Ground on Down

Song

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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:22:40 -0800 (PST)

From: ian lindsay <ianlindsay@hotmail.com>

Ground On Down by Ben Harper

Transcription by I.Lindsay

>From the album Fight For Your Mind

Ben plays this one on a Weisenborn it's a

kind of lap steel with a hollow neck , no

frets and built in Koa wood in the twenties

by Henry Weissenborn .

Tuning open C

e no change

B up to C

G no change

D down to C

A down to G

E down to C

The song stands on one riff with

slight variations every time you'll

have to listen to the record to

catch them :

e---------------------------------------------------------

C----12~~----0-h-2-/-3-------5~~~--------------10-/-11~~--
G----12~~----0-h-2-/-3---0---5~~~----------0---10-/-11~~--
C----12~~----0-h-2-/-3---0---5~~~----------0---10-/-11~~--

G---------------------------------------------------------

C---------------------------------------------------------

Lyrics:

I believe in a few things

God the devil and love

'cause I've looked up from the bottom

and I've stared down from above

I have faith in a few things

divinity and grace

but even when I'm on my knees

I know the devil prays

and you're working your way

from the ground on down

I hate to say I love you

because it means that I

will be with you forever

or will sadly say goodbye

I love to say I hate you

because it means that I

will live my life happily without you

or will sadly live a lie

and you're working your way

from the ground on down

life is short

and if your lookin'for extension

with your time

you had best do well

'cause there's good deeds

and there's good intention

they're as far apart

as heaven and hell

and you're working you're way

from the ground on down

INTRO :

e---------------------------------------------------------

C---~~12~~-~-~~---------12-----10-/-12-/-9----------------
G---~~12~~-~-~~--------12------10-/-12-/-9----------------
C---~~12~~-~-~~-------12-------10-/-12-/-9----------------
G-------------------12---------10-/-12-/-9----------------

C---------------------------------------------------------

e-------------------------------------------------

C-------------10-----9-/-10-/-7-----7-------------
G-----------10-------9-/-10-/-7-----7-------------
C----------10--------9-/-10-/-7-----7-------------
G-------10-----------9-/-10-/-7-----7-------------

C-------------------------------------------------

e---------------------------------------------------------

C----12~~----0-h-2-/-3-------5~~~--------------10-/-11~~--
G----12~~----0-h-2-/-3---0---5~~~----------0---10-/-11~~--
C----12~~----0-h-2-/-3---0---5~~~----------0---10-/-11~~--

G---------------------------------------------------------

C---------------------------------------------------------

e-------------------------------------------------

C-------------------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------

C-------------------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------

C-------12-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-1------------

( slow slide )

e-------------------------------------------------

C-------------------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------

C-------------------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------

C-------1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------

When played live Ben adds a snipe of the star spangled banner

e-------------------------------------------------

C-------------------------------------------------

G-X-X-X--X--X---X-X-X--X---X-X--X-X--0---10-/-11~~
C-X-X-X--X--X---X-X-X--X---X-X--X-X--0---10-/-11~~
G-X-X-X--X--X---X-X-X--X---X-X--X-X--0---10-/-11~~

C-X-X-X--X--X---X-X-X--X---X-X--X-X---------------

( the X are muffled by the left hand at the top of the neck

just over the first fret and the rhythm is like Led Zep's

Moby Dick )

SOLO:

E---------------------------------------------------

C---------------------------------------------------

G---5-------3--3-----2-----2------------------------
C-------0-----------------------------3---3--5--5---

G---------------------------------------------------

C---------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------

C---------------------------------------------------

G-------------------5~~~-------3--3-----2-----2-----
C--------------------------0------------------------

G---5~~~~~~-----------------------------------------

C---------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------

C---------------------------------------------------

G---------------------------------------------------

C---3---3------3~~~~~---------------3-/-/-5---------

G---------------------------------------------------

C---------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------

C---------------------------------------------------

G---------------------------------------------------

C---5~~--/-7-~-~-~------7--7---8~~---8-\-7--7--7-\5-

G---------------------------------------------------

C---------------------------------------------------

That's all. for just now.

"Float with me to distant lands,

wondrous and fair."

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