Ground One Down

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