Alone Acoustic

A/E    = 0-12--x-14--x-x
G/E    = 0-10--x-12--x-x
F
E/E    = 0--7--x--9--x-x
[C]      = 8-10-10-(9)-x-x
B      = 7--9--9-(8)-x-x
A      = 5--7--7-(6)-x-x
Gmmaj7 = 3--x--4-(3)-x-x *
G      = 3--5--5-(4)-x-x *

Section Breakdowns:

    [A/E]         [G/E]         [F#] [E]        [G/E]
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10---9-9-9-9---10-10-10-10-|
E|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &

    [C]                       [B]
e|---------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------:|| (repeat x4)
D|---------------------------------------------------||
A|---10-10-10-10----10--10-----9-9-9-9------9---9----||
E|--8-----------8-----------7-----------7------------||
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
4)                                            This...

(w/ verse 1 lyrics)
    [A/E]         [G/E]         [F#] [E]        [G/E]
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10---9-9-9-9---10-10-10-10-|
E|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
1a) emp-       -ty          room        it
2a) Free-      -dom         it          leaves
3a) Eve-       -ry          sin-       -gle
4a) But         in          this        life  you

    [C]                       [B]
e|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------:|| (x4)
D|--------------------------------------------------||
A|---10-10-10-10----10--10-----9-9-9-9------9---9---||
E|--8-----------8-----------7-----------7----(7)----||
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
1b) fills             my    mind.
2b)   me  con- -fi-  -i-   -ned.
3b) wall              has   cracked.
4b)  can't turn ba-  -a-   -ack.

(w/ 2nd lyrics)
    [C]                       [B]
e|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------:|| (x2)
D|--------------------------------------------------||
A|---10-10-10-10----10--10-----9-9-9-9------9---9---||
E|--8-----------8-----------7-----------7----(7)----||
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
1)     I don't     want to  be,                 I
2)  don't       wanna       be          here   (A-)

    [E] [E]         [C]           [A]           [G]  [Gmmaj7]
e|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------:|| (x3)
D|-----------------------------------------4-(4)-4--||
A|-----7-7-7-7-----10(10)10----7-7-7-7--------------||
E|--0-----------8-----------5-----------3-----------||
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
1)A-lone...    (Aah,        ahh,        ah)  (Aaa-)
2)A-lone...    (Aah,        ahh,        ah)  (A-a-)
3)A-lone...    (Aah,        ahh,        ah)  (Ayy-)

then...

   [E] [E]          [C]           [A]
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------| (x1)
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7-7-7-7-----10(10)10----7-7-7-7------7---7---|
E|--0-----------8-----------5-----------5-----------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
4)A-lone...    (Aah,        ahh)

    [A]
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------| (x1)
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7-7-7-7------7---7------7-7-7-7------7---7---|
E|--5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &

(last line on final Chorus)
    [E] [E]         [C]           [A]
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------(6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)|  End
D|--------------------------7-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
A|-----7-7-7-7-----10---10--7-~~~~~~(ring)~~~~~~~~~-|
E|--0-----------8-----------5-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
  A-lone       (Aah,        ahhhhhhhhhhhh!)

Okay, now for the lyrics and chords....

ALONE - Ben Harper

(x4)
[A/E]  [G/E]  [F#] [E]  [G/E]
[C]          [B]      This...
[A/E]Emp--[G/E]ty   [F#]roo[E]m  [G/E]it    [C]fills my [B]mind
[A/E]Free-[G/E]dom  [F#]it [E]   [G/E]leaves[C]  me con-[B]fined
[A/E]Eve--[G/E]ry   [F#]sin[E]---[G/E]gle   [C]wall has [B]cracked
[A/E]But  [G/E]in   [F#]thi[E]s  [G/E]life you [C]can't turn [B]back

[C] I don't want to [B]live,
[C] I don't wan-na  [B]li-i-ive...

 E/E   C   A   Gmmaj7* | (*G then Gmmaj7, if strumming chords)
Alone (ah, ah, ah)
A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ah, [Gmmaj7]ah)
A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ah, [Gmmaj7]ah)
A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ah)          [A]

[A/E]As   [G/E]these [F#]wor[E]ds [G/E]are   [C]with  my [B]tongue
I [A/E]ques-[G/E]tion  [F#]why[E]   [G/E]they're [C]  even su-[B]ng
[A/E]I    [G/E]have  [F#]pro[E]---[G/E]mised [C]but    I [B]lied
[A/E]I    [G/E]don't [F#]eve[E]n  [G/E]know my[C]self insi[B]de

[C] I don't want to [B]be,
I [C]don't wanna [B]be here

A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ah, [Gmmaj7]ah)
A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ah, [Gmmaj7]ah)
A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ah, [Gmmaj7]ah)
A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ah)         [A]

Interlude/Solo: (played over 2 verse passes than a full chorus w/o "Alone"s)
[A/E]  [G/E]  [F#] [E]  [G/E]
[C]         [B]
[A/E]  [G/E]  [F#] [E]  [G/E]
[C]         [B]

[E](a[E]h, a[C]h, a[A]h, a[Gmmaj7]h)
[E](a[E]h, a[C]h, a[A]h, a[Gmmaj7]h)
[E](a[E]ah, [C]ah, [A]ah, [Gmmaj7]ah)
[E](a[E]h,  [C]ah, [A]ah)         [A]

(**first two passes don't get played on CD)

To[A/E]day  [G/E]and to[F#]mor[E]--[G/E]row have [C]be-come [B]one.
[A/E]Every [G/E]single [F#]thi[E]ng [G/E]has  [C]  become no-[B]ne
[A/E]Hu---[G/E]man  [F#]na-[E]---[G/E]ture  [C]is a [B]beast
[A/E]What I've [G/E]done the [F#]mos[E]t  [G/E]to   [C]show I have the [B]least

(w/ extra pass)
[C]Please don't leave me [B]here
[C]Please don't leave me [B]here
[C]Don't you [B]leave me

(w/ Outro ending)
A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ah, [Gmmaj7]ah)
A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ah, [Gmmaj7]ah)
A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ah, [Gmmaj7]ah)
A[E]lo[E]ne ([C]ah, [A]ahhhh!)

Great song. Beginners, you should be able to play this if you know the song pretty
well. I would recommend just playing the notes, no chords, as in the tabs. Where
4 notes are shown on the 5th  A  string it, you can use 2 to get the rhythm down.
Then, move to 3 notes and graduate to 4. Very fun song and it is great for both
fretting and picking accuracy while trying to keep a clean rhythm going.

Example of the Intro/Verse riff using chords:

(Yes, I know this isn't how the song is played, but give it a try. I think you'll
like it.)

V = hard down
v = quick down
u = quick up

    [A/E]           [G/E]           [F#] [E]          [G/E]
    V v--u--v--u  V v--u--v--u  V v--u--v--u  V v--u--v--u
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----14-14-14-14---12-12-12-12---11-11-11-11---12-12-12-12--|
D|----x--x--x--x----x--x--x--x----x--x--x--x----x--x--x--x---|
A|----12-12-12-12---10-10-10-10---9--9--9--9----10-10-10-10--|
E|--0-------------0-------------0-------------0--------------|
    1      &      2      &      3      &      4      &

    [C]                           [B]
    V v--u--v--u  V   V   V     V v--u--v--u  V   V     V
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------(9)---(9)----(9)--(9)-------(8)---(8)----(8)---(8)---|
D|----10-10-10-10-----10---10-----9--9--9--9------9-----9----|
A|----10-10-10-10-----10---10-----9--9--9--9------9-----9----|
E|--8-------------8-------------7-------------7-----(7)------|
    1      &      2      &      3      &      4      &

Then the same idea for the chorus chords.