Harper Ben - Brown eyed blues bass tab

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:24:21 +0100

From: Guillaume

Subject: h/harper_ben/brown_eyed_blues.btab

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