Ben Harper - Roses From My Friends Tabs

ben harper - roses from my friends


intro - G D Am x 3

 he does a little fill with the Am chord inbetween each line ,  

E---------------
A---1---1--0--1-  then slide the Am chord up to 3rd fret and back
D----2h0-2--2--2  this might not be exactly correct but its easy to improvise.
G----2h0-2--2--2
B---------------
E---------------


verse 1

G               D          Am      (fill) 
I could have treated you better
G                      D          Am    (fill) etc...
But you couldn't have treated me worse
G               D        Am
But it's he who laughs last
G               D          Am
It is he who cries first             cont..

Sometimes I feel I know strangers
better than I know my friends
Why must a beginning
be the means to an end?

chorus

      G             C       
The stones from my enemies
G                   C
these wounds will mend
    Em          D
But I cannot survive
      C     Em Am  G
the roses from my friends

Verse 2

G            D                Am        cont...
When the last word has been spoken
and we've bleared witness to the final setting sun
All that shall remain is a token
of what we've said and done

When all we've had has been forsaken
And distant church bells no longer ring
That's the sound of a heart taken
and the story of tears from a king

chorus

The stones from my enemies
these wounds will mend
But I cannot survive
the roses from my friends

Verse 3

This may be the last time I see you
Forgive me for holding you close
This may be the last time 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

chorus

The stones from my enemies
These wounds will mend
But I cannot survive
the roses from my friends