Roses From My Friends
Ben HarperVersion1
90
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.