• Song:

    There Will Be A Light

  • Artist:

    Ben Harper And The Blind Boys Of Alabama

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              There will be a light - Ben Harper
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This is the transcription of a Ben Harper's performance at an open mic 
at the Folk Music Center in Claremont, CA on 07/23/06.
(www.folkmusiccenter.com)
The video can be found on my Youtube channel: bojocatkite.


Album: There Will Be a Light
Artist: Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Tabbed by: Joel C.
Email: jcboxfr AT yahoo DOT fr

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

A         E         C         D         Dbm       D     
EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe    EADGBe
x02220    022100    x32010    xx0232    x46654    x57775

F#m       Bm
EADGBe    EADGBe
244222    x24432


On the third bar the C# is played with the little finger and the B is 
played with the thumb, in order to keep the D chord in position.

Fingering:  t: thumb, i: index, m: middle, r: ring, p: pinky.
h: hammer-on, p: pull-off, s: slide


Structure: P1 
           P2 P2 P3 P3
           P2 P2 P3 P3
           P4 P3 P3 P5


P1 (Intro):
                                              sweep
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---0---0---|-3---3---3-3-3---|-2---2---0-2-3---|
G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---1---1---|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2---2---1-1-1---|
D|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A|-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----------4-2---|-0---0-----------|
E|---------4---4-0-|-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|---------0-0-0---|
   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *    

                                              sweep
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---0---0---|-3---3---3-3-3---|-2---2---0-2-3---|
G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---1---1---|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2---2---1-1-1---|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---0---0-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----------4-2---|-0---0-----------|
E|---------4---4---|-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|---------0-0-0---|
   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *    

e|-----------------|
B|-0-2-3---0-2-3---|
G|-1-1-1---1-1-1---|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A|-----------------|
E|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|
   *   *   *   *      


P2:
                                              sweep
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---0---0---|-3---3---3-3-3---|-2---2---0-2-3---|
G|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---1---1---|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2---2---1-1-1---|
D|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0-------|-2---2---2-2-2---|
A|-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----------4-2---|-0---0-----------|
E|---------4---4---|-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|---------0-0-0---|
   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *    

P3:

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-------0---|-----------------|
B|-2---2---5---5---|-7-5---2-----2---|------2-------0--|-3-3-3-2---------|
G|-2---2---6---6---|-7-6---2-----2---|----2--2----1--1-|-2-2-2-2---------|
D|-2---2---6---6---|-7-6---2-----2---|---4-------2-----|-0---------------|
A|-0---0---4---4---|-5-4---0-----0---|-----------------|---4-2-0--------0|
E|-----------------|---------------4-|-2-------0-------|-----------0-0h3-|
   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *    

P4:
       m
   t t i i t timii   t tirmi           t imr mir m rm    t t m   t t m  i
d|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----32--02--0---|-----------------|
B|-----3-------3---|------2-------2--|----3--3---3--3--|-----3h2-----232-|
G|-----4------4-4--|----2--2----2--2-|---2----2--------|----------------2|
D|---4---4---4---4-|---4-------4-----|-0---------------|---2-------2-----|
G|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
D|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *    
Ben's fingering

       m
   t t i t t timit
d|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----32--02--0---|-----0---4-4-----|
B|-----3-------3---|------2-------2--|----3--3---3--3--|-----------------|
G|-----4------4-4--|----2--2----2--2-|---2----2--------|----1-s4--4------|
D|---4---4---4---4-|---4-------4-----|-0---------------|---2-------------|
G|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-----------------|-0---------------|
   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *    
Ben's fingering change here (not a classical player :-))


P5: End

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-------0---|-----------------|
B|-2---2---5---5---|-7-5---2-----2---|------2-------0--|-3---3---3---3---|
G|-2---2---6---6---|-7-6---2-----2---|----2--2----1--1-|-2---2---2---2---|
D|-2---2---6---6---|-7-6---2-----2---|---4-------2-----|-0---0-----------|
A|-0---0---4---4---|-5-4---0-----0---|-----------------|---------4---4---|
E|-----------------|---------------4-|-2-------0-------|-----------------|
   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *    

          sweep
d|-----------------|----------------------------------|
B|-3---3---3-------|-------3-3p2-----2----------------|
G|-2---2---2-------|-----2------2----2----------------|
D|---------0-------|---2---------2---2----------------|
G|-2---2-----------|-0-------------0-0----------------|
D|-------4-----4---|----------------------------------|
   *   *   *   *     * | | | * | | | * | | | * | | |  

End


Lyrics:
        
I wish we could live forever
Then melt into the sun
Melt into the sun
Time is gonna change you
Once it gets you on the run
Gets you on the run

There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light
There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light

I've been running
Ever since
Ever since I was a child
Some call it free
Some just call it wild

There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light
There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light

Let the warmth of my love
Dry away all your tears
Fear not for I am with you
I will fear not, I will fear not with you here

There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light
There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be, there will be a light

There will be
There will be
There will be a light
There will be a light 

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