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Roses From My Friends by Ben Harper
Roses From My Friends
In standard tuning
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--0---2---1--0-1-1---1--------3--1---------------------------------|
--0---2---2--0-2-2?2-2-slide--4--2---------------------------------|
--0---x---2--0-2-2-2-2--------4--2---------------------------------|
--2---x------------------------------------------------------------|
--3---x------------------------------------------------------------|
In between, throw this kind of trademark Harper stuff in
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Lyrics
I could have treated you better
But you couldn't have treated me worse
But it's he who laughs last
Is he who cries first
Sometimes I feel I know strangers
Better than I know my friends
Why must a beginning
Be the means to an end
The stones from my enemies
These wounds will mend
But I cannot survive
the roses from my friends
When the last word has been spoken
And we've beared 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
Distant church bells no longer ring
That's the sound of a heart taken
And the story of tears from a king
The stones from my enemies
These wounds will mend
But I cannot survive
The roses from my friends
This may be the last time I see you
Forgive me for holding you close
This may be the last time that 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
The stones from my enemies
These wounds will mend
But I cannot survive the roses from my friends
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version 2
Chords used:
G D Dsus2 Am Cadd9 Bm5* Asus4 Bb5*
e|--3---2---3---0---0----0-----0----0---|
B|--3---3---3---1---3----3-----3----3---|
G|--0---2---2---2---0----0-----2----0---|
D|--0---0---0---2---2----0-----2----0---|
A|--2---X---X---0---3----2-----0----1---|
E|--3---X---X---0---0----0-----0----0---|
intro: G D-Dsus2 Am (when you see D play D-Dsus2)
G D Am
I could have treated you better
G D Am
But you couldn't have treated me worse
G D Am
But it's he who laughs last
G D Am
Is he who cries first
G D Am
Sometimes I feel I know strangers
G D Am
Better than I know my friends
G D Am
Why must a beginning
G D Am
Be the means to an end
(sometimes he plays Am and the slides the hand to the 3rd fret like this)
e|---0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0---|
B|---1-1-1-1~~3-3-3~~1---|
G|---2-2-2-2~~4-4-4~~2---|
D|---2-2-2-2~~4-4-4~~2---|
A|---0-0-0-0--0-0-0~~0---|
E|-----------------------|
(he also plays this just before the beginning of the verses, before the G)
E|--0h2--|
G Cadd9
The stones from my enemies
G Cadd9
These wounds will mend
Em D
But I cannot survive
Cadd9 (***) G Cadd9 (***) G
the roses from my friends e|---0--------3---|
B|---3--------3---|
G|---0--0--0--0---|
D|---2--0--0--0---|
A|---3--2--0--2---|
E|---0--0--0--3---|
G D Am
When the last word has been spoken
G D Am
And we've beared witness to the final setting sun
G D Am
All that shall remain is a token
G D Am
Of what we've said and done
G D Am
When all we've had has been forsaken
G D Am
Distant church bells no longer ring
G D Am
That's the sound of a heart taken
G D Am
And the story of tears from a king
G Cadd9
The stones from my enemies
G Cadd9
These wounds will mend
Em D
But I cannot survive
Cadd9 (***) G
the roses from my friends
Em D Cadd9-Bm5*-Asus4
oh i cannot survive the roses
(repeat verse)
This may be the last time I see you
Forgive me for holding you close
This may be the last time that 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
G Cadd9
The stones from my enemies
G Cadd9
These wounds will mend
Em D
But I cannot survive
Cadd9 (***) G
the roses from my friends
Em D
oh i cannot survive
Cadd9 Bm5* Asus4 (x3)
the roses...
Cadd9 Bm5* Bb5* Cadd9 G
i cannot survive the roses from my friends.
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I could have treated you better
but you couldn't have treated me worse
but it's he who laughs last
is he who cries first
Sometimes I feel I know strangers
better than I know my friends
why must a beginning
be the means to an end
The stones from my enemies
these wounds will mend
but I cannot survive
the roses from my friends
When the last word has been spoken
and we've beared 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
distant church bells no longer ring
that's the sound of a heart taken
and the story of tears from a king
The stones from my enemies
these wounds will mend
but I cannot survive
the roses from my friends
This may be the last time I see you
forgive me for holding you close
this may be the last time that 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
The stones from my enemies
these wounds will mend
but I cannot survive
the roses from my friends
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