• Song:

    The Word Suicide

  • Artist:

    Ben Harper

Tabbed by Joseph Noah

**NOTE** On the Am chord change in the verse, sometimes Ben will play a Am followed by 
Aadd9 and an Am7 something like
     C5     G5           A5       E5
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: G5  A5  E5

C5        G5            A5   E5
The word suicide is irresponsible
C5        G5            A5   E5
Still you offered to buy me a gun
F5        C5        G5     E5
what's so hard about sympathy
G5       A5       E5
Love is a lonely room
G5       A5       E5
Love is a lonely room


C5               G5
When out on the edge
A5              E5
there's just two directions
C5    G5        A5      E5
And somebody has to lose
F5                              C5
I should know better than to use words
G5              E5
Like never and hate
G5        A5        E5
Love is a lonely room
G5        A5        E5
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 | ----7s(b9)-7--5--4---4-4h5-5--4s2--2p0------7s(b9)----------------- | 
D | --------------------------------------------------------------- | 
A | --------------------------------------------------------------- | 
E | --------------------------------------------------------------- | 


C5  G5       A5    E5
This is no way to live
C5  G5        A5     E5
And this is no way to die
F5                    C5
Who in the hell's life is
             G5     E5
this I'm living anyway
G5        A5        E5
Love is a lonely room
G5        A5       E5
Love is a lonely room

Instrumental Outro

Play Am riff and Em variations, or just repeat G   Am  Em pattern.
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