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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
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
