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Excuse me Mister
Excuse me Mr. do you have the time or are you so important that it stands still for you excuse me Mr. lend me your ear or are you not only blind but do you not hear excuse me Mr. isn't that your oil in the sea and the pollution in the air Mr. whose could...
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Never Leave Lonely Alone
Like an old man sitting alone at a lunch counter never leave lonely alone... like a small town girl a big city devours never leave lonely alone... some of us laugh even in our darkest hour never leave lonely alone... unspoken rules of solitude wound without...
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Get it like you like it
throw your hands up to the sky and scream out loud i'm free 'cause wrong is the new right so we can cut loose tonight it costs a lot to look this cheap fire makes it burn and water makes it turn we must still be here living on earth they keep telling...
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Reason To Mourn
I can' t know the hell you love but i know you' ve had enough some baptize in water some in flames in flames in flames don' t you give me a reason to mourn don' t you give me a reason to mourn look into my eyes with all your hate and scorn but don' t...
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The Way you found me
The more i smoke, the more i drink the more i talk, the less i think the less i think, the more i feel folks don't change they just reveal my mind is broke, my last nerve is shot what you want from me, i ain't got two plus two will never be twenty-two...
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Gather Round The Stone
you're too young to know that you're too young to go there's no freedom to be found lying face up in the ground ashes from an unfinished life are all that's left in a tear-drop-shaped locket hanging from his mother's chest you whip the back of freedom...
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Put It On Me
She eats nectarines with honey spends her daddy's money so easy she cuts cherry pie while she looks you in the eye so easy the innocent naiveté of hairless cheek the politics of generosity make me weak there's an assassin out to get me and they claim...
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Black Rain
You left them swimming for their lives Down in new orleans Can't afford a gallon of gasoline With your useless degrees and contrary statistics This government business is straight up sadistic Now you don't fight for us But expect us to die for you You...
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Wicked Man
Children come running to the truth But you've got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one's living high another's grieving But what's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh — What's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening The wicked The...
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Engraved Invitation
I wish i was a thought i'd run all through your mind and come out being everything you ever tried to find life's the longest picture you're ever gonna take love's the longest promise that you're ever gonna break i wish i could yell sorry louder than i...
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Better Way
I'm a living sunset Lightning in my bones Push me to the edge But my will is stone Fools will be fools And wise will be wise But i will look this world Straight in the eyes What good is a man Who won't take a stand What good is a cynic With no better...
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Cryin' Won't Help you Now
You sit there and call me a liar and a cheat I just wish you'd pin a rose on me Now you won't even come out and take a bow Crying won't help you now Crying won't help you now So now your poets Have all put down their pens The only songs to sing Are those...
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Happy Everafter in your Eyes
The morning sunrise spread her wings while the moon hung in the sky held the sea in your hands and happy everafter in your eyes couldn't leave you to go to heaven i carry you in my smile for the first time my true reflection i see happy everafter in your...
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Biographie
On ne peut pas créer un blog sur un artiste sans échapper aux éléments biographiques ! Benjamin Harper est né le 28 octobre 1969 à Claremont en Californie. Il est baigné dans la musique depuis son enfance. Son père était musicien et sa mère chanteuse....
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Ben Harper invité sur l'album de Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr, qu'on ne présente plus, a invité une flopée d'artistes pour son nouvel album, prévu pour le 12 janvier 2010. Intitulé Y Not, on y retrouvera l'autre Beatles McCartney, qui chante sur Walk With You et joue de la basse sur Peace Dream. On entendra...
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Waiting for you
I' ve been waiting for you I' ve been waiting for you Never found enything else to do but waiting for you I' ve been calling your name I' ve been calling your name Never found anything else to say nothing to say You can kill a lot of time if you really...
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L'accordage de Ben
Ben Harper utilise plusieurs accordages différents. Quand il joue du folk, il joue le plus souvent en accordage standart, en Mi, c'est à dire EADGBE (Mi La Re Sol Si Mi) ex : Burn One Down, She's Only Happy in the Sun, Walk Away, Amen Omen, ... Les titres...
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Picture in a Frame
Now you can sell your soul but you can't buy it back I've spent my whole life working to give you everything you like Now I wish you were here so we could walk and talk in the soft rain, in the soft rain Now all that left of us is a picture sitting in...
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JP Plunier
JP Plunier à un rôle très important dans le succès de Ben Harper. Principalement producteur (et beaucoup plus comme l'explique Ben), il a permit de faire connaître Ben au grand public, grace à un lien fort avec le chanteur. Ben Harper et JP PLunier racontent....
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More Than Sorry
Goodbye hasn't been so good to me stepped out into the night back against the moon i saw ten thousand hands with candlelight we all think that we're right it's hard to tell if the night is full of hope or doom my eyes burn with unshed tears my body is...
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Having Wings
I heard a street singer play a song i knew and it brought me closer to you i heard a street singer play a song i call my own it brought me to my childhood home life is a blurry eyed heavy hearted whirlwind of a storm some things just hurt too much to...
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Accords de Burn One Down
Burn One Down G Let us burn one from end to end Em7(G6) And pass it over Cadd9 To me my friend G Burn it long, well burn it slow Em7(G6) Cadd9 To light me up before I go G If you dont like my fire Em7(G6) Then dont come around Em D C Cause Im gonna burn...
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Accords de Roses from my friends
Roses From my Friends G D Am I could have treated you better G D Am But you couldn't have treated me worse G D Am But it's he who laughs last G D Am Is he who cries first G D Am Sometimes I feel I know strangers G D Am Better than I know my friends G...
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Boa Sorte/Good Luck
É só isso Não tem mais jeito Acabou, boa sorte Não tenho o que dizer São só palavras E o que eu sinto Não mudará Tudo o que quer me dar É demais É pesado Não há paz Tudo o que quer de mim Irreais Expectativas Desleais That's it There's no way It's over,...
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Accords de Blessed to Be A Witness
Blessed To Be a Witness - Ben Harper Capo 2ème case Verse F C Corcovado parted the sky G Am And through the darkness on us he shined F C Crucified in stone G Am Still his blood is my own F C Glory behold all my eyes G Have seen, have seen Chorus F Am...