• Song:

    Having Wings

  • Artist:

    Ben Harper

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Having Wings
2007 Album:  Lifeline
Chords and Tab By:  Jeff Martin
Tuning - Standard

Intro Chords (This is all for a single acoustic)
Bm-C-G
Bm-Bm/Bbm/Am-G

Bm (x24432@1)                             C (x32010@1)                   GI (320003@1)heard a street singer play a song I knew,
Bm (x24432@1)       Bm/Bbm/Am           GAnd (320003@1)it brought me closer to you.
Bm (x24432@1)                             C (x32010@1)                                   
  G/Am/Bm
I heard a street singer play a song I called my own,
                     Bm/Bbm/Am               GThat (320003@1)brought be to my childhood home.
        C (x32010@1)    C/B (x2555x@1)   C/A   G (320003@1)                     
D/Dsus4/D
Did you     go       back from where you came?
        C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) C/B (x2555x@1)       G (320003@1)            D/Dsus4/D
If I    get there will they have my name?
           C (x32010@1)    C/B (x2555x@1)     C/A   G (320003@1)          D/Dsus4/D
If they don't I'll only have myself to blame.
       C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)     D/Dsus4/D
For all these things,
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1)                            GTrue (320003@1)happiness is having wings.
Bm (x24432@1)                                      C (x32010@1)                               GLife (320003@1)is a gury eyed, heavy hearted, whirlwind of a storm.
Bm (x24432@1)            Bm/Bbm/Am                    GSomething (320003@1)they just hurt too much to cry.
Bm (x24432@1)                                                   C (x32010@1)             
                G (320003@1)   G/Am/Bm
Memories are like shadows, the light won't make them disappear
        Bm/Bbm/Am                            GSo (320003@1)I still see you smiling with your eyes.

So did you go back from where you came?
If I get there, would they have my name?
If they don't I'll only have myself to blame,
For all these things,
True happiness is having wings

Solo:
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Did you go back from where you came?
If I get there will they have my name?
If they don't I'll only have myself to blame.
For all these things
True happiness is having wings
True happiness is having wings
True happiness is having wings

Great Song  enjoy!  PEACE

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