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The Word Suicide by Ben Harper
The Word Suicide
**NOTE** On the Am chord change in the verse, sometimes Ben will play a Am followed by
Aadd9 and an Am7 something like
C G Am Em
e|---0-----3--------0---0---0----0---------------------------------------|
B|---1-----0--------1---3---1----0---------------------------------------|
G|---0-----0--------2---2---0----0---------------------------------------|
D|---2-----0--------2---2---2----2---------------------------------------|
A|---3-----2--------0---0---0----2---------------------------------------|
E|---x-----3--------0---0---0----0---------------------------------------|
Intro: G Am Em
C G Am Em
The word suicide is irresponsible
C G Am Em
Still you offered to buy me a gun
F C G Em
what's so hard about sympathy
G Am Em
Love is a lonely room
G Am Em
Love is a lonely room
C G
When out on the edge
Am Em
there's just two directions
C G Am Em
And somebody has to lose
F C
I should know better than to use words
G Em
Like never and hate
G Am Em
Love is a lonely room
G Am Em
Love is a lonely room
---solo1--- (beginning)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15h17--17--17---15---15--------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------14h16----16---16----12------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------12----14-----14s16----14----12--------------12---|
D|-----12h14--------------------------------------14p12h14-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
etc.
---solo2---(beginning)
(play with a slide, slightly more distortion)
he plays something like...
e|--------------------------------------------------5------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------8---------------|
G|----7s9--7--5--4---4-4h5-5--4s2--2p0------7s9------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C G Am Em
This is no way to live
C G Am Em
And this is no way to die
F C
Who in the hell's life is
G Em
this I'm living anyway
G Am Em
Love is a lonely room
G Am Em
Love is a lonely room
Instrumental Outro
Play Am riff and Em variations, or just repeat G Am Em pattern.
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version 2
Intro: G D Em
Em D Am Em
The word suicide is irresponsible
C G D D
Still you offered to buy me a gun
C G Am Em
what's so hard about sympathy
G D Em
Love is a lonely room
G D Em
Love is a lonely room
Em D
When out on the edge
Am Em
there's just two directions
C G D D
And somebody has to lose
C G
I should know better than to use words
Am Em
Like never and hate
G D Em
Love is a lonely room
G D Em
Love is a lonely room
And that chord progression is used through both solos and the last verse
So, basically the songs chord progression is:
Em D Am Em
C G D D
C G Am Em
G D Em
G D Em
That should get you through the whole thing.
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The word suicide is irresponsible
Still you offered to buy me a gun
What's so hard about sympathy
Love is a lonely room
Love is a lonely room
When out on the edge
There's just two directions
And somebody has to lose
I should know better than to use words
Like never and hate
Love is a lonely room
Love is a lonely room
This is no way to live
And this is no way to die
Who in the hell's life is this I'm living anyway
Love is a lonely room
Love is a lonely room
Love is a lonely room [x8]
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