ARTIST: BEN HARPER

SONG TITLE: FORGIVEN

ALBUMN TITLE: BURN TO SHINE

RELEASE DATE: It WILL be released on the 21st of sept. '99

Transcribed by Jai Mitchell. Please send comments complaints and corrections to me at (jai_mitchell@yahoo.com) OR (bemitch@linknet.com.au)

Please note

This is my first attempt at writing tab on my computer and I haven't heard the song enough yet to be sure of anything so I will gladly take any corrections and advice! Thank you.. P.S. the / means slide up or down (im not sure what it usually is!)

Riff #1 (play once for each of the first three lines of each verse)

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D|---2h4----2----4----4/6---6--6--6/7---6p4--6p4/2--2--2------|

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Riff #2 (play every 4th line and once more before chorus)

   D A E
   e|------------------2-2------0-0------0-0--|
   B|------------------3-3------2-2------0-0--|
   G|------------------2-2------2-2------1-1--|
   D|---2h4b^--4p2p0---0-0------2-2------2-2--|
   A|---------------------------0-0------2-2--|
   E|------------------------------------0-0--|
   *the ^ above represents
   a quick slight bend

CHORUS
..you shall be... ..you shall be.... ...you shall be......

   E D C#?
   e|-----------------0-0-------------------2-2-----------------------
   B|.----------------0-0-------------------3-3-----------------------
   G|-----------------1-1-------------------2-2-----------------------
   D|.-2h4b^--4p2p0-2-2-2----2h4b^--4p2p0-0-0-0----2h4b^--4p2p0---6-6- cont'd
   A|-----------------2-2---------------------------------------4-4-4-
   E|-----------------0-0---------------------------------------------

...Forgiven....

   C?
   --------------------------|
   -------------------------.|
   --------------------------|
   ----2h4b^--4p2p0---5-5---.|
   -----------------3-3-3----|
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   SOLO BACKING (my attempt at the rythym section during the solo)
   e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   D|--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2-----|--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2-----|
   A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   E|-----------------------------0-0-|-----------------------------0-0-|

   e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   A|--2h3-3--2h3-3--2h3-3--2h3-3-----|--3h5-5--3h5-5--3h5-5--3h5-5-----|
   E|-----------------------------0-0-|-----------------------------0-0-|

LYRICS:
Verse 1 I will wait like nothing
I have ever waited for
I will catch your tears from falling Until from my hands they fall
Verse 2 You can leave me abandoned Like the year if you are begging (not sure of this line) Like the rest I have been branded Far beneath the skin
So far beneath the skin
Chorus You shall be...
You shall be....
You shall be.....
Forgiven....
You shall be...
You shall be....
You shall be.....
Forgiven....
Verse 3 Here I have been waiting
While the time has come and gone
I tried singing to you
But you turned my words to stone
Verse 4 Here I have been waiting
It seems for quite a while
Changed on my reflections
But inside I'm still just a child But inside I'm still just a child CHORUS

SLIDE GUITAR SOLO W/WAH WAH

Verse 5 These eyes weren't made for crying This love wasn't made to waste
These arms weren't made for battle But to share your warm embrace
But to share in your embrace
CHORUS x 2

-I dont know if that is exactly were it ends but it was cut off at that point on th radio and I transcribed this from the tape of the radio show.

-Jai Mitchell (Self Proclaimed to be arguably the biggest
Ben Harper fan on earth)
PROVE ME WRONG!!!!