Ben Harper - Another Lonely Day Chords & Tabs

Ben Harper - Another Lonely Day

Tabbed By: Toddlerocious
Email: todd_5_bbot@yahoo.com
Tuning: DGCFAd (tuned down a step)


Chords shown relative 

Playing the high "d" string is optional. I tabbed it without the "d" string because, in
the version from his album, Ben Harper doesn't play it at all. In the Ben Harper/Pearl
Jam version he does play the "d" string. Playing it makes the song easier. You choose

d = down stroke

u = up stroke

\ = first beat of measure

' = other beats in measure

*  means that most of the time Ben doesn't play that note, but you can throw it in for
flare or totally ignore it. Do
whatever you like.


Intro/Verse:

     C             Am             Em             G
     \  '   '   '   \  '   '   '   \  '   '   '   \  '
D |-------------------------------------------------------|
G |-----1-1---1---1----1-1---1-1-1----0-0---0-0-0----3-3--|
C |-----0-0---0---0----2-2---0-2-0----0-0---0-0-0----0-0--|
F |-----2-2------------2-2---2-2-2----2-2---2-2-2----0-0--|
A |--3--3-3-3---2---0--0---0---0------2-------2------2----|
d |--------------------------------0--0---0-------3--3----|
        d u*  u*  u*   d u*  u d u    d u*  u d u    d u*

   Variation 1:         Variation 2:         Variation 3:
     G                    G
     '   '                '   '                '   '      
D |-----------|      D |-----------|      D |-----------|
G |----3---0--|      G |----3-3-3--|      G |----3---0--|
C |----0---0--|      C |----0-0-0--|      C |----0---0--|
F |-----------|  or  F |----0-0-0--|  or  F |-----------|
A |------0----|      A |------0----|      A |-----------|
d |--3--------|      d |--3--------|      d |--3---0----|
       u  u                 u d u                u   u 

In the second verse, when the verse part is repeated for the last time, the first measure goes like this:

     C                Am
     \    '    '  '   \
A |--3---------2------0--...\Continue with the verse riff
 I'd rather fall myself...../starting with the "Am"


Chorus:

          First Two Measures

     F              Am             
     \  '   '   '   \  '   '   '
D |---------------------------------|
G |-----1-1---1-1-1----1-1---1-1-1--|
C |-----2-2---2-2-2----2-2---2-2-2--|
F |-----3-3---3-3-3----2-2---2-2-2--|  
A |-----3-------3---0--0---0---0----|
d |--1--1---1-----------------------|
        d u*  u d u    d u*  u d u   


     Third Measure                        Fourth Measure
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_harper/another_lonely_day_tab_ver_2.html ]
      Variation 1:                         Variation 1:
     G                                    G
     \  '    '   '                        \  '   '   '
D |-------------------|              D |------------------|
G |-----3-3----3---3--|              G |-----3-3---3---0--|
C |-----0-0----0---0--|              C |-----0-0---0---0--|
F |-----0-0------2----|              F |-----0-0----------|
A |-----2-------------|              A |-----2------------|
d |--3--3----3--------|              d |--3--3---3---0----|
        d u*   u d u                         d u*  u   u 
                             
      Variation 2:                        Variation 2:
     G                                   G
     \  '  '   '                         \   '   '   '
D |-----------------|               D |-------------------|
G |-----3----3-3-3--|               G |----3---3---3---0--|
C |-----0----0-0-0--|               C |----0---0---0---0--|
F |-----0----0-0-0--|               F |------2------------|
A |-----2------2----|               A |-------------------|
d |--3--3--3---3----|               d |--3-------3---0----|
                                           u d u   u*  u*

                                          Variation 3:
                                         G
                                         \   '   '   '
                                    D |-------------------|
                                    G |----3---3---3---0--|
                                    C |----0---0---0---0--|
                                    F |------2------------|
                                    A |--------------0----|
                                    d |--3-------3--------|
                                           u d u   u   u 

"*" in Variation 1 of fourth measure only used with Variation 2 of third measure.


Here's the order:


Intro:

Intro/Verse riff once with first variation.


All Verses:

Intro/Verse riff repeats four times with variations 1, 1, 2, 3.


Chorus 1 + 2:

Chorus riff repeats four times with variations 1/1, 1/1, 2/1, 1/3.


Chorus 3:

Chorus riff repeats four times with variations 1/2, 1/2, 2/1, 1/2.

(Pearl Jam version has the same variations in the verses that I have, but all the
choruses go 1/2, 1/2, 1/2, 1/3 until the last chorus where it ends in 1/2. The outro
is the same in both versions.)


Outro:

Chorus riff once, variations 1/2
"For now it's just another lonely day, yaaahaay"

"For now it's just...

     F               Am             G
     \  '   '   '    \  '   '   '
D |------------------------------------|
G |-----1-1---1-1-1-----1-1---1-1-1-3--|
C |-----2-2---2-2-2-----2-2---2-2-2-0--|
F |-----3-3---3-3-3-----2-2---2-2-2-0--|  
A |-----3-------3----0--0---0---0---2--|
d |--1--1---1-----------------------3--|
        d u*  u d u    d u*  u d u   
...a-no-ther  lone---ly     daaaa---haaay"

Start slowing down at "lonely" and keep slowing until last "G" chord is strummed slowly.


Lyrics:

Verse 1:
Yes indeed I'm, alone again
And here come emptiness, crashing in
Its either love or hate I cant find in between
Cuz I've been with witches and I have been with a queen

Chorus:
It wouldn't have worked out anyway
So now it's just another lonely day
Further along we just may
But for now its just another lonely day

Verse 2:
Wish there was something I could say or do
I can resist anything but the temptation from you
But I'd rather walk alone then chase you around
I'd rather fall myself then let you drag me on down

Repeat Chorus:

Verse 3:
Yesterday seems like a life ago
Cuz the one I love today I hardly know
You I held so close in my heart oh dear
Grow further from me with every fallin' tear

Repeat Chorus:

Outro:
For now it's just another lonely day
For now it's just another lonely day


Enjoy,
Todd