Homeless Child tab by Ben Harper
Guitar Tab
Artist: BEN HARPER Song : Homeless Child Album: The Will to Live Tabbed by: nicolasberry@yahoo.fr This song is kind of a tribute to old acoustic country blues. The steady hypnotic rhythm is just based on 2 or 3 riffs and it should work really well if you can play along with a drummer. First, you have to get the right tuning : open C tuning (from low to high : CGCGCE ^Ö the same tuning that ^Óground on down^Ô) and put that good ol^Ò bottleneck on your little finger. You can play that song with the guitar on your knees, as Ben does if you prefer, so you will have to handle the slide in a different manner...
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I think this song is played with (almost) one string (!), so I tried to
tab it note for note but you can pick up some riffs and play around it
just to get some real cool blues sounds!
You don^Òt have to learn each note to make it sounds great. Just use it
to improve your blues technique and make your own music!
Listen to the CD to get the rhythm.
That^Òs all my own work.
Ok now, let^Òs go :
Intro:
Part.1 :
E|---------------------------------------------------------
C|---------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
C|---0-0--/3--0--0----0--/3--0-0----0-0--/5--0--0----------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
C|---------------------------------------------------------
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---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/7--/5-/7---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/3--0-0-----
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---0--/3-0----0-------- play that little riff 5 times --
-----------3---------------------------------------------
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Transition :
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-0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0
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Part.2 (same as Part.1), then another transition:
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0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/5--0--0---0--/3-0----0
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-0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0
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That^Òs it for the intro, now here is the first verse :
(Ben starts singing here)
First Verse:
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0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3-0----0
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play this 4 times, then :
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---0--/3-0----0-------- play that little riff 4 times --
-----------3---------------------------------------------
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then, another ^Ótransition^Ô :
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0-0--/3--0--0----0--/3-0--/3-/5-/7--0--/3----0-0--/3--0-0
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-0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0
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Verse 2 same as Verse 1 (4 times again), then :
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---0--/3-0----0-------- play that little riff 3 times --
-----------3---------------------------------------------
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then :
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---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/7--0-0---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/3--0-0-------
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then :
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---0--/3-0----0-------- play that little riff 3 times --
-----------3---------------------------------------------
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Transition :
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--0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0
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---0-0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0---------------------------
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Verse 3 (same as the others...), then :
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---0--/3-0----0-------- play that little riff 3 times --
-----------3---------------------------------------------
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then :
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---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/7--/5-/7---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/3--0-0-----
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Outro : just jam around some frets as you want...
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--0-0--/3--0-0---/2--/2--/2-0-/2-0-/2-0-/2...-0-/5-0-0-/2
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That^Òs it!
Any comments and corrections are welcome !
Mail me at : nicolasberry@yahoo.fr
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[ Part 2: "homeless_child.txt" ]
Artist: BEN HARPER
Song : Homeless Child
Album: The Will to Live
Tabbed by: nicolasberry@yahoo.fr
This song is kind of a tribute to old acoustic country blues. The steady hypnotic rhythm is just based on 2 or 3 riffs and it should work really well if you can play along with a drummer.
First, you have to get the right tuning : open C tuning (from low to high : CGCGCE - the same tuning that "ground on down") and put that good ol' bottleneck on your little finger.
You can play that song with the guitar on your knees, as Ben does if you prefer, so you will have to handle the slide in a different manner...
I think this song is played with (almost) one string (!), so I tried to tab it note for note but you can pick up some riffs and play around it just to get some real cool blues sounds!
You don't have to learn each note to make it sounds great. Just use it to improve your blues technique and make your own music!
Listen to the CD to get the rhythm.
That's all my own work.
Ok now, let's go :
Intro:
Part.1 :
E|---------------------------------------------------------
C|---------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
C|---0-0--/3--0--0----0--/3--0-0----0-0--/5--0--0----------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
C|---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/7--/5-/7---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/3--0-0-----
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---0--/3-0----0-------- play that little riff 5 times --
-----------3---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
Transition :
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
-0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
Part.2 (same as Part.1), then another transition:
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/5--0--0---0--/3-0----0
------------------------------------------------------3--
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
-0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0
---------------------------------------------------------
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That's it for the intro, now here is the first verse :
(Ben starts singing here)
First Verse:
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---------------------------------------------------------
--0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0
---------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3-0----0
-----------------------------------------------------3---
---------------------------------------------------------
play this 4 times, then :
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---0--/3-0----0-------- play that little riff 4 times --
-----------3---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
then, another "transition" :
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
0-0--/3--0--0----0--/3-0--/3-/5-/7--0--/3----0-0--/3--0-0
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
-0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
Verse 2 same as Verse 1 (4 times again), then :
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---0--/3-0----0-------- play that little riff 3 times --
-----------3---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
then :
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/7--0-0---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/3--0-0-------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
then :
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---0--/3-0----0-------- play that little riff 3 times --
-----------3---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
Transition :
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
--0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0--0---0--/3--0-0
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---0-0--/3--0-0---0-0--/3--0-0---------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
Verse 3 (same as the others...), then :
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---0--/3-0----0-------- play that little riff 3 times --
-----------3---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
then :
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/7--/5-/7---0--/3-0--/3-/5-/3--0-0-----
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
Outro : just jam around some frets as you want...
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
--0-0--/3--0-0---/2--/2--/2-0-/2-0-/2-0-/2...-0-/5-0-0-/2
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
That's it!
Any comments and corrections are welcome !
Mail me at : nicolasberry@yahoo.fr Last updated: