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Harper ben: Brown eyed blues

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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:24:21 +0100
From: Guillaume 
Subject: h/harper_ben/brown_eyed_blues.btab

Brown Eyed Blues
by Ben Harper ( with Juan Nelson on the bass ) on the album Diamonds On
The Inside
Tab By Mosquito_Grinch
 
Great funky bass line with a nice solo. God bless Juan Nelson ! :-)
 
Intro :
 
G---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|
A---------7-5---|--------7-5---|--------7-5---|--------7-5---|
E-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|-5----------7-|-5----------7-|
 
Verse :
 
I say, if I knew...          ...here
G---------------|--------------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|
D---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--------7-5---|--------7-5---|
A---------7-5---|--------7-5---|-5----------7-|-5----------7-|
E-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|--------------|--------------|
 
Would mean ...   alone         tomorrow
G---5-3-5-------|--7-5-7-------|---------------|--------------|
D---------5-3---|--------7-5---|---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|
A--3----------5-|-5----------7-|---------7-5---|--------7-5---|
E---------------|--------------|-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|
 
I...                        all of my
G---------------|--------------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|
D---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--------7-5---|--------7-5---|
A---------7-5---|--------7-5---|-5----------7-|-5----------7-|
E-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|--------------|--------------|
 
For a moment     with           you
G---5-3-5-------|--7-5-7-------|---------------|--------------|
D---------5-3---|--------7-5---|---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|
A--3----------5-|-5----------7-|---------7-5---|--------7-5---|
E---------------|--------------|-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|
 
Chorus :
 
Brown            Eyed           Blues
G---------------|---------------|---7-5-7-------|-------------|
D---7-5-7-------|---5-3-5-------|---------7-5---|--7-5-7------|
A---------7-5---|---------5-3---|-5-----------7-|--------7-5--|-
E-5-----------7-|-3-----------5-|---------------|-5---------7-|
 
You can find..   another         fool
G---------------|---------------|---7-5-7-------|-------------|
D---7-5-7-------|---5-3-5-------|---------7-5---|--7-5-7------|
A---------7-5---|---------5-3---|-5-----------7-|--------7-5--|-
E-5-----------7-|-3-----------5-|---------------|-5---------7-|
 
Say yeah,        yeah,           yeah
G---5-3-5-------|---7-5-7-------|---------------|-------------|
D---------5-3---|---------7-5---|---7-5-7-------|-don't play--|
A-3-----------5-|-5-----------7-|---------7-5---|-only guitar-|
E---------------|---------------|-5-----------7-|-------------|
 

Verse 2 ( same as verse 1 )
 
Chorus 2 ( same as chorus 1 )
 
Bass Solo ( with enveloppe filter pedal )
                               (not sure for this bar)
G-----------------|------------9p7-|-----------------|-9p7------------|
D-----999-888-777-|-----7-7-7------|-----999-888-777-|----9p7-7p5-----|
A-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------7p5--|
E-5-7-------------|5-7-x-x-x--x---x|5-7--------------|--------------7-|
                        TPTPTP TP T                     P P   T  T  T
 
G-----------------|------------9p7-|-------------------------|
D-----999-888-777-|-----7-7-7------|------7-7-7--x-x-x-x-x-x-|
A-----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
E-5-7-------------|5-7-x-x-x--x---x|5-7-x-x-x---0-1-2-3-4-5--|
                        TPTPTP TP T     TPTPTP  TPTPTPTPTPTP
 
G--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
D--------999-888-777-|--------999-888-777-|-----999-888-777-|
A--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
E-55-5-7-------------|-55-5-7-------------|-5-7-------------|
 
G----------------------------|--------------------------|
D---------8--9--10--11--12---|--------------------------|
A----------------------------|-only guitar during 4 bar-|
E-55-5--x--x---x---x---x-----|--------------------------|
        T PT P TP  TP  TP
 
Bridge ( enveloppe filter pedal on ):
 
G-------7h9p7-|--------------|-------9-7-9p7-|-------7-9p7-|
D-------------|-------9--7h9-|---------------|-------------|
A-------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
E-----x-------|-5-6-7--------|-5-6-7---------|-5-6-7-------|
      T P                            P P P           P P
 
G-------------|
D--------9--8-|
A-------------|
E-5-6-7-------|
 
Verse 3 ( same as verse 1 and 2 )
 
Chorus ( same as chorus 1 and 2 except the "Say yeah, yeah, yeah" part,
which is repeat three time.
 
Outro ( enveloppe filter on ) :
 
G---------------|---------5h7p5-|------------|---------x-7p5--|
D---------5-7p5-|-------x-------|------------|----------------|
A-------x-------|---------------|------------|-------x--------|
E-3-4-5---------|-3-4-5---------|-3-4-5------|-3-4-5----------|
        T P P           T P                          T P P
 
G------------|-----------|---------------|
D------------|-----------|---------5-7p5-|
A------------|-----------|-------x-------|
E-3-4-5------|-3-4-5-----|-3-4-5---------|
                                 T P P
 
Keep this groove ( 3-4-5 on the E string at each bar start ) and
alternate
the differents variations until the end of the song.
 
other variations :
G--------7------5h7-|-------75--75--75---|-------7-5-----|------------|
D----------5h6h7----|---------75--75--75-|-----------7-5-|------------|
A-------------------|--------------------|---------------|------------|
E-3-4-5-------------|-3-4-5--------------|-3-4-5---------|-33-44-55---|
         P P    P           [very fast]          P
 
         [ very fast ]
G-------975--975--975---|
D----------75---75---75-|
A-----------------------|
E-3-4-5-----------------|
 

Enjoy!
 
It may be some mistakes in the solo or the outro, so for any suggestion
or correction mail me to pwapoliticman@hotmail.com