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Ben Harper - Please Bleed

Tuning: E A D G B E

13 / 14 on Zoom Pedal

   
[Intro]

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|---2-0----0------------2-2h4p2----|
A|------------4-------3------------------|
E|-0------3--------5--------------------|


[Verse 1]
Em           G         Am    C
Make me feel like a beggar
Em           G          Am
Make me feel like a thi-ief
Em           G      Am       C
Make me feel like a battle,
    Em     G      A      C
that cannot end in peace
Em      G         Am      C
Make me feel like running,
  Em      G       Am     C
as if I've lost my nerve
Em      G         Am      C
Make me feel like crying,
Em      G        Am
tears I don't deserve


[Refrain 1]
C      Em
Please bleed
    C                 Em
So I know that you are real
    C                 Em
So I know that you can feel
   C                  D      Dsus4  D
The damage that you've done
Am           C
Who have I become
  Am          C     Am   C     Am   C      D
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am nu-u-u-umb


[Verse 2]
Em    G    Am    C
Is this really living?
Em       G       Am
Sometimes it's hard to tell
Em           G      Am       C
Or is this just a kinder, gentler hell
Em     G      A      C
Turn out the lights
Em      G         Am      C
And let me stare into your soul
Em      G        Am
I was born and bled for you to hold
[Refrain 2]
C      Em
Please bleed

    C                 Em
So I know that you are real
    C                 Em
So I know that you can feel
   C                  D      Dsus4  D
The damage that you've done
Am           C
Who have I become
  Am          C     Am   C     Am   C      D
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am nu-u-u-umb


[Verse 3]
Em           G         Am    C
Never said thank you
Em           G          Am
Never said please
Em           G      Am       C
Never gave reason to believe
Em     G      A      C
So as it stands I romain on my
Em      G        Am
Good lovers make great enemies


[Refrain 3]
C      Em
Please bleed
    C                 Em
So I know that you are real
    C                 Em
So I know that you can feel
   C                  D      Dsus4  D
The damage that you've done
Am           C
Who have I become
  Am          C     Am   C     Am   C      D
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am nu-u-u-umb


[Refrain 4]
C      Em
Please bleed
    C                 Em
So I know that you are real
    C                 Em
So I know that you can feel
   C                  D      Dsus4  D
The damage that you've done
Am           C
Who have I become
  Am          C     Am   C     Am   C      D
To myself I am numb, I am numb, I am nu-u-u-umb