PLEASE BLEED
by Ben Harper

from the live album "Live on Mars" (2001)
tabbed by Andrea Baroni (baroni_andrea@hotmail.com)

Standard tuning

Intro and verses:
E----------------------I------------------|
B----------------------I------------------|
G----------------------I------------------|
D----2----0-------0----I-----------2-4-2--|
A-------------------4--I--0-4-3--3--------|
E--0----------3--------I---------3--------|

Make me feel like a beggar
Make me feel like a thief
Make me feel like a battle
That cannot end in peace
Make me feel like runnin'
As if I've lost my nerves
Make me feel like cryin'
Tears I don't deserve

Pre-chorus:
E----------------------I-------------------|
B----------------------I-------------------|
G----------------------I-------------------|
D----2----0-------0----I-------------------|
A-------------------4--I--0----------------|
E--0----------3--------I-------------------|

Chorus (strummed):
C      Em
Please bleed
C                         Em
So I'll know that you are real
C                         Em
So I'll know that you can feel
C                      D     D4 D
The damage that you've done
C                Em
Oh, who have I become?
Am             C     Am   C
To myself I am numb, I am numb
Am   C
I am numb

Is this really livin'?
Sometimes it's hard to tell
Or is this kind of a gentler hell?
Turn out the lights
And let me stare into your soul
I was born and bled for you to hold

Please bleed
So I'll know that you are real
So I'll know that you can feel
The damage that you've done
Oh, who have I become?
To myself I am numb, I am numb
I am numb

Never said thank you
Never said please
Never gave reason to believe
So as it stands
I remain on my knees
Good lovers make great enemies

Please bleed
So I'll know that you are real
So I'll know that you can feel
The damage that you've done
Oh what have I become?
To myself I am numb, I am numb
I am numb

repeat chorus 3 times and then it's over
this time the lyrics are perfect!