0---0---4---4---|-5-4---0-----0---|-----------------|---4-2-0--------0|
E|-----------------|---------------4-|-2-------0-------|-----------0-0h3-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
P4:
m
t t i i t timii t tirmi t imr mir m rm t t m t t m i
d|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----32--02--0---|-----------------|
B|-----3-------3---|------2-------2--|----3--3---3--3--|-----3h2-----232-|
G|-----4------4-4--|----2--2----2--2-|---2----2--------|----------------2|
D|---4---4---4---4-|---4-------4-----|-0---------------|---2-------2-----|
G|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
D|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Ben's fingering
m
t t i t t timit
d|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----32--02--0---|-----0---4-4-----|
B|-----3-------3---|------2-------2--|----3--3---3--3--|-----------------|
G|-----4------4-4--|----2--2----2--2-|---2----2--------|----1-s4--4------|
D|---4---4---4---4-|---4-------4-----|-0---------------|---2-------------|
G|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-0---------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Ben's fingering change here (not a classical player :-))
P5: End
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-------0---|-----------------|
B|-2---2---5---5---|-7-5---2-----2---|------2-------0--|-3---3---3---3---|
G|-2---2---6---6---|-7-6---2-----2---|----2--2----1--1-|-2---2---2---2---|
D|-2---2---6---6---|-7-6---2-----2---|---4-------2-----|-0---0-----------|
A|-0---0---4---4---|-5-4---0-----0---|-----------------|---------4---4---|
E|-----------------|---------------4-|-2-------0-------|-----------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
sweep
d|-----------------|----------------------------------|
B|-3---3---3-------|-------3-3p2-----2----------------|
G|-2---2---2-------|-----2------2----2----------------|
D|---------0-------|---2---------2---2----------------|
G|-2---2-----------|-0-------------0-0----------------|
D|-------4-----4---|----------------------------------|
* * * * * | | | * | | | * | | | * | | |
End
Lyrics:
I wish we could live forever
Then melt into the sun
Melt into the sun
Time is gonna change you
Once it gets you on the run
Gets you on the run
There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light
There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light
I've been running
Ever since
Ever since I was a child
Some call it free
Some just call it wild
There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light
There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light
Let the warmth of my love
Dry away all your tears
Fear not for I am with you
I will fear not, I will fear not with you here
There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light
There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be, there will be a light
There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light
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