• 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
     C     G           Am       Em
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: G  Am  Em

C        G            Am   Em
The word suicide is irresponsible
C        G            Am   Em
Still you offered to buy me a gun
F        C        G     Em
what's so hard about sympathy
G       Am       Em
Love is a lonely room
G       Am       Em
Love is a lonely room


C               G
When out on the edge
Am              Em
there's just two directions
C    G        Am      Em
And somebody has to lose
F                              C
I should know better than to use words
G              Em
Like never and hate
G        Am        Em
Love is a lonely room
G        Am        Em
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 | --------------------------------------------------------------- | 


C  G       Am    Em
This is no way to live
C  G        Am     Em
And this is no way to die
F                    C
Who in the hell's life is
             G     Em
this I'm living anyway
G        Am        Em
Love is a lonely room
G        Am       Em
Love is a lonely room

Instrumental Outro

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