ARTIST: BEN HARPER
SONG TITLE: FORGIVEN
ALBUMN TITLE: BURN TO SHINE
RELEASE DATE: It WILL be released on the 21st of sept. '99
Transcribed by Jai Mitchell. Please send comments complaints
and corrections to me at (jai_mitchell@yahoo.com)
OR (bemitch@linknet.com.au)
Please note: This is my first attempt at writing tab on my computer
and I haven't heard the song enough yet to be sure
of anything so I will gladly take any corrections and
advice! Thank you..
P.S. the / means slide up or down (im not sure what it
usually is!)
Riff #1 (play once for each of the first three lines of each verse)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2h4----2----4----4/6---6--6--6/7---6p4--6p4/2--2--2------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff #2 (play every 4th line and once more before chorus)
D A E
e|------------------2-2------0-0------0-0--|
B|------------------3-3------2-2------0-0--|
G|------------------2-2------2-2------1-1--|
D|---2h4b^--4p2p0---0-0------2-2------2-2--|
A|---------------------------0-0------2-2--|
E|------------------------------------0-0--|
*the ^ above represents
a quick slight bend
CHORUS
..you shall be... ..you shall be.... ...you shall be......
E D C#?
e|-----------------0-0-------------------2-2-----------------------
B|.----------------0-0-------------------3-3-----------------------
G|-----------------1-1-------------------2-2-----------------------
D|.-2h4b^--4p2p0-2-2-2----2h4b^--4p2p0-0-0-0----2h4b^--4p2p0---6-6- cont'd
A|-----------------2-2---------------------------------------4-4-4-
E|-----------------0-0---------------------------------------------
...Forgiven....
C?
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-------------------------.|
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----2h4b^--4p2p0---5-5---.|
-----------------3-3-3----|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_harper/forgiven_tab.html ]
SOLO BACKING (my attempt at the rythym section during the solo)
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2-----|--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2-----|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------0-0-|-----------------------------0-0-|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|--2h3-3--2h3-3--2h3-3--2h3-3-----|--3h5-5--3h5-5--3h5-5--3h5-5-----|
E|-----------------------------0-0-|-----------------------------0-0-|
LYRICS:
Verse 1 I will wait like nothing
I have ever waited for
I will catch your tears from falling
Until from my hands they fall
Verse 2 You can leave me abandoned
Like the year if you are begging (not sure of this line)
Like the rest I have been branded
Far beneath the skin
So far beneath the skin
Chorus You shall be...
You shall be....
You shall be.....
Forgiven....
You shall be...
You shall be....
You shall be.....
Forgiven....
Verse 3 Here I have been waiting
While the time has come and gone
I tried singing to you
But you turned my words to stone
Verse 4 Here I have been waiting
It seems for quite a while
Changed on my reflections
But inside I'm still just a child
But inside I'm still just a child
CHORUS
SLIDE GUITAR SOLO W/WAH WAH
Verse 5 These eyes weren't made for crying
This love wasn't made to waste
These arms weren't made for battle
But to share your warm embrace
But to share in your embrace
CHORUS x 2
-I dont know if that is exactly were it ends but it was cut off
at that point on th radio and I transcribed this from the tape of
the radio show.
-Jai Mitchell (Self Proclaimed to be
arguably the biggest
Ben Harper fan on earth)
PROVE ME WRONG!!!!
