Tablature the will to live - Ben Harper

          



 Ben Harper, The Will to Live 

  

  from the album The Will to Live, 1997

  

   

  

  Tuning - standard guitar tuning with the bottom E string

  

  dropped to D

  

   

  

  Note that Ben plays this with a slide on his weissenborn,

  

  but you can still play this by using your index finger as a barre. 

  

   

  

  Intro and verse riff:

  

  E-------------------------------------------------

  

  B-------------------------------------------------

  

  G-------------------------------------------------

  

  D-------------------------------------------------

  

  A-----------5----3--2--0-------------5--3--2--0---

  

  D---0--0---------------------0--0-----------------

  

   

  

   

  

  Just before the chorus - i.e. at the words "she's still alive" 

  

  play:

  

  E----------------------------------------

  

  B---------------------------3------------

  

  G---------------------------2------------

  

  D---------------------------0------------

  

  A-----------5--3--2--0------0------------

  

  D----0--0-------------------0------------

  

   

  

  and hold the D chord until:

  

  with plenty of distortion

  

  Eb Bb F C

  

  E--------------------------------------------------

  

  B--------------------------------------------------

  

  G--------------------------------------------------

  

  D---1-------8---------3-------10-------------------

  

  A---1-------8---------3-------10-------------------

  

  D---1-------8---------3-------10-------------------

  

   

  

  this is the chord progression for the chorus and the end bit,

  

  and the sort of siren sound that Ben gets in the last chorus can 

  

  be imitated by bending the B string upwards at the 11th and 13th 

  

  frets, provided your amp is going flat out

  

   

  

  Lyrics:

  

  I met a girl whose heart was on the right hand side

  

  and upon the left an angel did reside

  

  the told her mother that she never would survive

  

  but she kept the rhythm and is still alive

  

   

  

  We must all have the will to live

  

  you got to have the will to live

  

   

  

  then i met a man who had to walk with his hands

  

  born into a world he couldn't stand

  

  blessed with life but cursed as a man 

  

  still he walks taller than most of us can

  

   

  

  We must all have the will to live

  

  you got to have the will to live

  

   

  

  some are born with more and some are born with less

  

  so don't take for granted the life we've been blessed

  

  its hard to understand that we're only a guest

  

  and each of us shall be put to life's test

  

   

  

  We must all have the will to live

  

  you got to have the will to live

   


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