Alone Acoustic Chords by Ben Harper | Songsterr Tabs with Rhythm

Standard (EADGBE)

Section Breakdowns:

Intro

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

4) This...

Verse

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

1a) emp- -ty room it

2a) Free- -dom it leaves

3a) Eve- -ry sin- -gle

4a) But in this life you

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

1b) fills my mind.

2b) me con- -fi- -i- -ned.

3b) wall has cracked.

4b) can't turn ba- -a- -ack.

Pre-chorus

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

1) I don't want to be, I

2) don't wanna be here (A-)

Chorus

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

1)A-lone... (Aah, ahh, ah) (Aaa-)

2)A-lone... (Aah, ahh, ah) (A-a-)

3)A-lone... (Aah, ahh, ah) (Ayy-)

then...

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

4)A-lone... (Aah, ahh)

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Outro

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

A-lone (Aah, ahhhhhhhhhhhh!)

Okay, now for the lyrics and chords....

ALONE - Ben Harper

Intro

(x4)

A/E G/E F♯ E G/E

C B This...

Verse 1

A/EEmp--G/Ety F♯rooEm G/Eit Cfills my Bmind

A/EFree-G/Edom F♯it E G/EleavesC me con-Bfined

A/EEve--G/Ery F♯sinE---G/Egle Cwall has Bcracked

A/EBut G/Ein F♯thiEs G/Elife you Ccan't turn Bback

Pre-chorus

C I don't want to Blive,

C I don't wan-na Bli-i-ive...

Chorus

E/E C A Gmmaj7* | (*G then Gmmaj7, if strumming chords)

Alone (ah, ah, ah)

AEloEne (Cah, Aah, Gmmaj7ah)

AEloEne (Cah, Aah) A

Verse 2

A/EAs G/Ethese F♯worEds G/Eare Cwith my Btongue

I A/Eques-G/Etion F♯whyE G/Ethey're C even su-Bng

A/EI G/Ehave F♯proE---G/Emised Cbut I Blied

A/EI G/Edon't F♯eveEn G/Eknow myCself insiBde

Pre-chorus

C I don't want to Bbe,

I Cdon't wanna Bbe here

Chorus

AEloEne (Cah, Aah, Gmmaj7ah)

AEloEne (Cah, Aah) A

Interlude/Solo: (played over 2 verse passes than a full chorus w/o "Alone"s)

A/E G/E F♯ E G/E

C B

A/E G/E F♯ E G/E

C B

E(aEh, aCh, aAh, aGmmaj7h)

E(aEah, Cah, Aah, Gmmaj7ah)

E(aEh, Cah, Aah) A

Verse 3

(**first two passes don't get played on CD)

ToA/Eday G/Eand toF♯morE--G/Erow have Cbe-come Bone.

A/EEvery G/Esingle F♯thiEng G/Ehas C become no-Bne

A/EHu---G/Eman F♯na-E---G/Eture Cis a Bbeast

A/EWhat I've G/Edone the F♯mosEt G/Eto Cshow I have the Bleast

Pre-chorus

(w/ extra pass)

CPlease don't leave me Bhere

CDon't you Bleave me

Chorus

(w/ Outro ending)

AEloEne (Cah, Aah, Gmmaj7ah)

AEloEne (Cah, Aahhhh!)

Great song. Beginners, you should be able to play this if you know the song pretty

well. I would recommend just playing the notes, no chords, as in the tabs. Where

4 notes are shown on the 5th A string it, you can use 2 to get the rhythm down.

Then, move to 3 notes and graduate to 4. Very fun song and it is great for both

fretting and picking accuracy while trying to keep a clean rhythm going.

Example of the Intro/Verse riff using chords:

(Yes, I know this isn't how the song is played, but give it a try. I think you'll

like it.)

V = hard down

v = quick down

u = quick up

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Then the same idea for the chorus chords.