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Roses From My Friends

Ben Harper
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Bb5
e|--3---2---3---0---0----0-----0----0---|
B|--3---3---3---1---3----3-----3----3---|
G|--0---2---2---2---0----0-----2----0---|
D|--0---0---0---2---2----0-----2----0---|
A|--2---X---X---0---3----2-----0----1---|
E|--3---X---X---0---0----0-----0----0---|
-  (when you see  play -Dsus2)
I  could have treated  you better
But  you couldn't have treated  me worse
But  it's he  who laughs  last
Is he  who cries first
Sometimes  I feel  I know strangers
Better  than I  know my  friends
Why  must  a beginning
Be  the means  to an end
(sometimes he plays Am and the slides the hand to the 3rd fret like this)
e|---0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0---|
B|---1-1-1-1~~3-3-3~~1---|
G|---2-2-2-2~~4-4-4~~2---|
D|---2-2-2-2~~4-4-4~~2---|
A|---0-0-0-0--0-0-0~~0---|
E|-----------------------|
 (he also plays this just before the beginning of the verses, before the G)
E|--0h2--|
 The stones  from my enemies
These  wounds will mend
But I cannot survive
G
the roses from my friends e|---0--------3---|
B|---3--------3---|
G|---0--0--0--0---|
D|---2--0--0--0---|
A|---3--2--0--2---|
E|---0--0--0--3---|
When  the last  word has been spoken
 And we've beared witness  to the final  setting sun
All  that shall remain  is a token
Of  what we've said  and done
When  all we've had  has been forsaken
Distant  church bells  no longer ring
That's  the sound  of a heart taken
And  the story of tears  from  a king
 The stones  from my enemies
These  wounds will mend
 But  I cannot survive
 the roses  from my friends
 oh i  cannot survive  the  roses
 (repeat verse)
 This may be the last time I see you
 Forgive me for holding you close
 This may be the last time that I see you
 So of this moment I will make the most
 This may be the last time I see you
 But if you keep me in your heart
 Together we shall be eternal
 If you believe
 We shall never part
 The stones  from my enemies
These  wounds will mend
 But  I cannot survive
 the roses  from my friends
 oh i  cannot survive
the  roses...
 i cannot survive  the  roses  from  my friends.

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Readable chord sheet for Roses From My Friends by Ben Harper

[G]   [D] [Dsus2] [Am] [Cadd9] [Bm5]  [Asus4] [Bb5]
e|--3---2---3---0---0----0-----0----0---|
B|--3---3---3---1---3----3-----3----3---|
G|--0---2---2---2---0----0-----2----0---|
D|--0---0---0---2---2----0-----2----0---|
A|--2---X---X---0---3----2-----0----1---|
E|--3---X---X---0---0----0-----0----0---|

[G] [D]-[Dsus2] [Am]        (when you see [D] play [D]-Dsus2)

[G]I could have tr[D]eated you b[Am]etter
[G]But you couldn't have tr[D]eated me w[Am]orse
[G]But it's [D]he who [Am]laughs last
[G]Is [D]he who cries f[Am]irst

[G]Sometimes I f[D]eel I know str[Am]angers
[G]Better than [D]I know m[Am]y friends
[G]Why must[D] a beg[Am]inning
[G]Be the m[D]eans to an [Am]end

(sometimes he plays Am and the slides the hand to the 3rd fret like this)
                e|---0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0---|
                B|---1-1-1-1~~3-3-3~~1---|
                G|---2-2-2-2~~4-4-4~~2---|
                D|---2-2-2-2~~4-4-4~~2---|
                A|---0-0-0-0--0-0-0~~0---|
                E|-----------------------|

(he also plays this just before the beginning of the verses, before the G)

                E|--0h2--|

The st[G]ones from my e[Cadd9]nemies
[G]These wounds will [Cadd9]mend
But[Em] I cannot sur[D]vive
    [Cadd9]           [G]            [Cadd9]       [G]
the roses from my friends      e|---0--------3---|
                               B|---3--------3---|
                               G|---0--0--0--0---|
                               D|---2--0--0--0---|
                               A|---3--2--0--2---|
                               E|---0--0--0--3---|

[G]When the l[D]ast word has been s[Am]poken
And we've beared w[G]itness to the f[D]inal setting [Am]sun
[G]All that shall rem[D]ain is a to[Am]ken
[G]Of what we've s[D]aid and d[Am]one

[G]When all we've [D]had has been f[Am]orsaken
[G]Distant church bells[D] no longer r[Am]ing
[G]That's the [D]sound of a heart [Am]taken
[G]And the story of t[D]ears from[Am] a king

The st[G]ones from my e[Cadd9]nemies
[G]These wounds will [Cadd9]mend
But[Em] I cannot sur[D]vive
the [Cadd9]roses from my fr[G]iends
oh [Em]i cannot surv[D]ive the[Cadd9] roses[Bm5]     [Asus4]

(repeat verse)
This may be the last time I see you
Forgive me for holding you close
This may be the last time that I see you
So of this moment I will make the most
This may be the last time I see you
But if you keep me in your heart
Together we shall be eternal
If you believe
We shall never part

The st[G]ones from my e[Cadd9]nemies
[G]These wounds will [Cadd9]mend
But[Em] I cannot sur[D]vive
the [Cadd9]roses from my fr[G]iends
oh [Em]i cannot surv[D]ive

[Cadd9]the ro[Bm5]ses..[Asus4].

i cannot s[Cadd9]urvive the[Bm5] rose[Bb5]s fro[Cadd9]m my fri[G]ends.

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