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Two Hands of a Prayer

Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Tab
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Song

Artist: Ben Harper

Song: Two Hands of a Prayer

Album: Burn to Shine

Tabbed by: bill mccorey (JuliusMagee@CS.com)

Intro:

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Em D

e|----0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-3-2-|-|-|-----------------------------0-0-0-0-|
B|----0-0-0-0-1-0---3-3-3-3-|-|-|-----------1-1-3-1-----------0-0-1-0-|
G|----0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-|%|%|-----0h2---2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0-|
D|----2-2-2-2-2-2-0---------|-|-|-0-0-------2-2-2-2-----0h2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-2------------------------|-|-|---------0---------0-0-------2-2-2-2-|
E|--0-----------------------|-|-|---------------------------0-------0-|

Couplet: (Same as Intro)

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Em D Em D

First time that I saw her she had white doves in her eyes

Em D Am Em

She spoke to me but I could not reply, not reply

Em D Em D

She was a stranger I had not known for years

Em D Am Em

She brought to me so many smiles & tears, smiles & tears

Riff A: (before chorus)

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Em D C Em Em D C

e|-----------------0-0---0-|-|-|--------0-----2---0------|
B|----------0-1-0--3-3---1-|-|-|--------0-----3---1------|
G|----------0-0-0--0-0---0-|%|%|--------0-----2---0------|
D|----------2-2-2--4-4---2-|-|-|-2-2-2--2-----0---2------|
A|--2-2-2---2-2-2--5-5---3-|-|-|-2-2-2--2---------3------|
E|--0-0-0------------------|-|-|-0-0-0--0----------------|

The Two...

D C G D

The two Hands of a Prayer

Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Dus2 C G D

Toge--ther like the two ha--ands of a prayer

Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Dsus2C G D

Toge--ther like the two ha--ands of a prayer

Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Dsus2C G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus 2 D

Toge--ther like the two ha--ands of a prayer

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-2h4p2-0--0h2p0-------------------------|
D|-----------------------5h7-5(h7p5)------|
A|----------------3--5h7------------7-----|
E|------------------------------------0---|

Verse:

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Tired maid slowly drifts into the past, into the past

And finds a home where echos rest, echos rest

She softly kissed my mind, and whispered what we will do with time, do with time

Chorus:

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The two hands of a prayer

Together like the two hands of a prayer

Together like the two hands of a prayer

Together like the two hands of a prayer

Bridge: (play Riff A then Chorus)

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Verse:

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Another man I choose to be, choose to be

Or just the man I used to be, used to be

Another man I want to be, want to be

And this question, keeps haunting me, haunting me

Chorus:

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The two hands of a prayer

Together like the two hands of a prayer

Together like the two hands of a prayer

Together like the two hands of a prayer

Outro:(Play Riff A)

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