Brown Eyed Blues by Ben Harper (with Juan Nelson on the bass) on the album Diamonds On The Inside Tab By Mosquito_Grinch Great funky bass line with a nice solo. God bless Juan Nelson ! :-) Intro : G---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| D---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------| A---------7-5---|--------7-5---|--------7-5---|--------7-5---| E-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|-5----------7-|-5----------7-| Verse :
I say, if I knew... ...here G---------------|--------------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------| D---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--------7-5---|--------7-5---| A---------7-5---|--------7-5---|-5----------7-|-5----------7-| E-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|--------------|--------------| Would mean ... alone tomorrow G---5-3-5-------|--7-5-7-------|---------------|--------------| D---------5-3---|--------7-5---|---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------| A--3----------5-|-5----------7-|---------7-5---|--------7-5---| E---------------|--------------|-5-----------7-|-5----------7-| I... all of my G---------------|--------------|--7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------| D---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------|--------7-5---|--------7-5---| A---------7-5---|--------7-5---|-5----------7-|-5----------7-| E-5-----------7-|-5----------7-|--------------|--------------| For a moment with you G---5-3-5-------|--7-5-7-------|---------------|--------------| D---------5-3---|--------7-5---|---7-5-7-------|--7-5-7-------| A--3----------5-|-5----------7-|---------7-5---|--------7-5---| E---------------|--------------|-5-----------7-|-5----------7-| Chorus : Brown Eyed Blues G---------------|---------------|---7-5-7-------|-------------| D---7-5-7-------|---5-3-5-------|---------7-5---|--7-5-7------| A---------7-5---|---------5-3---|-5-----------7-|--------7-5--|- E-5-----------7-|-3-----------5-|---------------|-5---------7-| You can find.. another fool G---------------|---------------|---7-5-7-------|-------------| D---7-5-7-------|---5-3-5-------|---------7-5---|--7-5-7------| A---------7-5---|---------5-3---|-5-----------7-|--------7-5--|- E-5-----------7-|-3-----------5-|---------------|-5---------7-| Say yeah, yeah, yeah G---5-3-5-------|---7-5-7-------|---------------|-------------| D---------5-3---|---------7-5---|---7-5-7-------|-don't play--| A-3-----------5-|-5-----------7-|---------7-5---|-only guitar-| E---------------|---------------|-5-----------7-|-------------| Verse 2 (same as verse 1) Chorus 2 (same as chorus 1) Bass Solo (with enveloppe filter pedal) (not sure for this bar) G-----------------|------------9p7-|-----------------|-9p7------------| D-----999-888-777-|-----7-7-7------|-----999-888-777-|----9p7-7p5-----| A-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------7p5--| E-5-7-------------|5-7-x-x-x--x---x|5-7--------------|--------------7-| TPTPTP TP T P P T T T G-----------------|------------9p7-|-------------------------| D-----999-888-777-|-----7-7-7------|------7-7-7--x-x-x-x-x-x-| A-----------------|----------------|-------------------------| E-5-7-------------|5-7-x-x-x--x---x|5-7-x-x-x---0-1-2-3-4-5--| TPTPTP TP T TPTPTP TPTPTPTPTPTP G--------------------|--------------------|-----------------| D--------999-888-777-|--------999-888-777-|-----999-888-777-| A--------------------|--------------------|-----------------| E-55-5-7-------------|-55-5-7-------------|-5-7-------------| G----------------------------|--------------------------| D---------8--9--10--11--12---|--------------------------| A----------------------------|-only guitar during 4 bar-| E-55-5--x--x---x---x---x-----|--------------------------| T PT P TP TP TP Bridge (enveloppe filter pedal on): G-------7h9p7-|--------------|-------9-7-9p7-|-------7-9p7-| D-------------|-------9--7h9-|---------------|-------------| A-------------|--------------|---------------|-------------| E-----x-------|-5-6-7--------|-5-6-7---------|-5-6-7-------| T P P P P P P G-------------| D--------9--8-| A-------------| E-5-6-7-------| Verse 3 (same as verse 1 and 2) Chorus (same as chorus 1 and 2 except the "Say yeah, yeah, yeah" part, which is repeat three time. Outro (enveloppe filter on) : G---------------|---------5h7p5-|------------|---------x-7p5--| D---------5-7p5-|-------x-------|------------|----------------| A-------x-------|---------------|------------|-------x--------| E-3-4-5---------|-3-4-5---------|-3-4-5------|-3-4-5----------| T P P T P T P P G------------|-----------|---------------| D------------|-----------|---------5-7p5-| A------------|-----------|-------x-------| E-3-4-5------|-3-4-5-----|-3-4-5---------| T P P Keep this groove (3-4-5 on the E string at each bar start) and alternate the differents variations until the end of the song. other variations : G--------7------5h7-|-------75--75--75---|-------7-5-----|------------| D----------5h6h7----|---------75--75--75-|-----------7-5-|------------| A-------------------|--------------------|---------------|------------| E-3-4-5-------------|-3-4-5--------------|-3-4-5---------|-33-44-55---| P P P [very fast] P [ very fast ] G-------975--975--975---| D----------75---75---75-| A-----------------------| E-3-4-5-----------------| Enjoy! It may be some mistakes in the solo or the outro, so for any suggestion or correction mail me to pwapoliticman@hotmail.com
Brown Eyed Blues by Ben Harper guitar bass tabs playing instructions.