Artist: Ben Harper
Album: Welcome to the Cruel World (1994)
Song: Pleasure & Pain (Track 9)
This song is played on the Weissenborn, an acoustic lap slide guitar. It can still be played on a normal acoustic, however.
Rate this, I want to see how I went.
Tuning D,A,D,F#,A,d
D ----0-2>|4--0------2^0-|------------------|------------|------0-2>|
A --0-----|--------2-----|7--------5--------|0-----5-----|0----0----|
F#--------|--------------|------------------|------------|----------|
D --------|--------------|--7-0------5^0----|---0----5^0-|--0-------|
A 0-------|--------------|------------------|------------|----0-----|
D --------|--------2-----|7--------5--------|0-----5-----|----------|
I'm leaving here on the morning train and
D -4--0-------2^0-|-----------------|----------------|------2/4>2-0-|
A ---------2------|-7---------5-----|----0-----5-----|-0------------|
F#----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
D ----------------|----7-0------5^0-|-------0----5^0-|---0----------|
A ----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
D ---------2------|-7---------5-----|----0-----5-----|--------------|
I will ne-ver see this world again
Chorus:
D ------2/4>2-0-|2----2/4--4>2----|------------2>4----|4----2/4>2-0|
A 5-------------|---0-------------|5-------5^0--------|------------|
F#--------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------|
D --5^0---------|-----------------|---5---------------|------------|
A --------------|0----------------|-------------------|------------|
D 5-------------|-----------------|5------------------|0-----------|
I've felt pleasure and I have felt pain and
D -------2/4>2--0-|-2-------0--2>4|4..4>2--0--2^0------|----
A 5---------------|------0--------|----------------4>5-|-5--
F#----------------|---------------|--------------------|---
D --5^0-----------|---------------|--------------------|----
A ----------------|-0-------------|-----------0--------|-----
D 5---------------|---------------|---0----------------|-0--
I know now that I can never be the same
Etc same for the rest of the song.
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