Ben Harper
Roses From My Friends
Chords used:
G D Dsus2 Am Cadd9 Bm5* Asus4 Bb5*
e|--3---2---3---0---0----0-----0----0---|
B|--3---3---3---1---3----3-----3----3---|
G|--0---2---2---2---0----0-----2----0---|
D|--0---0---0---2---2----0-----2----0---|
A|--2---X---X---0---3----2-----0----1---|
E|--3---X---X---0---0----0-----0----0---|
intro: G D-Dsus2 Am (when you see D play D-Dsus2)
G D Am
I could have treated you better
G D Am
But you couldn't have treated me worse
G D Am
But it's he who laughs last
G D Am
Is he who cries first
G D Am
Sometimes I feel I know strangers
G D Am
Better than I know my friends
G D Am
Why must a beginning
G D Am
Be the means to an end
(sometimes he plays Am and the slides the hand to the 3rd fret like this)
e|---0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0---|
B|---1-1-1-1~~3-3-3~~1---|
G|---2-2-2-2~~4-4-4~~2---|
D|---2-2-2-2~~4-4-4~~2---|
A|---0-0-0-0--0-0-0~~0---|
E|-----------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/h/harper-ben/22702.html ]
(he also plays this just before the beginning of the verses, before the G)
E|--0h2--|
G Cadd9
The stones from my enemies
G Cadd9
These wounds will mend
Em D
But I cannot survive
Cadd9 (***) G Cadd9 (***) G
the roses from my friends e|---0--------3---|
B|---3--------3---|
G|---0--0--0--0---|
D|---2--0--0--0---|
A|---3--2--0--2---|
E|---0--0--0--3---|
G D Am
When the last word has been spoken
G D Am
And we've beared witness to the final setting sun
G D Am
All that shall remain is a token
G D Am
Of what we've said and done
G D Am
When all we've had has been forsaken
G D Am
Distant church bells no longer ring
G D Am
That's the sound of a heart taken
G D Am
And the story of tears from a king
G Cadd9
The stones from my enemies
G Cadd9
These wounds will mend
Em D
But I cannot survive
Cadd9 (***) G
the roses from my friends
Em D Cadd9-Bm5*-Asus4
oh i cannot survive the roses
(repeat verse)
This may be the last time I see you
Forgive me for holding you close
This may be the last time that I see you
So of this moment I will make the most
This may be the last time I see you
But if you keep me in your heart
Together we shall be eternal
If you believe
We shall never part
G Cadd9
The stones from my enemies
G Cadd9
These wounds will mend
Em D
But I cannot survive
Cadd9 (***) G
the roses from my friends
Em D
oh i cannot survive
Cadd9 Bm5* Asus4 (x3)
the roses...
Cadd9 Bm5* Bb5* Cadd9 G
i cannot survive the roses from my friends.
