Forever

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 Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 16:20:09 -0800 
 From: Arvin Chen  
  
   
 Subject: Forever 
  
                                     FOREVER 
                                   (Ben Harper) 
  
                       from the album 'Welcome to the Cruel World' 
  
  
 The song is basically fingerpicked variations on these chords: F, Am, G, C 
  
 Intro: 
  
     Am     F     G        Am              C     F     G 
 e|---------------3--3---------------|------------------------------| 
 B|--0h1----1-----0--0-----0h1p0-----|--0---1-----1---------0-------| 
 G|--2------2-----0--0----------2----|--0---------2--------0--------| 
 D|--2------3--------------------2---|------2-----3-------0---------| 
 A|----------------------------------|--0---3------------2----------| 
 E|---------------3--3---------------|------------------3-----------| 
  
  
 Verse: 
  
     C     F      G        Am 
 e|---------------3--3---------------| 
 B|--1-----1------0--0-----0h1p0-----| 
 G|--------2------0--0----------2----| 
 D|--2-----3---------------------2---| 
 A|--3-------------------------------| 
 E|---------------3--3---------------| 
   Not talkin' bout a year........ 
  
  
 Chorus: 
  
                   C     G      Am       G 
               e|--------3---------------3-----| 
               B|--1-----0------1p0------0-----| 
               G|--2-----0---------2-----0-----| 
               D|------------------------------| 
               A|--3---------------------------| 
               E|--------3---------------3-----| 
  So give me your, forever.. 
  
  
 Verse:(C,F,G,Am) 
 Not talkin' bout a year, no not three or four 
 I don't want that kind of forever in my life anymore 
 Forever always seems to be around when it begins 
 But forever never seems to be around when it ends 
  
 Chorus:(C,G,Am,G) 
 So give me your forever 
 Please your forever 
 Not another day less will do 
 >From you 
  
 People spend so much time every single day 
 Runnin' round all over town giving their forever way 
 But no not me I won't let my forever roam 
 And now i hope i can find my forever a home 
  
 Chorus 
  
 Like a handless clock with numbers an infinite of time 
 No not the forever found only in the mind 
 Forever always seems to be around when things begin 
 But forever always seems to be around when things end 
  
 Chorus 
  
  
 Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 02:48:41 -0500 
 From: Paul Berens  
   
    
  
  
                                   FOREVER 
                                   ======= 
                                by Ben Harper 
  
 Kudos to all of you who know of and appreciate this artist's music. 
 This is a good one off the Welcome to the Cruel World album.  It is 
 played slowly and in standard tuning.  If you listen to the song, you 
 will notice he plays will slaps/mutes (whatever you call it), which I 
 didn't write in, but occur in the obvious places. 
  
 -*-                                 h=hammer 
 -*-                                 p=pull off 
 -*- 
 -*-  = knock on body of guitar 
 -*- 
 -*- 
  
 (intro) 
 E---------------------------------------------------------*-*-----| 
 B--0h1---1------0--0----0h1p0-----------0h1---1-----3-----*-*-----| 
 G--0-----2------0--0---2-----2----------0-----2----0------*-*-----| 
 D--2-----3------------2-------2---------2-----3---0-------*-*-----| 
 A---------------------------------------------------------*-*-----| 
 E------------3-----------------------------------3--------*-*-----| 
  
 (verse) 
 E-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B--0----0h1------------1---------0--0-----------0h1p0-------------| 
 G--0----0--------------2---------0--0----------2-----2------------| 
 D--0----2--------------3----------------------2-------2-----------| 
 A-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 E--^----^--------------^------3--^------------^-------------------| 
   not talkin' about a year,  no not three or four  . . . 
  
 (refrain) 
 E-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B-------0-1--------3----------0h1p0-------------------------------| 
 G-------0-0--------0---------2-----2---0--------------------------| 
 D-------0-2--------0--------2-------2-----------------------------| 
 A-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 E-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
  
 (last part of refrain) 
 E-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 B-------0-1--------3-----------0--1--1--0-------------------------| 
 G-------0-0--------0---0-------0--2--2--0--(back-to-verse)--------| 
 D-------0-2--------0-----------0--2--3--0-------------------------| 
 A-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
 E-------------------------3---------------------------------------| 
  
 This is close enough.  There are slight variations throughout the song, 
 but stays the same for the most part.  Didn't have time for the lyrics, 
 but I think they're in the album cover.  Enjoy.